Proverbs 3:7-8
World English Bible
7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your body,
and nourishment to your bones.
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
World English Bible
29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright,
but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
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
World English Bible
7 When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
and expectation of power comes to nothing.
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
World English Bible
22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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
World English Bible
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:
the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
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
World English Bible
29 The glory of young men is their strength.
The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
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
World English Bible
22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty,
and brings down the strength of its confidence.
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
World English Bible
3 Through wisdom a house is built;
by understanding it is established;
Proverbs 24:3
New Living Translation
3 A house is built by wisdom
and becomes strong through good sense.
Proverbs 24:5
World English Bible
5 A wise man has great power;
and a knowledgeable man increases strength;
Proverbs 24:5
New Living Translation
5 The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.
Footnotes
- 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.
Proverbs 24:10
World English Bible
10 If you falter in the time of trouble,
your strength is small.
Proverbs 24:10
New Living Translation
10 If you fail under pressure,
your strength is too small.
Proverbs 30:25
World English Bible
25 The ants are not a strong people,
yet they provide their food in the summer.
Proverbs 30:25
New Living Translation
25 Ants—they aren’t strong,
but they store up food all summer.
Proverbs 31:17
World English Bible
17 She arms her waist 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
World English Bible
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing.
She laughs at the time to come.
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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