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Keywords: SONG
Description: Numbers 21:27
NET Translation: That is why those who speak in PROVERBS say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!
DARBY Translation: Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
KJV Translation: Wherefore they that speak in PROVERBS say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Keywords: PROVERBS
Description: 1 Samuel 10:12
NET Translation: A man who was from there replied, “And who is their father?” Therefore this became a proverb: “Is even Saul among the prophets?”
DARBY Translation: And a man of that place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
KJV Translation: And one of the same placeK1339answered and said, But who [is] their father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
Keywords: PROVERBS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: 1 Samuel 24:13
NET Translation: It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.
DARBY Translation: As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
KJV Translation: As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Keywords: DOG (SODOMITE?),FLEA,HUMILITY,PROVERBS
Description: 1 Samuel 24:14
NET Translation: Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?
DARBY Translation: After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
KJV Translation: After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
Keywords: DOG (SODOMITE?),PROVERBS
Description: 2 Samuel 3:8
NET Translation: These words of Ish Bosheth really angered Abner and he said, “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today!
DARBY Translation: Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, I who against Judah do shew kindness this day to the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou reproachest me this day with the fault of this woman?
KJV Translation: Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
Keywords: BETH-MAACHAH,PROVERBS
Description: 2 Samuel 20:18
NET Translation: She said, “In the past they would always say, ‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.
DARBY Translation: And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.
KJV Translation: Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel; and so they ended [the matter].
Keywords: SONG
Description: 1 Kings 4:32
NET Translation: He composed 3,000 PROVERBS and 1,005 songs.
DARBY Translation: And he spoke three thousand PROVERBS; and his songs were a thousand and five.
KJV Translation: And he spake three thousand PROVERBS: and his songs were a thousand and five.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,PRIDE,PROVERBS,SARCASM
Description: 1 Kings 20:11
NET Translation: The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.”
DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth offD2195!
KJV Translation: And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Keywords: LIFE
Description: Job 13:12
NET Translation: Your maxims are PROVERBS of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
DARBY Translation: Your memorable sayings are PROVERBS of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.
KJV Translation: Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Keywords: PERSONIFICATION,CHILDREN,INSTRUCTION,PROVERBS,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 1:1
NET Translation: The PROVERBS of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
DARBY Translation: PROVERBS of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
KJV Translation: The PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Verse Intro: Introduction to the Book of PROVERBS
Description: PROVERBS 1:2
NET Translation: To learn wisdom and moral instruction, to discern wise counsel.
DARBY Translation: to know wisdom and instructionD4126; to discern the words of understanding;
KJV Translation: To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Keywords: INTEGRITY
Description: PROVERBS 1:3
NET Translation: To receive moral instruction in skillful living, with righteousness, justice, and equity.
DARBY Translation: to receive the instruction of wisdomD4127, righteousness and judgment, and equity;
KJV Translation: To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equityK4120;
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 1:4
NET Translation: To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.
DARBY Translation: to give prudence to the simpleD4128, to the young man knowledge and discretionD4129.
KJV Translation: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretionK4121.
Keywords: COUNSEL,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 1:5
NET Translation: (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
DARBY Translation: He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gainD4130 wise counsels:
KJV Translation: A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Description: PROVERBS 1:6
NET Translation: To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles. Introduction to the Theme of the Book
DARBY Translation: to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.
KJV Translation: To understand a proverb, and the interpretationK4122; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,FOOL,KNOWLEDGE,REVERENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 1:7
NET Translation: Fearing the Lord is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.
DARBY Translation: The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: foolsD4131 despise wisdomD4132 and instruction.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD [is] the beginningK4123of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Verse Intro: Fearing the Lord is the Beginning of Discernment
Keywords: CHILDREN,MOTHER
Description: PROVERBS 1:8
NET Translation: Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
DARBY Translation: Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teachingD4133 of thy mother;
KJV Translation: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Keywords: CHAINS,CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 1:9
NET Translation: For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck.
DARBY Translation: for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
KJV Translation: For they [shall be] an ornamentK4124of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Keywords: CHARACTER,COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 1:10
NET Translation: My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
DARBY Translation: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.
KJV Translation: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Verse Intro: Avoid the Enticement of Unjust Riches
Keywords: HOMICIDE,ROBBERS
Description: PROVERBS 1:11
NET Translation: If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
DARBY Translation: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
KJV Translation: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Keywords: HELL,HOMICIDE
Description: PROVERBS 1:12
NET Translation: We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
DARBY Translation: let us swallow them up alive as SheolD4134, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
KJV Translation: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Description: PROVERBS 1:13
NET Translation: We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.
DARBY Translation: we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
KJV Translation: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Keywords: COMPANY
Description: PROVERBS 1:14
NET Translation: Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”
DARBY Translation: cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:
KJV Translation: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
Keywords: COMPANY,HOMICIDE
Description: PROVERBS 1:15
NET Translation: My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
DARBY Translation: my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;
KJV Translation: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Keywords: HOMICIDE
Description: PROVERBS 1:16
NET Translation: for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.
DARBY Translation: for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
KJV Translation: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Keywords: BIRDS,HUNTING,INSTINCT,NET,PROVERBS
Description: PROVERBS 1:17
NET Translation: Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,
DARBY Translation: For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.
KJV Translation: Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any birdK4125.
Description: PROVERBS 1:18
NET Translation: but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!
DARBY Translation: And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
KJV Translation: And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 1:19
NET Translation: Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!
DARBY Translation: So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
KJV Translation: So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Keywords: INSTRUCTION,SALVATION
Description: PROVERBS 1:20
NET Translation: Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas;
DARBY Translation: WisdomD4135 crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
KJV Translation: WisdomK4126crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Verse Intro: Heed the Call of Widsom
Keywords: GATES,SALVATION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 1:21
NET Translation: at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words:
DARBY Translation: she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:
KJV Translation: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
Keywords: BLINDNESS,FOOL,INFIDELITY,KNOWLEDGE,REPENTANCE,SCOFFING
Description: PROVERBS 1:22
NET Translation: “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge?
DARBY Translation: How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
KJV Translation: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Keywords: REPENTANCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 1:23
NET Translation: You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
DARBY Translation: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
KJV Translation: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Keywords: COUNSEL,GOD,HOLY SPIRIT,IMPENITENCE,OBDURACY (HARDNESS),OPPORTUNITY,PUNISHMENT,REPROBACY,REVERENCE,SELF-WILL,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 1:24
NET Translation: However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention,
DARBY Translation: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
KJV Translation: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
Keywords: REMORSE,SCOFFING
Description: PROVERBS 1:25
NET Translation: and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,
DARBY Translation: and ye have rejectedD4136 all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
KJV Translation: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,ANTHROPOMORPHISMS,DERISION,LAUGHTER,MOCKING
Description: PROVERBS 1:26
NET Translation: so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,
DARBY Translation: I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
KJV Translation: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,WHIRLWIND
Description: PROVERBS 1:27
NET Translation: when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.
DARBY Translation: when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
KJV Translation: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Description: PROVERBS 1:28
NET Translation: Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
DARBY Translation: then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earlyD4137, and shall not find me.
KJV Translation: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Keywords: BLINDNESS,KNOWLEDGE,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 1:29
NET Translation: Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,
DARBY Translation: Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
KJV Translation: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,BLINDNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 1:30
NET Translation: they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.
DARBY Translation: they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:
KJV Translation: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 1:31
NET Translation: Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
DARBY Translation: therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
KJV Translation: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Description: PROVERBS 1:32
NET Translation: For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
DARBY Translation: For the turning awayD4138 of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
KJV Translation: For the turning away of the simpleK4127shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Keywords: OBEDIENCE,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 1:33
NET Translation: But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.”
DARBY Translation: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.
KJV Translation: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE,PERSONIFICATION,WISDOM,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 2:1
NET Translation: My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,
DARBY Translation: My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
KJV Translation: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Verse Intro: The Benefits of Seeking Wisdom
Keywords: INTEGRITY
Description: PROVERBS 2:2
NET Translation: by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,
DARBY Translation: so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
KJV Translation: So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
Keywords: DESIRE,HUNGER,PRAYER,SEEKERS
Description: PROVERBS 2:3
NET Translation: indeed, if you call out for discernment—shout loudly for understanding—
DARBY Translation: yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
KJV Translation: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voiceK4128for understanding;
Description: PROVERBS 2:4
NET Translation: if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
DARBY Translation: if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:
KJV Translation: If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;
Keywords: INTEGRITY,PRAYER,REVERENCE,RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 2:5
NET Translation: then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.
DARBY Translation: then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
KJV Translation: Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Keywords: GIFTS FROM GOD,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 2:6
NET Translation: For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
DARBY Translation: For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
KJV Translation: For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
Keywords: GOD,WALKING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 2:7
NET Translation: He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,
DARBY Translation: He layeth up sound wisdomD4139 for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
KJV Translation: He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 2:8
NET Translation: to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.
DARBY Translation: guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly onesD4140.
KJV Translation: He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
Keywords: INTEGRITY,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 2:9
NET Translation: Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity—every good way.
DARBY Translation: Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgmentD4141 and equity: every good pathD4142.
KJV Translation: Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
Keywords: CHASTITY,KNOWLEDGE,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 2:10
NET Translation: For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.
DARBY Translation: When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,
KJV Translation: When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Keywords: CHASTITY,COMPANY
Description: PROVERBS 2:11
NET Translation: Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,
DARBY Translation: discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:
KJV Translation: Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Keywords: COMPANY,FALSEHOOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 2:12
NET Translation: to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,
DARBY Translation: To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward thingsD4143;
KJV Translation: To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;
Description: PROVERBS 2:13
NET Translation: who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,
DARBY Translation: [from those] who leave the paths of uprightnessD4144, to walk in the ways of darkness;
KJV Translation: Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Keywords: CHARACTER,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 2:14
NET Translation: who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil;
DARBY Translation: who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardnessD4145 of evil;
KJV Translation: Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Description: PROVERBS 2:15
NET Translation: whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;
DARBY Translation: whose paths are crooked, and who are pervertedD4146 in their courseD4147:
KJV Translation: Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHASTITY,COMPANY,HARLOT (PROSTITUTE),LASCIVIOUSNESS,TEMPTATION,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 2:16
NET Translation: to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;
DARBY Translation: To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
KJV Translation: To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,FORGETTING GOD
Description: PROVERBS 2:17
NET Translation: who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.
DARBY Translation: who forsaketh the guideD4148 of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;
KJV Translation: Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Description: PROVERBS 2:18
NET Translation: For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.
