Proverbs 17:11
Lexham English Bible
11 An evil person will seek only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:11
English Standard Version
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and (A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:19-20
Lexham English Bible
19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
20 He who is crooked of heart[a] will not find goodness,
and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:20 Or “mind”
Proverbs 17:19-20
English Standard Version
19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who (A)makes his door high seeks destruction.
20 (B)A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
Proverbs 17:24
Lexham English Bible
24 He who understands sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.[a]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:24 Or “land”
Proverbs 17:24
English Standard Version
24 (A)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:1-2
Lexham English Bible
18 He who is selfish seeks a craving;[a]
against all sound judgment he shows contempt.
2 A fool will not take pleasure in understanding,
but in expressing his heart.[b]
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 18:1 Or “boundary”
- Proverbs 18:2 Or “mind”
Proverbs 18:1-2
English Standard Version
18 Whoever (A)isolates himself seeks his own desire;
he breaks out against all sound judgment.
2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only (B)in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 20:14
Lexham English Bible
14 “Bad, bad,” the buyer will say,
but when one goes to him, then he will boast.
Proverbs 20:14
English Standard Version
14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Proverbs 21:29
Lexham English Bible
29 A wicked man is strong in his countenance,[a]
but the upright will appoint his paths.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:29 Literally “his face”
Proverbs 21:29
English Standard Version
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes
Proverbs 22:10
Lexham English Bible
10 Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out;
quarrel and abuse will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:8
Lexham English Bible
8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his anger will fail.
Proverbs 22:8
English Standard Version
Proverbs 22:26
Lexham English Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:26 Literally “strike a hand”
- Proverbs 22:26 Literally “in the becomings of”
Proverbs 22:26
English Standard Version
26 Be not one of those who (A)give pledges,
who put up security for debts.
Proverbs 23:1-3
Lexham English Bible
23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
you shall surely observe what is before you,
2 and you shall put a knife to your throat
if you have a big appetite.[a]
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
for[b] it is food of deception.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:2 Literally “lord/master of life”
- Proverbs 23:3 Hebrew “and”
Proverbs 23:1-3
English Standard Version
23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
3 (A)Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:6-9
Lexham English Bible
6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy,[a]
and do not desire his delicacies.
7 For, like hair in his throat,[b] so it is.[c]
“Eat and drink!” he will say to you,
but his heart will not be with you.
8 Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up,
and you will waste your pleasant words.
9 In the ears of a fool do not speak,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:6 Literally “stingy of eye”
- Proverbs 23:7 Literally “soul,” or “inner self”
- Proverbs 23:7 Or “is he”
Proverbs 23:6-9
English Standard Version
6 (A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
(C)do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[b]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his (D)heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
Proverbs 26:6
Lexham English Bible
6 Like cutting off feet or drinking violence,
so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:6
English Standard Version
6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and (A)drinks violence.
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