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
Common English Bible
20 So you should stay on the path of good people,
guarding the road of the righteous.
Proverbs 3:27
Lexham English Bible
27 Do not withhold good from its owner[a]
when it is in the power of your hand to do.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Or “lord”
Proverbs 3:27
Common English Bible
27 Don’t withhold good from someone who deserves it,
when it is in your power to do so.
Proverbs 11:3
Lexham English Bible
3 The integrity of the upright guides them,
but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
Proverbs 11:3
Common English Bible
3 Integrity guides the virtuous,
but dishonesty ruins the treacherous.
Proverbs 11:6
Lexham English Bible
6 The righteousness of the upright will save them,
but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.
Proverbs 11:6
Common English Bible
6 Those who do right are saved by their righteousness,
but the untrustworthy are caught by their own desires.
Proverbs 11:17
Lexham English Bible
17 A person of kindness rewards himself,[a]
but a cruel person harms his own flesh.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:17 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 11:17
Common English Bible
17 Kind persons benefit themselves,
but cruel people harm themselves.
Proverbs 11:27
Lexham English Bible
27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but he who inquires of evil, it will come to him.
Proverbs 11:27
Common English Bible
27 Those who look for good find favor,
but those who seek evil—it will come to them.
Proverbs 11:30
Lexham English Bible
30 The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life,
and he who captures souls[a] is wise.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 Or “persons,” or “inner selves”
Proverbs 11:30
Common English Bible
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the wise gather lives.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 Or LXX, Syr violence takes lives away
Proverbs 12:2
Lexham English Bible
2 The good obtains favor from Yahweh,
but anyone who schemes, he condemns.
Proverbs 12:2
Common English Bible
2 The Lord favors good people,
but he condemns schemers.
Proverbs 13:22
Lexham English Bible
22 He who is good will leave an inheritance to his grandchildren,[a]
and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:22 Literally “sons of sons”
Proverbs 13:22
Common English Bible
22 Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 14:14
Lexham English Bible
14 From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied,
and from his own,[a] so shall a good man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 14:14 Literally “from upon him”
Proverbs 14:14
Common English Bible
14 Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways;
the good receive the due reward for their deeds.
Proverbs 14:19
Lexham English Bible
19 The evil bow down before the good,
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:19
Common English Bible
19 Evil people will bow down before the good;
wicked people are at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:22
Lexham English Bible
22 Have they not erred, those who plan evil?
But loyalty and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
Proverbs 14:22
Common English Bible
22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.
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