DARBY Translation: for her house inclineth unto death, and her pathsD4149 unto the deadD4150;
KJV Translation: For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Keywords: COMPANY
Description: PROVERBS 2:19
NET Translation: None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.
DARBY Translation: none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:
KJV Translation: None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Description: PROVERBS 2:20
NET Translation: So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.
DARBY Translation: that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.
KJV Translation: That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
Keywords: GOD,PERFECTION,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 2:21
NET Translation: For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
DARBY Translation: For the upright shall dwell in the landD4151, and the perfect shall remain in it;
KJV Translation: For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Keywords: DEATH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 2:22
NET Translation: but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it.
DARBY Translation: but the wicked shall be cut off from the landD4152, and the unfaithfulD4153 shall be plucked up out of it.
KJV Translation: But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted outK4129of it.
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE,BLESSING,CHILDREN,GOD,LONGEVITY,RIGHTEOUS,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 3:1
NET Translation: My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
DARBY Translation: My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
KJV Translation: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Verse Intro: Trust the Lord and Walk with Wisdom
Keywords: GOD,LONGEVITY
Description: PROVERBS 3:2
NET Translation: for they will provide a long and full life, and well-being for you.
DARBY Translation: for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee.
KJV Translation: For length of days, and long lifeK4130, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,FALSEHOOD,INTEGRITY,MERCY,TABLE,TRUTH
Description: PROVERBS 3:3
NET Translation: Do not let mercy and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
DARBY Translation: Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
KJV Translation: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,GOD,INTEGRITY,MERCY
Description: PROVERBS 3:4
NET Translation: Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt find favour and good understandingD4154 in the sight of God and man.
KJV Translation: So shalt thou find favour and good understandingK4131in the sight of God and man.
Keywords: CONCEIT,FAITH,FALSE CONFIDENCE,HEART,REASONING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 3:5
NET Translation: Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
DARBY Translation: Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligenceD4155;
KJV Translation: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Keywords: FAITH,GOD,PRAYER,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 3:6
NET Translation: Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
DARBY Translation: in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plainD4156 thy paths.
KJV Translation: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Keywords: CONCEIT,REVERENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 3:7
NET Translation: Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
DARBY Translation: Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
KJV Translation: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Description: PROVERBS 3:8
NET Translation: This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self.
DARBY Translation: it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.
KJV Translation: It shall be healthK4132to thy navel, and marrowK4133to thy bones.
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,FIRST FRUITS,LIBERALITY,THANKFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 3:9
NET Translation: Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the firstfruits of all your crops;
DARBY Translation: Honour Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
KJV Translation: Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,BARN,LIBERALITY,THANKFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 3:10
NET Translation: then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
DARBY Translation: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
KJV Translation: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CHASTISEMENT,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,RESIGNATION
Description: PROVERBS 3:11
NET Translation: My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke.
DARBY Translation: My son, despise not the instructionD4157 of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisementD4158;
KJV Translation: My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CHASTISEMENT,PARENTS,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: PROVERBS 3:12
NET Translation: For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.
DARBY Translation: for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
KJV Translation: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.
Keywords: HAPPINESS,PEACE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 3:13
NET Translation: Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.
DARBY Translation: Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
KJV Translation: Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.
Verse Intro: Finding Wisdom is Most Profitable
Description: PROVERBS 3:14
NET Translation: For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.
DARBY Translation: For the gain thereof is better than the gain of silver, and her revenue than fine gold.
KJV Translation: For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Description: PROVERBS 3:15
NET Translation: She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her.
DARBY Translation: She is more precious than rubiesD4159; and all the things thou canst desire are not equal unto her.
KJV Translation: She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Keywords: LONGEVITY
Description: PROVERBS 3:16
NET Translation: Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
DARBY Translation: Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand riches and honour.
KJV Translation: Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.
Description: PROVERBS 3:17
NET Translation: Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
DARBY Translation: Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
KJV Translation: Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.
Keywords: LIFE
Description: PROVERBS 3:18
NET Translation: She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.
DARBY Translation: She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her.
KJV Translation: She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 3:19
NET Translation: By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens.
KJV Translation: The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he establishedK4135the heavens.
Keywords: DEW,GOD,KNOWLEDGE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 3:20
NET Translation: By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, so that the clouds drip down dew.
DARBY Translation: By his knowledge the deeps were broken upD4160, and the skies drop down the dew.
KJV Translation: By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Description: PROVERBS 3:21
NET Translation: My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.
DARBY Translation: My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keepD4161 sound wisdomD4162 and discretion:
KJV Translation: My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Description: PROVERBS 3:22
NET Translation: So they will become life for your soul, and grace around your neck.
DARBY Translation: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.
KJV Translation: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 3:23
NET Translation: Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.
DARBY Translation: Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble;
KJV Translation: Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Keywords: FAITH,GOD,PEACE
Description: PROVERBS 3:24
NET Translation: When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.
DARBY Translation: when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.
KJV Translation: When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 3:25
NET Translation: Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;
DARBY Translation: Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
KJV Translation: Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 3:26
NET Translation: for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.
DARBY Translation: for Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.
KJV Translation: For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,DISHONESTY
Description: PROVERBS 3:27
NET Translation: Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.
DARBY Translation: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
KJV Translation: Withhold not good from them to whom it is dueK4136, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
Verse Intro: Demonstrate Wisdom in Dealing with Others
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,DISHONESTY,NEIGHBOR
Description: PROVERBS 3:28
NET Translation: Do not say to your neighbor, “Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.
DARBY Translation: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.
KJV Translation: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Keywords: NEIGHBOR
Description: PROVERBS 3:29
NET Translation: Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.
DARBY Translation: Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
KJV Translation: Devise not evilK4137against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Description: PROVERBS 3:30
NET Translation: Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.
DARBY Translation: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
KJV Translation: Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
Keywords: ENVY,OPPRESSION
Description: PROVERBS 3:31
NET Translation: Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;
DARBY Translation: Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
KJV Translation: Envy thou not the oppressorK4138, and choose none of his ways.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,GOD,MYSTERIES,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 3:32
NET Translation: for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
DARBY Translation: For the perverseD4163 is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.
KJV Translation: For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.
Keywords: CHILDREN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 3:33
NET Translation: The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
DARBY Translation: The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
KJV Translation: The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Keywords: HUMILITY,INFIDELITY,PRIDE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SCOFFING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 3:34
NET Translation: With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.
DARBY Translation: He indeed scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
KJV Translation: Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Keywords: FOOL,GLORY,GOD,SIN,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 3:35
NET Translation: The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.
DARBY Translation: The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of the foolish.
KJV Translation: The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of foolsK4139.
Keywords: CHILDREN,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 4:1
NET Translation: Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.
DARBY Translation: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligenceD4164;
KJV Translation: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Verse Intro: Esteem and Aquire Wisdom as the Supreme Thing
Description: PROVERBS 4:2
NET Translation: Because I hereby give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.
DARBY Translation: for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my lawD4165.
KJV Translation: For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Description: PROVERBS 4:3
NET Translation: When I was a son to my father, a tender, only child before my mother,
DARBY Translation: For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
KJV Translation: For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 4:4
NET Translation: he taught me, and he said to me: “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live.
DARBY Translation: And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
KJV Translation: He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Description: PROVERBS 4:5
NET Translation: Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.
DARBY Translation: Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
KJV Translation: Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Description: PROVERBS 4:6
NET Translation: Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.
DARBY Translation: Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
KJV Translation: Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Description: PROVERBS 4:7
NET Translation: Wisdom is supreme—so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!
DARBY Translation: The beginning of wisdomD4166 [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
KJV Translation: Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Description: PROVERBS 4:8
NET Translation: Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.
DARBY Translation: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
KJV Translation: Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Description: PROVERBS 4:9
NET Translation: She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you.”
DARBY Translation: She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
KJV Translation: She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to theeK4140.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 4:10
NET Translation: Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many.
DARBY Translation: Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
KJV Translation: Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Verse Intro: Walk in the Way of Wisdom Rather Than the Wicked
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 4:11
NET Translation: I hereby guide you in the way of wisdom and I lead you in upright paths.
DARBY Translation: I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in pathsD4167 of uprightness.
KJV Translation: I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Description: PROVERBS 4:12
NET Translation: When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
DARBY Translation: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
KJV Translation: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Description: PROVERBS 4:13
NET Translation: Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.
DARBY Translation: Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
KJV Translation: Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 4:14
NET Translation: Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.
DARBY Translation: Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
KJV Translation: Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 4:15
NET Translation: Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
DARBY Translation: avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
KJV Translation: Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Keywords: MALICE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 4:16
NET Translation: For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
DARBY Translation: For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
KJV Translation: For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
Keywords: MALICE,SIN,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 4:17
NET Translation: Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
DARBY Translation: For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violenceD4168.
KJV Translation: For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Keywords: DAY,GRACE OF GOD,PERSEVERANCE,RIGHTEOUS,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 4:18
NET Translation: But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
DARBY Translation: But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
KJV Translation: But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Keywords: BLINDNESS
Description: PROVERBS 4:19
NET Translation: The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.
DARBY Translation: The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
KJV Translation: The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 4:20
NET Translation: My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings.
DARBY Translation: My son, attend to my wordsD4169; incline thine ear unto my sayingsD4170.
KJV Translation: My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Description: PROVERBS 4:21
NET Translation: Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;
DARBY Translation: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
KJV Translation: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Description: PROVERBS 4:22
NET Translation: for they are life to those who find them and healing to one’s entire body.
DARBY Translation: For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
KJV Translation: For they [are] life unto those that find them, and healthK4141to all their flesh.
Keywords: DILIGENCE,HEART,REGENERATION,SIN,WATCHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 4:23
NET Translation: Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.
DARBY Translation: Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
KJV Translation: Keep thy heart with all diligenceK4142; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 4:24
NET Translation: Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.
DARBY Translation: Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corruptD4171 lips put far from thee.
KJV Translation: Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lipsK4143put far from thee.
Keywords: DECISION,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,WATCHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 4:25
NET Translation: Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
DARBY Translation: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
KJV Translation: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Keywords: WATCHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 4:26
NET Translation: Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.
DARBY Translation: Ponder the pathD4172 of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-orderedD4173.
KJV Translation: Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be establishedK4144.
Description: PROVERBS 4:27
NET Translation: Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.
DARBY Translation: Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
KJV Translation: Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Keywords: CHILDREN,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 5:1
NET Translation: My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding,
DARBY Translation: My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;
KJV Translation: My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
Verse Intro: Avoid Being Seduced By Evil
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 5:2
NET Translation: in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.
DARBY Translation: that thou mayest keep reflectionD4174, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.
