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| Proverbs 1:1 | The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: | The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. | The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; | Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: |
| Proverbs 1:2 | To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; | To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason: | To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; | to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding; |
| Proverbs 1:3 | To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity; | To be trained in the ways of wisdom, in righteousness and judging truly and straight behaviour: | To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; | to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity; |
| Proverbs 1:4 | To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion: | To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. | to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. |
| Proverbs 1:5 | That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels: | (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:) | A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: | He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels: |
| Proverbs 1:6 | To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings. | To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings. | To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. | to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas. |
| Proverbs 1:7 | The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching. | The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| Proverbs 1:8 | My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: | My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother: | My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: | Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; |
| Proverbs 1:9 | For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck. | For they will be a crown of grace for your head, and chain-ornaments about your neck. | For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. | for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. |
| Proverbs 1:10 | My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. | My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them. | My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. | My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. |
| Proverbs 1:11 | If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; | If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause; | If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: | If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; |
| Proverbs 1:12 | Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; | Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death; | Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: | let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; |
| Proverbs 1:13 | We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil; | Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth; | We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: | we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: |
| Proverbs 1:14 | Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse: | Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag: | Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: | cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse: |
| Proverbs 1:15 | My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path: | My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways: | My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: | my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path; |
| Proverbs 1:16 | For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood. | For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life. | For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. | for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. |
| Proverbs 1:17 | For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird: | Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: | Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. | For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings. |
| Proverbs 1:18 | And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives. | And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves. | And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. | And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. |
| Proverbs 1:19 | So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof. | Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners. | So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. | So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. |
| Proverbs 1:20 | Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; | Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places; | Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: | Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways; |
| Proverbs 1:21 | She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: | Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town: | She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, | she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words: |
| Proverbs 1:22 | How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? | How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge? | How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? | How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge? |
| Proverbs 1:23 | Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you. | Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you. | Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. | Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words. |
| Proverbs 1:24 | Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; | Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand; | Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; | Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; |
| Proverbs 1:25 | But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: | You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words: | But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: | and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: |
| Proverbs 1:26 | I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; | So in the day of your trouble I will be laughing; I will make sport of your fear; | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; | I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| Proverbs 1:27 | When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you. | When your fear comes on you like a storm, and your trouble like a rushing wind; when pain and sorrow come on you. | When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. | when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: |
| Proverbs 1:28 | Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me: | Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me: | Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: | then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me. |
| Proverbs 1:29 | For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: | For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord: | For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: | Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah; |
| Proverbs 1:30 | They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof. | They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them. | They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. | they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: |
| Proverbs 1:31 | Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices. | So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full. | Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. | therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices. |
| Proverbs 1:32 | For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. | For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction. | For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. | For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish. |
| Proverbs 1:33 | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil. | But whoever gives ear to me will take his rest safely, living in peace without fear of evil. | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil. |
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