Proverbs 2:10-11
Lexham English Bible
10 for wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul.[a]
11 Discretion will watch over you;
understanding will protect you,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:10 Or “inner self”
Proverbs 2:10-11
International Standard Version
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion[a] will protect you;
understanding will watch over you,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:11 Or Wise planning
Proverbs 2:20
Lexham English Bible
20 So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,
and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.
Proverbs 2:20
International Standard Version
20 This is how you will walk in the way of good men
and will keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 4:14-19
Lexham English Bible
14 In the path of the wicked do not go;
do not walk in the way of those who do evil.
15 Avoid it; do not transgress it;
turn away from it and pass by.
16 For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong,
and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
17 For they ate the bread of wickedness,
and they drank the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn,
leading and shining until the day is full.[a]
19 The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:18 Literally “is correct”
Proverbs 4:14-19
International Standard Version
Avoiding the Ways of the Wicked
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
or go along the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it! Don’t travel on it!
Turn away from it, and pass on by.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil,
and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
and they drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn
that grows brighter until the full light of day.
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness,
and they do not know what they are stumbling over.
Proverbs 13:20
Lexham English Bible
20 Walk with the wise and be wise,
but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20
International Standard Version
20 Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 16:28
Lexham English Bible
28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,
and he who whispers separates a close friend.
Proverbs 16:28
International Standard Version
28 A deceitful man stirs dissension,
and anyone who gossips separates friends.
Proverbs 17:12
Lexham English Bible
12 May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring
and not a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
International Standard Version
12 It’s better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs
than a fool in his stupidity.
Proverbs 17:17
Lexham English Bible
17 The friend loves at all times[a],
but a brother is born for adversity.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:17 Hebrew “time”
Proverbs 17:17
International Standard Version
17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is there[a] for times of trouble.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:17 Lit. born
Proverbs 18:24
Lexham English Bible
24 A man of many friends will come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
International Standard Version
24 A man with many[a] friends can still be ruined,
but one who keeps on loving sticks closer than a brother.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:24 The Heb. lacks many
Proverbs 19:4
Lexham English Bible
4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor will be left by his friends.
Proverbs 19:4
International Standard Version
4 Wealth brings many friends,
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Proverbs 19:6-7
Lexham English Bible
6 Many will seek favor before the generous,
and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.[a]
7 All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
how much more will his friends keep away from him.
He pursues them with words, and they are gone.[b]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:6 Hebrew “gift”
- Proverbs 19:7 Or “when he pursues words and not them”
Proverbs 19:6-7
International Standard Version
6 Many curry favor of an official;
everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
7 All the relatives of a poor person shun him—
how much more do his friends avoid him!
Though he runs after them pleading,
they aren’t around.
Proverbs 20:19
Lexham English Bible
19 He reveals a secret, he who walks about with gossip,
and do not associate with a babbler’s lips.
Proverbs 20:19
International Standard Version
19 Whoever spreads gossip betrays confidences;
so don’t get involved with someone who talks too much.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Lexham English Bible
24 Do not befriend an owner[a] of anger,[b]
and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
25 lest you learn his way
and become entangled in a snare to yourself.[c]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:24 Or “master”
- Proverbs 22:24 Literally “nostril”
- Proverbs 22:25 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 22:24-25
International Standard Version
24 Don’t make friends with a hot-tempered man,
and do not associate with someone who is easily angered,
25 or you may learn his ways
and find yourself caught in a trap.
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