KJV Translation: That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
Keywords: ADULTERY,FLATTERY,HARLOT (PROSTITUTE),LASCIVIOUSNESS,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 5:3
NET Translation: For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
DARBY Translation: For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouthD4175 is smoother than oil;
KJV Translation: For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouthK4145[is] smoother than oil:
Keywords: WORMWOOD
Description: PROVERBS 5:4
NET Translation: but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
DARBY Translation: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
KJV Translation: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Keywords: HELL
Description: PROVERBS 5:5
NET Translation: Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.
DARBY Translation: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
KJV Translation: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Keywords: TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 5:6
NET Translation: Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.
DARBY Translation: Lest she should ponder the path of life, her waysD4176 wander, she knoweth not [whither]D4177.
KJV Translation: Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
Keywords: REMORSE
Description: PROVERBS 5:7
NET Translation: So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.
DARBY Translation: And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
KJV Translation: Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Keywords: COMPANY,LASCIVIOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 5:8
NET Translation: Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
DARBY Translation: Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
KJV Translation: Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Description: PROVERBS 5:9
NET Translation: lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,
DARBY Translation: lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
KJV Translation: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Description: PROVERBS 5:10
NET Translation: lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.
DARBY Translation: lest strangerD4178s be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
KJV Translation: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealthK4146; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
Description: PROVERBS 5:11
NET Translation: And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
DARBY Translation: and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
KJV Translation: And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Keywords: SELF-CONDEMNATION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 5:12
NET Translation: And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
DARBY Translation: and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
KJV Translation: And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Keywords: SELF-CONDEMNATION
Description: PROVERBS 5:13
NET Translation: For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.
DARBY Translation: and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
KJV Translation: And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Description: PROVERBS 5:14
NET Translation: I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”
DARBY Translation: I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
KJV Translation: I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Keywords: CHASTITY,CISTERN,HUSBAND,WATER
Description: PROVERBS 5:15
NET Translation: Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.
DARBY Translation: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
KJV Translation: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Description: PROVERBS 5:16
NET Translation: Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?
DARBY Translation: Thy fountainsD4179 shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
KJV Translation: Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.
Description: PROVERBS 5:17
NET Translation: Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.
DARBY Translation: Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
KJV Translation: Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Description: PROVERBS 5:18
NET Translation: May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth—
DARBY Translation: Let thy fountainD4180 be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
KJV Translation: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Keywords: DEER
Description: PROVERBS 5:19
NET Translation: a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.
DARBY Translation: As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
KJV Translation: [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy theeK4147at all times; and be thou ravished always with her loveK4148.
Description: PROVERBS 5:20
NET Translation: But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
DARBY Translation: And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
KJV Translation: And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Keywords: GOD,HEART
Description: PROVERBS 5:21
NET Translation: For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.
DARBY Translation: For the ways of manD4181 are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his pathsD4182.
KJV Translation: For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Keywords: CORD,DEATH,ROPE,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 5:22
NET Translation: The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.
DARBY Translation: His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
KJV Translation: His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sinsK4149.
Keywords: DEATH,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 5:23
NET Translation: He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
DARBY Translation: He shall die for want of disciplineD4183; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astrayD4184.
KJV Translation: He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Keywords: CONTRACTS,HAND,PRUDENCE,SURETY (GUARANTEE),YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 6:1
NET Translation: My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, if you have become a guarantor for a stranger,
DARBY Translation: My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friendD4185, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
KJV Translation: My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Verse Intro: Warnings Against Foolish Conduct
Keywords: PRUDENCE,WORDS
Description: PROVERBS 6:2
NET Translation: if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,
DARBY Translation: thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
KJV Translation: Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Description: PROVERBS 6:3
NET Translation: then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: Go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
DARBY Translation: Do this now, my son, and deliver thyselfD4186, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent withD4187 thy friend.
KJV Translation: Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friendK4150.
Description: PROVERBS 6:4
NET Translation: Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
DARBY Translation: Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
KJV Translation: Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Keywords: DEER
Description: PROVERBS 6:5
NET Translation: Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
DARBY Translation: deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
KJV Translation: Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Keywords: ANIMALS,ANT,DILIGENCE,IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS,SUMMER
Description: PROVERBS 6:6
NET Translation: Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe her ways and be wise!
DARBY Translation: Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
KJV Translation: Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Description: PROVERBS 6:7
NET Translation: It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
DARBY Translation: which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
KJV Translation: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Description: PROVERBS 6:8
NET Translation: yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat.
DARBY Translation: provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
KJV Translation: Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
Keywords: RISING,SLEEP
Description: PROVERBS 6:9
NET Translation: How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
DARBY Translation: How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
KJV Translation: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Keywords: SLEEP
Description: PROVERBS 6:10
NET Translation: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
DARBY Translation: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
KJV Translation: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Keywords: POVERTY,TRAMP
Description: PROVERBS 6:11
NET Translation: and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
DARBY Translation: So shall thy poverty come as a roving plundererD4188, and thy penury as an armed man.
KJV Translation: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,STRIFE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 6:12
NET Translation: A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
DARBY Translation: A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverseD4189 mouth;
KJV Translation: A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,INNUENDO
Description: PROVERBS 6:13
NET Translation: he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers;
DARBY Translation: he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
KJV Translation: He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Keywords: HEART,MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 6:14
NET Translation: he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
DARBY Translation: deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he sowethD4190 discords.
KJV Translation: Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he sowethK4151discord.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: PROVERBS 6:15
NET Translation: Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
DARBY Translation: Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
KJV Translation: Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,FALSE TEACHERS,HOMICIDE,IMAGINATION,PRIDE,SIN,SPEAKING,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 6:16
NET Translation: There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:
DARBY Translation: These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto himD4191:
KJV Translation: These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto himK4152:
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,HOMICIDE,PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 6:17
NET Translation: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
DARBY Translation: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
KJV Translation: A proud lookK4153, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Keywords: HEART,MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 6:18
NET Translation: a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,
DARBY Translation: a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
KJV Translation: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Keywords: MALICE,SLANDER
Description: PROVERBS 6:19
NET Translation: a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
DARBY Translation: a false witness that utterethD4192 lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
KJV Translation: A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Keywords: CHILDREN,COMMANDMENTS,MOTHER,WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 6:20
NET Translation: My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
DARBY Translation: My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
KJV Translation: My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Verse Intro: Warnings Against Lust
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS
Description: PROVERBS 6:21
NET Translation: Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
DARBY Translation: bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
KJV Translation: Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
Description: PROVERBS 6:22
NET Translation: When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
DARBY Translation: when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
KJV Translation: When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Keywords: LIGHT
Description: PROVERBS 6:23
NET Translation: For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
DARBY Translation: For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instructionD4193 are the way of life:
KJV Translation: For the commandment [is] a lampK4154; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHASTITY,FLATTERY,LUST,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 6:24
NET Translation: by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
DARBY Translation: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flatteryD4194 of the tongue of a strange woman.
KJV Translation: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange womanK4155.
Keywords: BEAUTY,CHASTITY,LUST
Description: PROVERBS 6:25
NET Translation: Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
DARBY Translation: Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
KJV Translation: Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Description: PROVERBS 6:26
NET Translation: for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
DARBY Translation: for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
KJV Translation: For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteressK4156will hunt for the precious life.
Keywords: TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 6:27
NET Translation: Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
DARBY Translation: Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
KJV Translation: Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Keywords: TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 6:28
NET Translation: Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
DARBY Translation: Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
KJV Translation: Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Description: PROVERBS 6:29
NET Translation: So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
DARBY Translation: So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
KJV Translation: So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Keywords: FINE,RESTITUTION,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: PROVERBS 6:30
NET Translation: People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.
DARBY Translation: They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
KJV Translation: [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Keywords: FINE,RESTITUTION,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: PROVERBS 6:31
NET Translation: Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
DARBY Translation: and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
KJV Translation: But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Keywords: ADULTERY,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 6:32
NET Translation: A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.
DARBY Translation: Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understandingD4195: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
KJV Translation: [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understandingK4157: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Keywords: ADULTERY
Description: PROVERBS 6:33
NET Translation: He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;
DARBY Translation: A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
KJV Translation: A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Keywords: ANGER,JEALOUSY
Description: PROVERBS 6:34
NET Translation: for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
DARBY Translation: For jealousy is the rage of a manD4196, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
KJV Translation: For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Keywords: RANSOM
Description: PROVERBS 6:35
NET Translation: He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
DARBY Translation: he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.
KJV Translation: He will not regard any ransomK4158; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Keywords: CHASTITY,COMMANDMENTS,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 7:1
NET Translation: My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.
DARBY Translation: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
KJV Translation: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Verse Intro: Warnings Against Being Seduced by an Adultress
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 7:2
NET Translation: Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.
DARBY Translation: Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
KJV Translation: Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Description: PROVERBS 7:3
NET Translation: Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart.
DARBY Translation: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
KJV Translation: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Description: PROVERBS 7:4
NET Translation: Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding a close relative,
DARBY Translation: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
KJV Translation: Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
Keywords: ADULTERY,FLATTERY
Description: PROVERBS 7:5
NET Translation: so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.
DARBY Translation: that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
KJV Translation: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
Keywords: HOUSE,IGNORANCE,LASCIVIOUSNESS,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 7:6
NET Translation: For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out
DARBY Translation: For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
KJV Translation: For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Keywords: BLINDNESS,CHILDREN,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 7:7
NET Translation: and I saw among the naive—I discerned among the youths—a young man who lacked sense.
DARBY Translation: and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
KJV Translation: And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youthsK4159, a young man void of understanding,
Description: PROVERBS 7:8
NET Translation: He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house
DARBY Translation: passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
KJV Translation: Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Description: PROVERBS 7:9
NET Translation: in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.
DARBY Translation: in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blacknessD4197 of night and the darkness.
KJV Translation: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
Keywords: HARLOT (PROSTITUTE),HEART,HYPOCRISY
Description: PROVERBS 7:10
NET Translation: Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.
DARBY Translation: And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
KJV Translation: And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Keywords: HARLOT (PROSTITUTE),SELF-WILL
Description: PROVERBS 7:11
NET Translation: (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home—
DARBY Translation: She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
KJV Translation: (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Description: PROVERBS 7:12
NET Translation: at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)
DARBY Translation: now without, now in the broadways, and she lieth in wait at every corner.
KJV Translation: Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Description: PROVERBS 7:13
NET Translation: So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him,
DARBY Translation: And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent faceD4198 said unto him,
KJV Translation: So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,
Description: PROVERBS 7:14
NET Translation: “I have meat from my peace offerings at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!
DARBY Translation: I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
KJV Translation: [I have] peace offerings with meK4162; this day have I payed my vows.
Description: PROVERBS 7:15
NET Translation: That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!
