Proverbs 2:20
New Living Translation
20 So follow the steps of the good,
and stay on the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 2:20
Living Bible
20 Follow the steps of the godly instead, and stay on the right path,
Read full chapter
Proverbs 3:27
New Living Translation
27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
when it’s in your power to help them.
Proverbs 3:27-28
Living Bible
27-28 Don’t withhold repayment of your debts. Don’t say “some other time,” if you can pay now.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 11:3
New Living Translation
3 Honesty guides good people;
dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
Proverbs 11:3
Living Bible
3 A good man is guided by his honesty; the evil man is destroyed by his dishonesty.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 11:6
New Living Translation
6 The godliness of good people rescues them;
the ambition of treacherous people traps them.
Proverbs 11:6
Living Bible
6 The good man’s goodness delivers him; the evil man’s treachery is his undoing.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 11:17
New Living Translation
17 Your kindness will reward you,
but your cruelty will destroy you.
Proverbs 11:17
Living Bible
17 Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 11:27
New Living Translation
27 If you search for good, you will find favor;
but if you search for evil, it will find you!
Proverbs 11:27
Living Bible
27 If you search for good, you will find God’s favor; if you search for evil, you will find his curse.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 11:30
New Living Translation
30 The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life;
a wise person wins friends.[a]
Footnotes
- 11:30 Or and those who win souls are wise.
Proverbs 11:30
Living Bible
30 Godly men are growing a tree that bears life-giving fruit, and all who win souls are wise.[a]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Proverbs 11:30 all who win souls are wise, or “he that is wise wins souls.”
Proverbs 12:2
New Living Translation
2 The Lord approves of those who are good,
but he condemns those who plan wickedness.
Proverbs 13:22
New Living Translation
22 Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth passes to the godly.
Proverbs 13:22
Living Bible
22 When a good man dies, he leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren; but when a sinner dies, his wealth is stored up for the godly.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 14:14
New Living Translation
14 Backsliders get what they deserve;
good people receive their reward.
Proverbs 14:14
Living Bible
14 The backslider gets bored with himself; the godly man’s life is exciting.
Read full chapter
Proverbs 14:19
New Living Translation
19 Evil people will bow before good people;
the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.
Proverbs 14:22
New Living Translation
22 If you plan to do evil, you will be lost;
if you plan to do good, you will receive unfailing love and faithfulness.
Proverbs 14:22
Living Bible
22 Those who plot evil shall wander away and be lost, but those who plan good shall be granted mercy and quietness.
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.