Proverbs 12:24
New International Version
24 Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.(A)
Proverbs 12:24
English Standard Version
Proverbs 17:10-11
New International Version
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.
Proverbs 17:10-11
English Standard Version
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.
Proverbs 20:6
New International Version
6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?(A)
Proverbs 20:6
English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:8
New International Version
Proverbs 20:8
English Standard Version
Proverbs 20:30
New International Version
Proverbs 20:30
English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:11
New International Version
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.(A)
Proverbs 22:11
English Standard Version
11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.
Proverbs 25:2
New International Version
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(A)
Proverbs 25:2
English Standard Version
Proverbs 25:5
New International Version
Proverbs 25:5
English Standard Version
5 take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 28:21
New International Version
Proverbs 28:21
English Standard Version
Proverbs 29:12
New International Version
Proverbs 29:12
English Standard Version
12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
Proverbs 29:19
New International Version
19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
though they understand, they will not respond.
Proverbs 29:19
English Standard Version
19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not respond.
Proverbs 29:21
New International Version
21 A servant pampered from youth
will turn out to be insolent.
Proverbs 29:21
English Standard Version
21 Whoever pampers his servant from childhood
will in the end find him his heir.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain
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