Proverbs 4:14-19
English Standard Version
14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (B)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
(C)and drink the wine of violence.
18 But (D)the path of the righteous is like (E)the light of dawn,
which shines (F)brighter and brighter until (G)full day.
19 (H)The way of the wicked is like deep (I)darkness;
they do not know over what they (J)stumble.
Proverbs 4:14-19
Revised Standard Version
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know over what they stumble.
Proverbs 13:20
English Standard Version
20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20
Revised Standard Version
20 He who walks with wise men becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 14:7
English Standard Version
7 Leave the presence of a fool,
for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:7
Revised Standard Version
7 Leave the presence of a fool,
for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
Proverbs 16:19
English Standard Version
19 (A)It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to (B)divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 16:19
Revised Standard Version
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 20:19
English Standard Version
19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips
Proverbs 20:19
Revised Standard Version
19 He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
Proverbs 22:5
English Standard Version
5 (A)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever (B)guards his soul will keep far from them.
Proverbs 22:5
Revised Standard Version
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
he who guards himself will keep far from them.
Proverbs 22:24-25
English Standard Version
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22:24-25
Revised Standard Version
24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 23:6-8
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
Proverbs 23:6-8
Revised Standard Version
6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies;
7 for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning.[a]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you;
but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Heb obscure
Proverbs 23:20-21
English Standard Version
20 Be not among (A)drunkards[a]
or among (B)gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and (C)slumber will clothe them with rags.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine
Proverbs 23:20-21
Revised Standard Version
20 Be not among winebibbers,
or among gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 24:1-2
English Standard Version
24 Be not (A)envious of evil men,
nor desire to be (B)with them,
2 for their hearts (C)devise violence,
and their lips (D)talk of trouble.
Proverbs 24:1-2
Revised Standard Version
24 Be not envious of evil men,
nor desire to be with them;
2 for their minds devise violence,
and their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs 24:21-22
English Standard Version
21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king,
and do not join with those who do otherwise,
22 for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Proverbs 24:21-22
Revised Standard Version
21 My son, fear the Lord and the king,
and do not disobey either of them;[a]
22 for disaster from them will rise suddenly,
and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:21 Gk: Heb do not associate with those who change
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