DARBY Translation: therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestlyD4199 thy face, and I have found thee.
KJV Translation: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Keywords: CARVING,EGYPT,LINEN,TAPESTRY
Description: PROVERBS 7:16
NET Translation: I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.
DARBY Translation: I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
KJV Translation: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
Keywords: ALOES,BED,CINNAMON,MYRRH,PERFUME
Description: PROVERBS 7:17
NET Translation: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
DARBY Translation: I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
KJV Translation: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Description: PROVERBS 7:18
NET Translation: Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with love’s pleasures.
DARBY Translation: Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
KJV Translation: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Description: PROVERBS 7:19
NET Translation: For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance.
DARBY Translation: For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
KJV Translation: For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Keywords: MONEY
Description: PROVERBS 7:20
NET Translation: He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.”
DARBY Translation: he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
KJV Translation: He hath taken a bag of money with himK4163, [and] will come home at the day appointedK4164.
Keywords: FLATTERY
Description: PROVERBS 7:21
NET Translation: She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
DARBY Translation: With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
KJV Translation: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Keywords: PRISONERS,STOCKS
Description: PROVERBS 7:22
NET Translation: Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
DARBY Translation: He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] forD4200 the correction of the fool;
KJV Translation: He goeth after her straightwayK4165, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Description: PROVERBS 7:23
NET Translation: till an arrow pierces his liver—like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
DARBY Translation: till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
KJV Translation: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
Description: PROVERBS 7:24
NET Translation: So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.
DARBY Translation: And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
KJV Translation: Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Keywords: HARLOT (PROSTITUTE)
Description: PROVERBS 7:25
NET Translation: Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways—do not wander into her pathways;
DARBY Translation: Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
KJV Translation: Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Description: PROVERBS 7:26
NET Translation: for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.
DARBY Translation: for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strongD4201.
KJV Translation: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.
Keywords: HELL
Description: PROVERBS 7:27
NET Translation: Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
DARBY Translation: Her house is the wayD4202 to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
KJV Translation: Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Keywords: PERSONIFICATION,JESUS THE CHRIST,SALVATION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 8:1
NET Translation: Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
DARBY Translation: Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
KJV Translation: Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Verse Intro: The Appeal to Listen to Wisdom's Truth
Description: PROVERBS 8:2
NET Translation: At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;
DARBY Translation: On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
KJV Translation: She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
Keywords: GATES
Description: PROVERBS 8:3
NET Translation: beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:
DARBY Translation: Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud.
KJV Translation: She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Description: PROVERBS 8:4
NET Translation: “To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.
DARBY Translation: Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man:
KJV Translation: Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.
Keywords: IGNORANCE
Description: PROVERBS 8:5
NET Translation: You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
DARBY Translation: O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand senseD4203.
KJV Translation: O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Description: PROVERBS 8:6
NET Translation: Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.
DARBY Translation: Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
KJV Translation: Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
Keywords: ABOMINATION
Description: PROVERBS 8:7
NET Translation: For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.
DARBY Translation: For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
KJV Translation: For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lipsK4166.
Description: PROVERBS 8:8
NET Translation: All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.
DARBY Translation: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuousD4204 or perverse in them.
KJV Translation: All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing frowardK4167or perverse in them.
Description: PROVERBS 8:9
NET Translation: All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.
DARBY Translation: They are all plainD4205 to him that understandeth, and rightD4206 to them that find knowledge.
KJV Translation: They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Keywords: HEART,KNOWLEDGE
Description: PROVERBS 8:10
NET Translation: Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
DARBY Translation: Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold:
KJV Translation: Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Description: PROVERBS 8:11
NET Translation: For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.
DARBY Translation: for wisdom is better than rubiesD4207, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it.
KJV Translation: For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Keywords: GOD,INVENTION,JESUS THE CHRIST,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 8:12
NET Translation: “I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
DARBY Translation: I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflectionD4208.
KJV Translation: I wisdom dwell with prudenceK4168, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
Keywords: ARROGANCE,PRIDE,REVERENCE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 8:13
NET Translation: The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
DARBY Translation: The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouthD4209 do I hate.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Description: PROVERBS 8:14
NET Translation: Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.
DARBY Translation: Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength.
KJV Translation: Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.
Keywords: GOVERNMENT,KING
Description: PROVERBS 8:15
NET Translation: By me kings reign, and by me potentates decree righteousness;
DARBY Translation: By me kings reign, and rulersD4210 make just decrees;
KJV Translation: By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Description: PROVERBS 8:16
NET Translation: by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.
DARBY Translation: by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.
KJV Translation: By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
Keywords: CHILDREN,DESIRE,JESUS THE CHRIST,LOVE,SEEKERS
Description: PROVERBS 8:17
NET Translation: I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
DARBY Translation: I love those that love me; and they that seek me earlyD4211 shall find me.
KJV Translation: I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Description: PROVERBS 8:18
NET Translation: Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness.
DARBY Translation: Riches and honour are with me; durableD4212 wealth and righteousness.
KJV Translation: Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.
Keywords: GOLD
Description: PROVERBS 8:19
NET Translation: My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.
DARBY Translation: My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
KJV Translation: My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 8:20
NET Translation: I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
DARBY Translation: I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
KJV Translation: I leadK4169in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Description: PROVERBS 8:21
NET Translation: that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries.
DARBY Translation: that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries.
KJV Translation: That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Keywords: EARTH,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: PROVERBS 8:22
NET Translation: The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his worksD4213 of old.
KJV Translation: The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 8:23
NET Translation: From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.
DARBY Translation: I was set upD4214 from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.
KJV Translation: I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
Description: PROVERBS 8:24
NET Translation: When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
DARBY Translation: When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
KJV Translation: When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.
Description: PROVERBS 8:25
NET Translation: before the mountains were set in place—before the hills—I was born,
DARBY Translation: Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
KJV Translation: Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Keywords: ATOMS OF MATTER,GOD
Description: PROVERBS 8:26
NET Translation: before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world.
DARBY Translation: while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dustD4215 of the world.
KJV Translation: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fieldsK4170, nor the highestK4171part of the dust of the world.
Keywords: GOD,HEAVEN
Description: PROVERBS 8:27
NET Translation: When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,
DARBY Translation: When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circleD4216 upon the face of the deep;
KJV Translation: When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compassK4172upon the face of the depth:
Description: PROVERBS 8:28
NET Translation: when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,
DARBY Translation: when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strongD4217;
KJV Translation: When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Keywords: CONTINENTS
Description: PROVERBS 8:29
NET Translation: when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
DARBY Translation: when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
KJV Translation: When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Keywords: MASTER WORKMAN,MECHANIC
Description: PROVERBS 8:30
NET Translation: then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,
DARBY Translation: then I was by him [his] nursling,D4218 and I was daily his delight, rejoicingD4219 always before him;
KJV Translation: Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: PROVERBS 8:31
NET Translation: rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.
DARBY Translation: rejoicingD4220 in the habitable partD4221 of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
KJV Translation: Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 8:32
NET Translation: “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
DARBY Translation: And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways:
KJV Translation: Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 8:33
NET Translation: Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.
DARBY Translation: hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
KJV Translation: Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Keywords: DESIRE,SEEKERS,WATCHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 8:34
NET Translation: Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
DARBY Translation: Blessed is the man thatD4222 heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
KJV Translation: Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 8:35
NET Translation: For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah;
KJV Translation: For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtainK4173favour of the LORD.
Keywords: SIN
Description: PROVERBS 8:36
NET Translation: But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”
DARBY Translation: but he that sinneth against meD4223 doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
KJV Translation: But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Keywords: PERSONIFICATION,HOSPITALITY,HOUSE,SALVATION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 9:1
NET Translation: Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.
DARBY Translation: WisdomD4224 hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
KJV Translation: Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Verse Intro: The Way of Wisdom is Life
Keywords: FOOD,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 9:2
NET Translation: She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
DARBY Translation: she hath slaughtered her cattleD4225, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also preparedD4226 her table;
KJV Translation: She hath killed her beastsK4174; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Description: PROVERBS 9:3
NET Translation: She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.
DARBY Translation: she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
KJV Translation: She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Description: PROVERBS 9:4
NET Translation: “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here.” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
DARBY Translation: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understandingD4227, she saith,
KJV Translation: Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Keywords: WINE
Description: PROVERBS 9:5
NET Translation: “Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
DARBY Translation: Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
KJV Translation: Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,FOOL,REPENTANCE
Description: PROVERBS 9:6
NET Translation: Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
DARBY Translation: Forsake folliesD4228 and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
KJV Translation: Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Keywords: REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 9:7
NET Translation: Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.
DARBY Translation: He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
KJV Translation: He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
Keywords: REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 9:8
NET Translation: Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
DARBY Translation: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
KJV Translation: Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Keywords: COUNSEL,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 9:9
NET Translation: Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
DARBY Translation: Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
KJV Translation: Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
Keywords: GOD,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 9:10
NET Translation: The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
DARBY Translation: The fear ofD4229 Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the HolyD4230 is intelligence.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
Keywords: LONGEVITY
Description: PROVERBS 9:11
NET Translation: For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
DARBY Translation: For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
KJV Translation: For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Keywords: INFIDELITY,SCOFFING
Description: PROVERBS 9:12
NET Translation: If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.
DARBY Translation: If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
KJV Translation: If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
Keywords: ADULTERY,FOOL,HARLOT (PROSTITUTE),HELL,LASCIVIOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 9:13
NET Translation: The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
DARBY Translation: The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupidD4231, and knoweth nothing.
KJV Translation: A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
Verse Intro: The Way of Folly is Death
Keywords: HARLOT (PROSTITUTE),IGNORANCE
Description: PROVERBS 9:14
NET Translation: And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
DARBY Translation: And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
KJV Translation: For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Keywords: HELL,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 9:15
NET Translation: calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
DARBY Translation: to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
KJV Translation: To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Description: PROVERBS 9:16
NET Translation: “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
DARBY Translation: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
KJV Translation: Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Keywords: PLEASURE
Description: PROVERBS 9:17
NET Translation: “Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”
DARBY Translation: Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
KJV Translation: Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
Keywords: HELL
Description: PROVERBS 9:18
NET Translation: But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
DARBY Translation: But he knoweth not that the deadD4232 are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
KJV Translation: But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
Keywords: CHILDREN,FOOL,MOTHER,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 10:1
NET Translation: The PROVERBS of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.
DARBY Translation: The PROVERBS of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
KJV Translation: The PROVERBS of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 1-32
Keywords: RICHES,RIGHTEOUSNESS,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 10:2
NET Translation: Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
DARBY Translation: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
KJV Translation: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Keywords: GOD,RIGHTEOUS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:3
NET Translation: The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah suffereth not the soul of the righteous [man] to famish; but he repelleth the craving of the wicked.
