Proverbs 3:32
New Living Translation
32 Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly.
Proverbs 3:32
Common English Bible
32 Devious people are detestable to the Lord,
but the virtuous are his close friends.
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
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 12:26
New Living Translation
26 The godly give good advice to their friends;[a]
the wicked lead them astray.
Footnotes
- 12:26 Or The godly are cautious in friendship; or The godly are freed from evil. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Proverbs 12:26
Common English Bible
26 The righteous offer guidance to their neighbors,[a]
but the path of the wicked makes them wander.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 12:26 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 14:20
New Living Translation
20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
while the rich have many “friends.”
Proverbs 14:20
Common English Bible
20 Even their neighbors hate the poor,
but many love the wealthy.
Proverbs 16:28
New Living Translation
28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
gossip separates the best of friends.
Proverbs 16:28
Common English Bible
28 Destructive people produce conflict;
gossips alienate close friends.
Proverbs 17:9
New Living Translation
9 Love prospers when a fault is forgiven,
but dwelling on it separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9
Common English Bible
9 One who seeks love conceals an offense,
but one who repeats it divides friends.
Proverbs 17:17
New Living Translation
17 A friend is always loyal,
and a brother is born to help in time of need.
Proverbs 17:17
Common English Bible
17 Friends love all the time,
and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.
Proverbs 18:19
New Living Translation
19 An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.
Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.
Proverbs 18:19
Common English Bible
19 An offended ally is more formidable than a city;
such quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 18:24
New Living Translation
24 There are “friends” who destroy each other,
but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
Common English Bible
24 There are persons for companionship,
but then there are friends who are more loyal than family.
Proverbs 19:4
New Living Translation
4 Wealth makes many “friends”;
poverty drives them all away.
Proverbs 19:4
Common English Bible
4 Riches increase one’s friends,
but the poor lose their friends.
Proverbs 19:6-7
New Living Translation
6 Many seek favors from a ruler;
everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!
7 The relatives of the poor despise them;
how much more will their friends avoid them!
Though the poor plead with them,
their friends are gone.
Proverbs 19:6-7
Common English Bible
6 Many seek favor from rulers;
everyone befriends a gift giver.
7 All the relatives of the poor hate them;
even more, their friends stay far from them.
When they pursue them with words, they aren’t there.
Proverbs 20:6
New Living Translation
6 Many will say they are loyal friends,
but who can find one who is truly reliable?
Proverbs 20:6
Common English Bible
6 Many people will say that they are loyal,
but who can find a reliable person?
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