Proverbs 4:20-21
New American Standard Bible
20 My son, (A)pay attention to my words;
(B)Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (C)They are not to escape from your sight;
(D)Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Proverbs 4:20-21
American Standard Version
20 My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Proverbs 4:23
New American Standard Bible
23 Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For (A)from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 4:23
American Standard Version
23 Keep thy heart [a]with all diligence;
For out of it are the issues of life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:23 Or, above all that thou guardest
Proverbs 10:20
New American Standard Bible
20 The tongue of the righteous is like (A)choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 10:20
American Standard Version
20 The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver:
The heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 12:20
New American Standard Bible
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.
Proverbs 12:20
American Standard Version
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil;
But to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 15:13
New American Standard Bible
13 A (A)joyful heart makes a [a]cheerful face,
But [b]when the heart is (B)sad, the (C)spirit is broken.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:13 Lit good
- Proverbs 15:13 Lit in sadness of heart
Proverbs 15:13
American Standard Version
13 A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance;
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:15
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:15 Or wretched
- Proverbs 15:15 Lit good
Proverbs 15:15
American Standard Version
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil;
But he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:30
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:30 Lit The light of the eyes gladdens
- Proverbs 15:30 Lit makes fat
Proverbs 15:30
American Standard Version
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart;
And good tidings make the bones fat.
Proverbs 16:1-2
New American Standard Bible
Contrast of the Upright and the Wicked
16 The (A)plans of the heart belong to a person,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 All the ways of a person are clean in his own sight,
But the (B)Lord examines the [a]motives.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:2 Lit spirits
Proverbs 16:1-2
American Standard Version
16 The plans of the heart belong to man;
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
Proverbs 16:5
New American Standard Bible
5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
[a]Be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:5 Lit Hand to hand, he
Proverbs 16:5
American Standard Version
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah:
Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:21-23
New American Standard Bible
21 The (A)wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of [a]speech (B)increases [b]persuasiveness.
22 Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it,
But the discipline of fools is foolishness.
23 The (C)heart of the wise instructs his mouth
And adds [c]persuasiveness to his lips.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:21 Lit lips
- Proverbs 16:21 Or learning
- Proverbs 16:23 Or learning
Proverbs 16:21-23
American Standard Version
21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent;
And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;
But the correction of fools is their folly.
23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,
And addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 17:3
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 17:3
American Standard Version
3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:22
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Lit causes good healing
Proverbs 17:22
American Standard Version
22 A cheerful heart [a]is a good medicine;
But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Hebrew causeth good healing.
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Public Domain (Why are modern Bible translations copyrighted?)