KJV Translation: The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wickedK4176.
Keywords: DILIGENCE,IDLENESS,INDUSTRY,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 10:4
NET Translation: The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.
DARBY Translation: He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
KJV Translation: He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Keywords: HARVEST,IDLENESS,INDUSTRY,SLOTHFULNESS,SUMMER
Description: PROVERBS 10:5
NET Translation: The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during harvest is a shameful son.
DARBY Translation: He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
KJV Translation: He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
Keywords: GOD,MALICE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:6
NET Translation: Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
DARBY Translation: Blessings are upon the head of a righteous [man]; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violenceD4233.
KJV Translation: Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Description: PROVERBS 10:7
NET Translation: The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
DARBY Translation: The memory of the righteous [man] shall be blessedD4234; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
KJV Translation: The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Keywords: FOOL,HEART,HUMILITY,TONGUE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 10:8
NET Translation: The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
DARBY Translation: The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating foolD4235 shall fall.
KJV Translation: The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating foolK4177shall fall.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,INTEGRITY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:9
NET Translation: The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.
DARBY Translation: He that walketh in integrity walketh securelyD4236; but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
KJV Translation: He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Keywords: CONNIVANCE,FALSEHOOD,FOOL,INNUENDO
Description: PROVERBS 10:10
NET Translation: The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
DARBY Translation: He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating foolD4237 shall fall.
KJV Translation: He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fallK4178.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 10:11
NET Translation: The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
DARBY Translation: The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violenceD4238.
KJV Translation: The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Keywords: CHARITABLENESS,HATRED,LOVE,MALICE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 10:12
NET Translation: Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
DARBY Translation: Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
KJV Translation: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Keywords: FOOL,SPEAKING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 10:13
NET Translation: Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks sense will be disciplined.
DARBY Translation: In the lips of an intelligent [man] wisdom is found; but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
KJV Translation: In the lips of him that hath understandingK4180wisdom is found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Keywords: FOOL,SPEAKING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 10:14
NET Translation: Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.
DARBY Translation: The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destructionD4239.
KJV Translation: Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
Keywords: POOR,POVERTY
Description: PROVERBS 10:15
NET Translation: The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.
DARBY Translation: The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poorD4240 is their poverty.
KJV Translation: The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
Keywords: RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 10:16
NET Translation: The reward that the righteous receive is life; the recompense that the wicked receive is judgment.
DARBY Translation: The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sinD4241.
KJV Translation: The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Keywords: PRIDE,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 10:17
NET Translation: The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.
DARBY Translation: Keeping instructionD4242 is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.
KJV Translation: He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof errethK4181.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,FOOL,HATRED,SLANDER
Description: PROVERBS 10:18
NET Translation: The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
DARBY Translation: He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a foolD4243.
KJV Translation: He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
Keywords: SPEAKING,TONGUE,WORDS
Description: PROVERBS 10:19
NET Translation: When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
DARBY Translation: In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.
KJV Translation: In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
Keywords: DEPRAVITY OF MAN
Description: PROVERBS 10:20
NET Translation: What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
DARBY Translation: The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
KJV Translation: The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 10:21
NET Translation: The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.
DARBY Translation: The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.
KJV Translation: The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdomK4182.
Keywords: GOD,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 10:22
NET Translation: The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.
DARBY Translation: The blessing of Jehovah, itD4244 maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it.
KJV Translation: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Keywords: FOOL,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE),WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 10:23
NET Translation: Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.
DARBY Translation: It is as sport to a foolish [man] to do wickednessD4245; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
KJV Translation: [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Keywords: GOD,PRAYER,REVERENCE,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:24
NET Translation: What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
DARBY Translation: The fear of a wicked [man], it shall come upon him; but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
KJV Translation: The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Keywords: DEATH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:25
NET Translation: When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
DARBY Translation: As a whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no [more]; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
KJV Translation: As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
Keywords: IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS,TEETH,VINEGAR
Description: PROVERBS 10:26
NET Translation: Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
DARBY Translation: As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
KJV Translation: As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
Keywords: DEATH,GOD,LONGEVITY,REVERENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:27
NET Translation: Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.
DARBY Translation: The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD prolongethK4183days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Keywords: HOPE,JOY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:28
NET Translation: The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked perishes.
DARBY Translation: The hope of the righteous is joy; but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
KJV Translation: The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Keywords: BLESSING,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 10:29
NET Translation: The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
DARBY Translation: The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect [man], but destruction to the workers of iniquity.
KJV Translation: The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 10:30
NET Translation: The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
DARBY Translation: The righteous [man] shall never be moved; but the wicked shall not inhabit the landD4246.
KJV Translation: The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 10:31
NET Translation: The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.
DARBY Translation: The mouth of a righteous [man] putteth forth wisdom; but the frowardD4247 tongue shall be cut out.
KJV Translation: The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Keywords: SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 10:32
NET Translation: The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.
DARBY Translation: The lips of a righteous [man] know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardnessD4248.
KJV Translation: The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardnessK4184.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: PROVERBS 11:1
NET Translation: The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
DARBY Translation: A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a justD4249 weight is his delight.
KJV Translation: A false balanceK4185[is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weightK4186[is] his delight.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 33-63
Keywords: HUMILITY,PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 11:2
NET Translation: After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.
DARBY Translation: [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowlyD4250 is wisdom.
KJV Translation: [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,INTEGRITY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:3
NET Translation: The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
DARBY Translation: The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the crookedness of the unfaithfulD4251 destroyeth them.
KJV Translation: The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Keywords: RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 11:4
NET Translation: Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
DARBY Translation: Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
KJV Translation: Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Keywords: INTEGRITY,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:5
NET Translation: The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.
DARBY Translation: The righteousness of the perfect maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness.
KJV Translation: The righteousness of the perfect shall directK4187his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Keywords: RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:6
NET Translation: The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.
DARBY Translation: The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
KJV Translation: The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
Keywords: CHARACTER,DEATH,INJUSTICE
Description: PROVERBS 11:7
NET Translation: When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.
DARBY Translation: When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil [men] perisheth.
KJV Translation: When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
Keywords: GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:8
NET Translation: A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.
DARBY Translation: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
KJV Translation: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY,SLANDER,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 11:9
NET Translation: With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.
DARBY Translation: With his mouth a hypocriteD4252 destroyeth his neighbourD4253; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered.
KJV Translation: An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Keywords: DEATH,GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:10
NET Translation: When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy.
DARBY Translation: When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
KJV Translation: When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
Keywords: GOD,SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:11
NET Translation: A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.
DARBY Translation: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
KJV Translation: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Keywords: PRIDE,SPEAKING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 11:12
NET Translation: The one who denounces his neighbor lacks sense, but a discerning person keeps silent.
DARBY Translation: He that despiseth his neighbour is void of heartD4254; but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
KJV Translation: He that is void of wisdomK4188despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Keywords: FRIENDSHIP,GOSSIP,PRUDENCE,TALEBEARER
Description: PROVERBS 11:13
NET Translation: The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
DARBY Translation: He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
KJV Translation: A talebearerK4189revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Keywords: COUNSEL,WAR
Description: PROVERBS 11:14
NET Translation: When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.
DARBY Translation: Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safetyD4255.
KJV Translation: Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
Keywords: DEBT,PRUDENCE,SURETY (GUARANTEE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:15
NET Translation: The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.
DARBY Translation: It goeth ill with him that is surety for anotherD4256; but he that hateth suretyshipD4257 is secure.
KJV Translation: He that is surety for a stranger shall smartK4190[for it]: and he that hateth suretishipK4191is sure.
Keywords: FRUGALITY,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 11:16
NET Translation: A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.
DARBY Translation: A graciousD4258 woman retaineth honour; and the violent retain riches.
KJV Translation: A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.
Keywords: MALICE,MERCY
Description: PROVERBS 11:17
NET Translation: A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.
DARBY Translation: The merciful man doeth good to his own soulD4259; but the cruel troubleth his own flesh.
KJV Translation: The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Keywords: DECEIT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,SOWER,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:18
NET Translation: The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
DARBY Translation: The wicked workD4260eth a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
KJV Translation: The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
Keywords: RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:19
NET Translation: True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
DARBY Translation: As righteousnessD4261 [tendeth] to life, so he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.
KJV Translation: As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,GOD,HEART,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 11:20
NET Translation: The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.
DARBY Translation: The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
KJV Translation: They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.
Keywords: CHILDREN,CONTRACTS,PUNISHMENT,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:21
NET Translation: Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.
DARBY Translation: Hand for handD4262! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
KJV Translation: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Keywords: FAMILY,NOSE,RING,SWINE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 11:22
NET Translation: Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion.
DARBY Translation: A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
KJV Translation: [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is withoutK4192discretion.
Keywords: HOLINESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:23
NET Translation: The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
DARBY Translation: The desire of the righteous is only good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
KJV Translation: The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,LIBERALITY
Description: PROVERBS 11:24
NET Translation: One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.
DARBY Translation: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.
KJV Translation: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,LIBERALITY
Description: PROVERBS 11:25
NET Translation: A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
DARBY Translation: The liberal soulD4263 shall be made fat, and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
KJV Translation: The liberal soulK4193shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,MONOPOLY,SELFISHNESS
Description: PROVERBS 11:26
NET Translation: People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it.
DARBY Translation: He that withholdeth corn, the people curse him; but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
KJV Translation: He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].
Keywords: DILIGENCE,GOD,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 11:27
NET Translation: The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil—it will come to him.
DARBY Translation: He that is earnest after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.
KJV Translation: He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Keywords: BRANCH,FALSE CONFIDENCE,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 11:28
NET Translation: The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
DARBY Translation: He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a leaf.
KJV Translation: He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Keywords: HEART,PRUDENCE,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 11:29
NET Translation: The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.
DARBY Translation: He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
KJV Translation: He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RIGHTEOUSNESS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: PROVERBS 11:30
NET Translation: The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise.
DARBY Translation: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth soulsD4264.
KJV Translation: The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winnethK4194souls [is] wise.
Keywords: GOD,JUDGMENT,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 11:31
NET Translation: If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!
DARBY Translation: Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.
KJV Translation: Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE,REPROOF,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 12:1
NET Translation: The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.
DARBY Translation: Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
KJV Translation: Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 64-91
Keywords: GOD,RIGHTEOUS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:2
NET Translation: A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes.
DARBY Translation: A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
KJV Translation: A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Keywords: GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:3
NET Translation: No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.
DARBY Translation: A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
KJV Translation: A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Keywords: FAMILY,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 12:4
NET Translation: A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.
DARBY Translation: A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
KJV Translation: A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
Keywords: DECEIT,HOLINESS,SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:5
NET Translation: The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
DARBY Translation: The thoughts of the rightD4265eous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
KJV Translation: The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
Keywords: HOMICIDE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 12:6
NET Translation: The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.
DARBY Translation: The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
KJV Translation: The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Keywords: CHILDREN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:7
NET Translation: The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.
DARBY Translation: Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
KJV Translation: The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Keywords: HEART,PRUDENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 12:8
NET Translation: A person will be praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one with a bewildered mind will be despised.
DARBY Translation: A man is commended according to his wisdomD4266; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
KJV Translation: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heartK4195shall be despised.
Keywords: IDLENESS,PRIDE,SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 12:9
NET Translation: Better is a person of humble standing who works for himself, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.
DARBY Translation: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
KJV Translation: [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Keywords: ANIMALS,MALICE,MERCY
Description: PROVERBS 12:10
NET Translation: A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.
DARBY Translation: A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
KJV Translation: A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tenderK4196mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,INDUSTRY,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 12:11
NET Translation: The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.
DARBY Translation: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
KJV Translation: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
Keywords: NET
Description: PROVERBS 12:12
NET Translation: The wicked person has desired the stronghold of the wicked, but the root of the righteous will yield fruit.
DARBY Translation: The wicked desireth the netD4267 of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
KJV Translation: The wicked desireth the netK4197of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,GOD,SIN,SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:13
NET Translation: The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.
DARBY Translation: In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.
KJV Translation: The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Keywords: JUDGMENT,PUNISHMENT,SIN,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 12:14
NET Translation: A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
DARBY Translation: A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
KJV Translation: A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Keywords: CONCEIT,COUNSEL,HUMILITY,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 12:15
NET Translation: The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.
DARBY Translation: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
KJV Translation: The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
Keywords: ANGER,PRUDENCE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 12:16
NET Translation: A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonor.
DARBY Translation: The vexation of the fool is presentlyD4268 known; but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
KJV Translation: A fool's wrath is presentlyK4199known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
Keywords: DECEIT,FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD,SPEAKING,TRUTH
Description: PROVERBS 12:17
NET Translation: The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
DARBY Translation: He that utterethD4269 truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.
KJV Translation: [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Description: PROVERBS 12:18
NET Translation: Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
DARBY Translation: There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
KJV Translation: There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,TRUTH
Description: PROVERBS 12:19
NET Translation: The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment.
DARBY Translation: The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
KJV Translation: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,PEACE
Description: PROVERBS 12:20
NET Translation: Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy.
DARBY Translation: Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
KJV Translation: Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
Keywords: GOD,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:21
NET Translation: No harm will be directed at the righteous, but the wicked are filled with calamity.
DARBY Translation: There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
KJV Translation: There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,FALSEHOOD,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,TRUTH
Description: PROVERBS 12:22
NET Translation: The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
DARBY Translation: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
KJV Translation: Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
Keywords: HEART,PRUDENCE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 12:23
NET Translation: The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people proclaim folly.
DARBY Translation: A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.
KJV Translation: A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Keywords: DILIGENCE,IDLENESS,INDUSTRY,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 12:24
NET Translation: The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor.
DARBY Translation: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute.
KJV Translation: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothfulK4200shall be under tribute.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: PROVERBS 12:25
NET Translation: Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.
DARBY Translation: Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
KJV Translation: Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Keywords: COMPANY,SIN,TEMPTATION,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 12:26
NET Translation: The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
DARBY Translation: The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
KJV Translation: The righteous [is] more excellentK4201than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Keywords: FRUGALITY,IDLENESS,INDUSTRY,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 12:27
NET Translation: The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent.
DARBY Translation: The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
KJV Translation: The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
Keywords: REGENERATION,RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 12:28
NET Translation: In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.
DARBY Translation: In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
KJV Translation: In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
Keywords: CHILDREN,SCOFFING,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 13:1
NET Translation: A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer has never listened to rebuke.
DARBY Translation: A wise son [heareth]D4270 his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
KJV Translation: A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 92-116
Keywords: SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:2
NET Translation: From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.
DARBY Translation: A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violenceD4271.
KJV Translation: A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 13:3
NET Translation: The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.
DARBY Translation: He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
KJV Translation: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Keywords: DILIGENCE,IDLENESS,INDUSTRY,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 13:4
NET Translation: The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.
DARBY Translation: A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
KJV Translation: The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Keywords: CHARACTER,FALSEHOOD,RIGHTEOUS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:5
NET Translation: The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.
DARBY Translation: A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
KJV Translation: A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Keywords: RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:6
NET Translation: Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
DARBY Translation: Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
KJV Translation: Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinnerK4202.
Keywords: LIBERALITY,PARADOX,POOR,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 13:7
NET Translation: There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.
DARBY Translation: There is that feigneth himself rich, and hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, and hath great wealth.
KJV Translation: There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
Keywords: POOR,RANSOM,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 13:8
NET Translation: The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.
DARBY Translation: The ransom of a man's life is his riches; but the indigent heareth not rebuke.
KJV Translation: The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Keywords: DEATH,JOY,LAMP,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:9
NET Translation: The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
DARBY Translation: The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
KJV Translation: The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lampK4203of the wicked shall be put out.
Keywords: PRIDE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 13:10
NET Translation: With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.
DARBY Translation: By pride there only comethD4272 contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.
KJV Translation: Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.
Keywords: INDUSTRY,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 13:11
NET Translation: Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.
DARBY Translation: Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
KJV Translation: Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labourK4204shall increase.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,DESPONDENCY,HOPE,LIFE
Description: PROVERBS 13:12
NET Translation: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.
DARBY Translation: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.
KJV Translation: Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
Keywords: REVERENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 13:13
NET Translation: The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems direction will be rewarded.
DARBY Translation: Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by itD4273; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
KJV Translation: Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewardedK4205.
Keywords: TEMPTATION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 13:14
NET Translation: Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.
DARBY Translation: The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
KJV Translation: The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Keywords: SIN
Description: PROVERBS 13:15
NET Translation: Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.
DARBY Translation: Good understandingD4274 procureth favour; but the way of the treacherous is hardD4275.
KJV Translation: Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
Keywords: PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 13:16
NET Translation: Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
DARBY Translation: Every prudent [man] acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open [his] folly.
KJV Translation: Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layethK4206open [his] folly.
Keywords: AMBASSADORS,SERVANT,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:17
NET Translation: An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
DARBY Translation: A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.
KJV Translation: A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 13:18
NET Translation: The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.
DARBY Translation: Poverty and shame shall be [to] him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardethD4276 reproof shall be honoured.
KJV Translation: Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:19
NET Translation: A desire fulfilled will be sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.
DARBY Translation: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil.
KJV Translation: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Keywords: COMPANY
Description: PROVERBS 13:20
NET Translation: The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
DARBY Translation: He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depravedD4277.
KJV Translation: He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyedK4207.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:21
NET Translation: Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
DARBY Translation: Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
KJV Translation: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Keywords: CHILDREN,FRUGALITY,GOD,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 13:22
NET Translation: A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.
DARBY Translation: A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous [man].
KJV Translation: A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.
Keywords: INDUSTRY,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 13:23
NET Translation: Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
DARBY Translation: Much food is in the tillage of the poorD4278; but there is that is lost for want of judgmentD4279.
KJV Translation: Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
Keywords: CHILDREN,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 13:24
NET Translation: The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
DARBY Translation: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimeD4280s.
KJV Translation: He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Keywords: GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 13:25
NET Translation: The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.
DARBY Translation: The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; but the belly of the wicked shall want.
KJV Translation: The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Keywords: FAMILY,FOOL,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 14:1
NET Translation: Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
DARBY Translation: The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.
KJV Translation: Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 117-151
Keywords: GODLESSNESS,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 14:2
NET Translation: The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.
DARBY Translation: He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; but he that is pervertedD4281 in his ways despiseth him.
KJV Translation: He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 14:3
NET Translation: In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.
DARBY Translation: In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
KJV Translation: In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Keywords: BULLOCK,CRIB,INDUSTRY
Description: PROVERBS 14:4
NET Translation: Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.
DARBY Translation: Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
KJV Translation: Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
Keywords: FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD
Description: PROVERBS 14:5
NET Translation: A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
DARBY Translation: A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness utterethD4282 lies.
KJV Translation: A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Keywords: INFIDELITY,SCOFFING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 14:6
NET Translation: The scorner sought wisdom—there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.
DARBY Translation: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none [for him]; but knowledge is easy unto the intelligent.
KJV Translation: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,FOOL
Description: PROVERBS 14:7
NET Translation: Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.
DARBY Translation: Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
KJV Translation: Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
Keywords: DECEIT,FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 14:8
NET Translation: The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
DARBY Translation: The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.
KJV Translation: The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
Keywords: GOD,SCOFFING,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 14:9
NET Translation: Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.
DARBY Translation: Fools make a mock at trespass; but forD4283 the upright there is favourD4284.
KJV Translation: Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CONTENTMENT
Description: PROVERBS 14:10
NET Translation: The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
DARBY Translation: The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.
KJV Translation: The heart knoweth his own bitternessK4208; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Keywords: GOD,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 14:11
NET Translation: The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
DARBY Translation: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown; but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
KJV Translation: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,DEATH,REASONING,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 14:12
NET Translation: There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
DARBY Translation: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
KJV Translation: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,HAPPINESS,JOY,WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 14:13
NET Translation: Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
DARBY Translation: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is sadness.
KJV Translation: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,CONTENTMENT,PEACE
Description: PROVERBS 14:14
NET Translation: The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
DARBY Translation: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.
KJV Translation: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
Keywords: FOOL,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 14:15
NET Translation: A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.
DARBY Translation: The simple believeth every word; but the prudent [man] heedethD4285 his going.
KJV Translation: The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,PRUDENCE,REVERENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 14:16
NET Translation: A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.
DARBY Translation: A wise [man] feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.
KJV Translation: A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Keywords: ANGER,MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 14:17
NET Translation: A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.
DARBY Translation: He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
KJV Translation: [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Keywords: PRUDENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 14:18
NET Translation: The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.
DARBY Translation: The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
KJV Translation: The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Keywords: GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 14:19
NET Translation: Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.
DARBY Translation: The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].
KJV Translation: The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Keywords: FLATTERY,POOR,THE RICH
Description: PROVERBS 14:20
NET Translation: A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
DARBY Translation: He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friendsD4286.
