24 Diligent hands will rule,
    but laziness ends in forced labor.(A)

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24 (A)The hand of the diligent will rule,
    while the slothful will be (B)put to forced labor.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
    the messenger of death will be sent against them.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and (A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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Many a man (A)proclaims his own steadfast love,
    but (B)a faithful man who can find?

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When a king sits on his throne to judge,(A)
    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.(B)

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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30 (A)Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
    strokes make clean (B)the innermost parts.

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11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(A)

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11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
    and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.

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It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(A)

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It is the glory of God to (A)conceal things,
    but the glory of kings is to (B)search things out.

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remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.

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21 To show partiality(A) is not good(B)
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.(C)

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21 To show (A)partiality is not good,
    but for (B)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

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12 If a ruler(A) listens to lies,
    all his officials become wicked.(B)

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12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
    all his officials will be wicked.

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19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
    though they understand, they will not respond.

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19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
    for though he understands, he will not respond.

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21 A servant pampered from youth
    will turn out to be insolent.

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21 Whoever pampers his servant from childhood
    will in the end find him his heir.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain