Proverbs 3:7-8
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7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.(A)
8 It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body.(B)
Proverbs 3:7-8
New Living Translation
7 Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 Then you will have healing for your body
and strength for your bones.
Proverbs 10:29
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29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright
but destruction for evildoers.(A)
Proverbs 10:29
New Living Translation
29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
but it destroys the wicked.
Proverbs 11:7
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7 When the wicked die, hope perishes,
and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.(A)
Proverbs 11:7
New Living Translation
7 When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
for they rely on their own feeble strength.
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)
Proverbs 17:22
New Living Translation
22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 18:10-11
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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous run into it and are safe.(A)
11 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
in their imagination it is like a high wall.(B)
Proverbs 18:10-11
New Living Translation
10 The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
the godly run to him and are safe.
11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.
Proverbs 20:29
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29 The glory of youths is their strength,
but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.(A)
Proverbs 20:29
New Living Translation
29 The glory of the young is their strength;
the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.
Proverbs 21:22
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22 One wise person went up against a city of warriors
and brought down the stronghold in which they trusted.(A)
Proverbs 21:22
New Living Translation
22 The wise conquer the city of the strong
and level the fortress in which they trust.
Proverbs 24:3
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3 By wisdom a house is built,
and by understanding it is established;(A)
Proverbs 24:3
New Living Translation
3 A house is built by wisdom
and becomes strong through good sense.
Proverbs 24:5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
5 Wise warriors are mightier than strong ones[a]
and those who have knowledge than those who have strength,(A)
Notas al pie
- 24.5 Gk Compare Syr Tg: Heb A wise man is strength
Proverbs 24:5
New Living Translation
5 The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.
Notas al pie
- 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.
Proverbs 24:10
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10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength being small;(A)
Proverbs 24:10
New Living Translation
10 If you fail under pressure,
your strength is too small.
Proverbs 30:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 the ants are a people without strength,
yet they provide their food in the summer;(A)
Proverbs 30:25
New Living Translation
25 Ants—they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
Proverbs 31:17
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17 She girds herself with strength
and makes her arms strong.
Proverbs 31:17
New Living Translation
17 She is energetic and strong,
a hard worker.
Proverbs 31:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.(A)
Proverbs 31:25
New Living Translation
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.
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