KJV Translation: The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.
Keywords: HAPPINESS,KINDNESS,LIBERALITY,MERCY,POOR,PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 14:21
NET Translation: The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
DARBY Translation: He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth; but he that is gracious to the afflictedD4287, happy is he.
KJV Translation: He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
Keywords: MALICE,MERCY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 14:22
NET Translation: Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.
DARBY Translation: Do they not err that deviseD4288 evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.
KJV Translation: Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.
Keywords: IDLENESS,INDUSTRY
Description: PROVERBS 14:23
NET Translation: In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
DARBY Translation: In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.
KJV Translation: In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
Keywords: RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 14:24
NET Translation: The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.
DARBY Translation: The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.
KJV Translation: The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.
Keywords: DECEIT,FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 14:25
NET Translation: A truthful witness rescues lives, but one who testifies falsely betrays them.
DARBY Translation: A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.
KJV Translation: A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.
Keywords: ADOPTION,BOLDNESS,FAITH,GOD,REVERENCE,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 14:26
NET Translation: In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
DARBY Translation: In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
KJV Translation: In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Keywords: REGENERATION,REVERENCE,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 14:27
NET Translation: The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.
DARBY Translation: The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Keywords: CITIZENS
Description: PROVERBS 14:28
NET Translation: A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.
DARBY Translation: In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a princeD4289.
KJV Translation: In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
Keywords: ANGER,MEEKNESS,RASHNESS
Description: PROVERBS 14:29
NET Translation: Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.
DARBY Translation: He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
KJV Translation: [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spiritK4210exalteth folly.
Keywords: ENVY,HEART,INTEGRITY,PHYSIOLOGY
Description: PROVERBS 14:30
NET Translation: A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.
DARBY Translation: A soundD4290 heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.
KJV Translation: A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Keywords: MERCY,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 14:31
NET Translation: The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
DARBY Translation: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy.
KJV Translation: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Keywords: DEATH,HOPE,IMMORTALITY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 14:32
NET Translation: An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
DARBY Translation: The wicked is driven away by his evil-doingD4291; but the righteous trustethD4292, [even] in his death.
KJV Translation: The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Keywords: HEART,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 14:33
NET Translation: Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.
DARBY Translation: Wisdom resteth in the heart of the intelligent [man]; but that which is in the foolish maketh itself known.
KJV Translation: Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.
Keywords: GOD,NATION,RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 14:34
NET Translation: Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
DARBY Translation: Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproachD4293 to peoplesD4294.
KJV Translation: Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any peopleK4211.
Keywords: CITIZENS
Description: PROVERBS 14:35
NET Translation: The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.
DARBY Translation: The king's favour is toward a wise servant; but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
KJV Translation: The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
Keywords: ANGER,MEEKNESS,SPEAKING,TACT
Description: PROVERBS 15:1
NET Translation: A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.
DARBY Translation: A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.
KJV Translation: A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 152-184
Keywords: SPEAKING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 15:2
NET Translation: The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
DARBY Translation: The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.
KJV Translation: The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pourethK4212out foolishness.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 15:3
NET Translation: The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
DARBY Translation: The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
KJV Translation: The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 15:4
NET Translation: Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.
DARBY Translation: GentlenessD4295 of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breakingD4296 of the spirit.
KJV Translation: A wholesome tongueK4213[is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
Keywords: CHILDREN,PRIDE,PRUDENCE,REPROOF,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 15:5
NET Translation: A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
DARBY Translation: A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
KJV Translation: A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Keywords: GOD,RICHES,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 15:6
NET Translation: In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.
DARBY Translation: In the house of a righteous [man] is much treasure; but in the revenue of a wicked [man] is disturbance.
KJV Translation: In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Keywords: FOOL,SPEAKING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 15:7
NET Translation: The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
DARBY Translation: The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but not so the heart of the foolish.
KJV Translation: The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,HYPOCRISY,PRAYER,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 15:8
NET Translation: The Lord abhors the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
DARBY Translation: The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
KJV Translation: The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,GOD,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 15:9
NET Translation: The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.
DARBY Translation: The way of a wicked [man] is an abomination to Jehovah; but him that pursueth righteousness he loveth.
KJV Translation: The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,PRIDE,REPROOF,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 15:10
NET Translation: Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.
DARBY Translation: Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.
KJV Translation: CorrectionK4214[is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.
Keywords: GOD,HELL
Description: PROVERBS 15:11
NET Translation: Death and Destruction are before the Lord—how much more the hearts of humans!
DARBY Translation: Sheol and destructionD4297 are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
KJV Translation: Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Keywords: PRIDE,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 15:12
NET Translation: The scorner will not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise.
DARBY Translation: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him; he will not go unto the wise.
KJV Translation: A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CONTENTMENT,COUNTENANCE,HEART
Description: PROVERBS 15:13
NET Translation: A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
DARBY Translation: A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
KJV Translation: A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 15:14
NET Translation: The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
DARBY Translation: The heart of an intelligent [man] seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly.
KJV Translation: The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CONTENTMENT
Description: PROVERBS 15:15
NET Translation: All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
DARBY Translation: All the days of the afflicted are evil; but a cheerful heart is a continual feast.
KJV Translation: All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
Keywords: POVERTY,REVERENCE,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 15:16
NET Translation: Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it.
DARBY Translation: Better is little with the fear of Jehovah than great store and disquietude therewith.
KJV Translation: Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Keywords: CATTLE,FAMILY,FOOD,HATRED,HERBS,LOVE,MALICE,PEACE,RICHES,STALL
Description: PROVERBS 15:17
NET Translation: Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
DARBY Translation: Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
KJV Translation: Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Keywords: ANGER,MEEKNESS,PATIENCE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 15:18
NET Translation: A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel.
DARBY Translation: A furious man stirreth up contention; but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
KJV Translation: A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Keywords: FENCE,GOD,HEDGE,IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 15:19
NET Translation: The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
DARBY Translation: The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plainD4298.
KJV Translation: The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plainK4215.
Keywords: CHILDREN,FOOL,MOTHER,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 15:20
NET Translation: A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.
DARBY Translation: A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
KJV Translation: A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Keywords: FOOL,INTEGRITY,JOY,PLEASURE,WISDOM,WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 15:21
NET Translation: Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.
DARBY Translation: Folly is joy to him that is void of senseD4299; but a man of understanding regulateth his walkD4300.
KJV Translation: Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdomK4216: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Keywords: CONVENTION,COUNSEL,PRUDENCE,UNION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 15:22
NET Translation: Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.
DARBY Translation: Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
KJV Translation: Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Keywords: SPEAKING,WORDS
Description: PROVERBS 15:23
NET Translation: A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time—how good it is!
DARBY Translation: A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word in its season, how good is it!
KJV Translation: A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due seasonK4217, how good [is it]!
Keywords: HADES,HELL
Description: PROVERBS 15:24
NET Translation: The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
DARBY Translation: The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.
KJV Translation: The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Keywords: PRIDE,WIDOW
Description: PROVERBS 15:25
NET Translation: The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.
KJV Translation: The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,PURITY,SIN,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 15:26
NET Translation: The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.
DARBY Translation: The thoughts of the evil [man]D4301 are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant.
KJV Translation: The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant wordsK4218.
Keywords: BRIBERY,COVETOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 15:27
NET Translation: The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.
DARBY Translation: He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
KJV Translation: He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 15:28
NET Translation: The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
DARBY Translation: The heart of a righteous [man] studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
KJV Translation: The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Keywords: PRAYER,RIGHTEOUS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 15:29
NET Translation: The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
KJV Translation: The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Keywords: CONTENTMENT,GOOD NEWS
Description: PROVERBS 15:30
NET Translation: A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body.
DARBY Translation: That which enlighteneth the eyes rejoiceth the heart; good tidings make the bones fat.
KJV Translation: The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.
Keywords: REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 15:31
NET Translation: The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.
DARBY Translation: The ear that heareth the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.
KJV Translation: The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,PRIDE,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 15:32
NET Translation: The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever listens to reproof acquires understanding.
DARBY Translation: He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth senseD4302.
KJV Translation: He that refuseth instructionK4219despiseth his own soul: but he that hearethK4220reproof getteth understandingK4221.
Keywords: HUMILITY,REVERENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 15:33
NET Translation: The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.
DARBY Translation: The fear of Jehovah is the disciplineD4303 of wisdom, and before honour [goeth] humility.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
Keywords: HEART,PRAYER,REGENERATION
Description: PROVERBS 16:1
NET Translation: The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: The purposesD4304 of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: The preparationsK4222of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 185-217
Keywords: GOD,HEART,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 16:2
NET Translation: All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.
DARBY Translation: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
KJV Translation: All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Keywords: CARE,FAITH
Description: PROVERBS 16:3
NET Translation: Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
DARBY Translation: CommitD4305 thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be establishedD4306.
KJV Translation: CommitK4223thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Keywords: DESIGN,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,MAN,PREDESTINATION,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 16:4
NET Translation: The Lord has worked everything for his own ends—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own accountD4307, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
KJV Translation: The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,PRIDE,PUNISHMENT,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 16:5
NET Translation: The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.
DARBY Translation: Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: handD4308 for hand, he shall not be held innocent.
KJV Translation: Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunishedK4224.
Keywords: ABLUTION,BLESSING,GOD,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 16:6
NET Translation: Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.
DARBY Translation: By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah [men] depart from evil.
KJV Translation: By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
Keywords: BLESSING,GOD,PEACE,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 16:7
NET Translation: When a person’s ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself.
DARBY Translation: When a man's ways please Jehovah, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
KJV Translation: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Keywords: CONTENTMENT,POVERTY,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 16:8
NET Translation: Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.
DARBY Translation: Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.
KJV Translation: Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 16:9
NET Translation: A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.
DARBY Translation: The heart of man deviseth his way, but Jehovah directeth his steps.
KJV Translation: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 16:10
NET Translation: The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.
DARBY Translation: An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.
KJV Translation: A divineK4225sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Keywords: BALANCES,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: PROVERBS 16:11
NET Translation: Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
DARBY Translation: The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
KJV Translation: A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weightsK4226of the bag [are] his work.
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 16:12
NET Translation: Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.
DARBY Translation: It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.
KJV Translation: [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Keywords: TRUTH
Description: PROVERBS 16:13
NET Translation: The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.
DARBY Translation: Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.
KJV Translation: Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Keywords: ANGER,CITIZENS,EXECUTIONER,KING
Description: PROVERBS 16:14
NET Translation: A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.
DARBY Translation: The fury of a king is [as] messengers of death; but a wise man will pacify it.
