Proverbs 4:20-21
New King James Version
20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
Proverbs 4:20-21
Authorized (King James) 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 thine heart.
Proverbs 4:23
New King James Version
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of (A)life.
Proverbs 4:23
Authorized (King James) Version
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 10:20
New King James Version
20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 10:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver:
the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 12:20
New King James Version
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.
Proverbs 12:20
Authorized (King James) Version
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:
but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs 15:13
New King James Version
13 (A)A merry heart makes a cheerful [a]countenance,
But (B)by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 15:13 face
Proverbs 15:13
Authorized (King James) Version
13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs 15:15
New King James Version
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
(A)But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15
Authorized (King James) Version
15 All the days of the afflicted are evil:
but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:30
New King James Version
30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
And a good report makes the bones [a]healthy.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 15:30 Lit. fat
Proverbs 15:30
Authorized (King James) Version
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart:
and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs 16:1-2
New King James Version
Wisdom Is Better Than Gold
16 The (A)preparations[a] of the heart belong to man,
(B)But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own (C)eyes,
But the Lord weighs the spirits.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 16:1 plans
Proverbs 16:1-2
Authorized (King James) Version
16 The preparations of the heart in man,
and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
Proverbs 16:5
New King James Version
5 (A)Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Though they join [a]forces, none will go unpunished.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 16:5 Lit. hand to hand
Proverbs 16:5
Authorized (King James) Version
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord:
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:21-23
New King James Version
21 The wise in heart will be called prudent,
And sweetness of the lips increases learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
But the correction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth,
And adds learning to his lips.
Proverbs 16:21-23
Authorized (King James) Version
21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent:
and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it:
but the instruction of fools is folly.
23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth,
and addeth learning to his lips.
Proverbs 17:3
New King James Version
3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
(A)But the Lord tests the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3
Authorized (King James) Version
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold:
but the Lord trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:22
New King James Version
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:22 Or makes medicine even better
Proverbs 17:22
Authorized (King James) Version
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine:
but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
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