KJV Translation: The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Keywords: CITIZENS,KING
Description: PROVERBS 16:15
NET Translation: In the light of the king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.
DARBY Translation: In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
KJV Translation: In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 16:16
NET Translation: How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.
DARBY Translation: How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
KJV Translation: How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Keywords: HIGHWAYS,HOLINESS,WATCHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 16:17
NET Translation: The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.
DARBY Translation: The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.
KJV Translation: The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Keywords: PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 16:18
NET Translation: Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
DARBY Translation: Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
KJV Translation: Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Keywords: CHARACTER,HUMILITY,PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 16:19
NET Translation: It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.
DARBY Translation: Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meekD4309, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
KJV Translation: Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Keywords: HAPPINESS,PRUDENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 16:20
NET Translation: The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
DARBY Translation: He that giveth heedD4310 to the word shall find good; and whoso confideth in Jehovah, happy is he.
KJV Translation: He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.
Keywords: CHARACTER,PRUDENCE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 16:21
NET Translation: The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
DARBY Translation: The wise in heart is called intelligent, and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
KJV Translation: The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Description: PROVERBS 16:22
NET Translation: Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
DARBY Translation: WisdomD4311 is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.
KJV Translation: Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
Description: PROVERBS 16:23
NET Translation: A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.
DARBY Translation: The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligentD4312, and upon his lips increaseth learning.
KJV Translation: The heart of the wise teachethK4228his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
Description: PROVERBS 16:24
NET Translation: Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
DARBY Translation: Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.
KJV Translation: Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,CONSCIENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE),WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 16:25
NET Translation: There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
DARBY Translation: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
KJV Translation: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Keywords: HUNGER,INDUSTRY
Description: PROVERBS 16:26
NET Translation: A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.
DARBY Translation: The appetiteD4313 of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
KJV Translation: He that labourethK4229laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of himK4230.
Keywords: CHARACTER,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 16:27
NET Translation: A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
DARBY Translation: A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.
KJV Translation: An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
Keywords: SLANDER,SPEAKING,STRIFE,TALEBEARER
Description: PROVERBS 16:28
NET Translation: A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
DARBY Translation: A falseD4314 man sowethD4315 contention; and a talebearerD4316 separateth very friends.
KJV Translation: A froward man sowethK4232strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Keywords: ANGER,CHARACTER,COMPANY,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 16:29
NET Translation: A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.
DARBY Translation: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
KJV Translation: A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.
Keywords: MALICE,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 16:30
NET Translation: The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.
DARBY Translation: He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass.
KJV Translation: He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Keywords: OLD AGE
Description: PROVERBS 16:31
NET Translation: Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.
DARBY Translation: The hoary head is a crown of glory, [if] it is found in the way of righteousness.
KJV Translation: The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.
Keywords: ANGER,MEEKNESS,SELF-DENIAL
Description: PROVERBS 16:32
NET Translation: Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
DARBY Translation: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
KJV Translation: [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Keywords: GOD,THE LOT
Description: PROVERBS 16:33
NET Translation: The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole decision is of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.
Keywords: CONTENTMENT,MEEKNESS,PEACE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 17:1
NET Translation: Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
DARBY Translation: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of feastingD4317 [with] strife.
KJV Translation: Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrificesK4233[with] strife.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 218-245
Keywords: CHILDREN,INHERITANCE,PRUDENCE,SERVANT,WISDOM,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 17:2
NET Translation: A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.
DARBY Translation: A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
KJV Translation: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,FURNACE,GOD,GOLD,HEART,SILVER
Description: PROVERBS 17:3
NET Translation: The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.
DARBY Translation: The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.
KJV Translation: The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 17:4
NET Translation: One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
DARBY Translation: The evil-doer giveth heed to iniquitous lips; the liarD4318 giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
KJV Translation: A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,MALICE,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 17:5
NET Translation: The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
DARBY Translation: Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent.
KJV Translation: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunishedK4234.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 17:6
NET Translation: Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
DARBY Translation: Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
KJV Translation: Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,RULERS,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 17:7
NET Translation: Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!
DARBY Translation: Excellent speechD4319 becometh not a vile [man]D4320; how much less do lying lips a noble!
KJV Translation: Excellent speechK4235becometh not a fool: much less do lying lipsK4236a prince.
Keywords: BRIBERY
Description: PROVERBS 17:8
NET Translation: A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.
DARBY Translation: A gift is a precious stoneD4321 in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.
KJV Translation: A gift [is as] a precious stoneK4237in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Keywords: CHARITABLENESS,FRIENDSHIP,LOVE,SLANDER,SPEAKING,TALEBEARER
Description: PROVERBS 17:9
NET Translation: The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.
DARBY Translation: He that covereth transgression seeketh love; but he that bringeth a matter up againD4322 separateth very friends.
KJV Translation: He that covereth a transgression seekethK4238love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
Keywords: PUNISHMENT,REPROOF,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 17:10
NET Translation: A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
DARBY Translation: A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a foolD4323.
KJV Translation: A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Keywords: CITIZENS,LOYALTY,REBELLION
Description: PROVERBS 17:11
NET Translation: An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
DARBY Translation: An evil [man] seeketh only rebellionD4324; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
KJV Translation: An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Keywords: BEAR,COMPANY
Description: PROVERBS 17:12
NET Translation: It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.
DARBY Translation: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
KJV Translation: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Keywords: EVIL FOR GOOD,INGRATITUDE
Description: PROVERBS 17:13
NET Translation: As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.
DARBY Translation: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
KJV Translation: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Keywords: ADJUDICATION AT LAW,ANGER,PEACE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 17:14
NET Translation: Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; abandon strife before it breaks out!
DARBY Translation: The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.
KJV Translation: The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,COURT,INJUSTICE,JUSTICE,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 17:15
NET Translation: The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent—both of them are an abomination to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: He that justifieth the wickedD4325, and he that condemneth the righteousD4326, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
Keywords: BLINDNESS
Description: PROVERBS 17:16
NET Translation: What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?
DARBY Translation: To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he] hath no senseD4327?
KJV Translation: Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
Keywords: BROTHER,FRIENDSHIP,LOVE
Description: PROVERBS 17:17
NET Translation: A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
DARBY Translation: The friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
KJV Translation: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Keywords: CONTRACTS,HAND,PRUDENCE,SURETY (GUARANTEE)
Description: PROVERBS 17:18
NET Translation: The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
DARBY Translation: A senselessD4328 man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbourD4329.
KJV Translation: A man void of understandingK4240striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Keywords: PRIDE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 17:19
NET Translation: The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.
DARBY Translation: He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.
KJV Translation: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Keywords: HEART,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 17:20
NET Translation: The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
DARBY Translation: He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.
KJV Translation: He that hath a froward heartK4241findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 17:21
NET Translation: Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.
DARBY Translation: He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man]D4330 hath no joy.
KJV Translation: He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CONTENTMENT,DISEASE,MEDICINE
Description: PROVERBS 17:22
NET Translation: A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
DARBY Translation: A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
KJV Translation: A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Keywords: BRIBERY
Description: PROVERBS 17:23
NET Translation: A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
DARBY Translation: A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
KJV Translation: A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Keywords: FOOL,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 17:24
NET Translation: Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.
DARBY Translation: Wisdom is beforeD4331 him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
KJV Translation: Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
Keywords: CHILDREN,FOOL,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 17:25
NET Translation: A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.
DARBY Translation: A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
KJV Translation: A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Keywords: JUSTICE,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 17:26
NET Translation: It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
DARBY Translation: To punish a righteous [man] is not good, nor to strike nobles because of [their] uprightness.
KJV Translation: Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
Keywords: SPEAKING,TONGUE
Description: PROVERBS 17:27
NET Translation: The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.
DARBY Translation: He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a coolD4332 spirit.
KJV Translation: He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spiritK4243.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 17:28
NET Translation: Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning.
DARBY Translation: Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, [and] he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.
KJV Translation: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 18:1
NET Translation: One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
DARBY Translation: He that separateth himself seeketh [his] pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.
KJV Translation: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 246-269
Keywords: FOOL
Description: PROVERBS 18:2
NET Translation: A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.
DARBY Translation: A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
KJV Translation: A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 18:3
NET Translation: When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.
DARBY Translation: When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
KJV Translation: When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Keywords: QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 18:4
NET Translation: The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
DARBY Translation: The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushingD4333 brook.
KJV Translation: The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
Keywords: FALSE TEACHERS,JUSTICE
Description: PROVERBS 18:5
NET Translation: It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.
DARBY Translation: It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
KJV Translation: [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Keywords: FOOL,SPEAKING,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 18:6
NET Translation: The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
DARBY Translation: A fool's lips enter intoD4334 contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.
KJV Translation: A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Keywords: FOOL,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 18:7
NET Translation: The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
DARBY Translation: A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
KJV Translation: A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
Keywords: SLANDER,SPEAKING,TALEBEARER,WORDS
Description: PROVERBS 18:8
NET Translation: The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into the person’s innermost being.
DARBY Translation: The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the bellyD4335.
KJV Translation: The words of a talebearerK4245[are] as woundsK4246, and they go down into the innermost partsK4247of the belly.
Keywords: IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 18:9
NET Translation: The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.
DARBY Translation: He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
KJV Translation: He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Keywords: FORT,TOWER
Description: PROVERBS 18:10
NET Translation: The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.
DARBY Translation: The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safeD4336.
KJV Translation: The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safeK4248.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,PRIDE,THE RICH
Description: PROVERBS 18:11
NET Translation: The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
DARBY Translation: The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.
KJV Translation: The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Keywords: HEART,HUMILITY,PRESUMPTION,PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 18:12
NET Translation: Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
DARBY Translation: Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour [goeth] humility.
KJV Translation: Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.
Keywords: PRESUMPTION,SIN,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 18:13
NET Translation: The one who gives an answer before he listens—that is his folly and his shame.
DARBY Translation: He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.
KJV Translation: He that answereth a matterK4249before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,RESIGNATION
Description: PROVERBS 18:14
NET Translation: A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness—but who can bear a crushed spirit?
DARBY Translation: The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bearD4337?
KJV Translation: The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE,PRUDENCE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 18:15
NET Translation: The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.
DARBY Translation: The heart of an intelligent [man] getteth knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
KJV Translation: The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Keywords: BRIBERY,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 18:16
NET Translation: A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.
DARBY Translation: A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
KJV Translation: A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Keywords: JUSTICE,SELFISHNESS,WITNESS
Description: PROVERBS 18:17
NET Translation: The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him.
DARBY Translation: He that is first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
KJV Translation: [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Keywords: THE LOT
Description: PROVERBS 18:18
NET Translation: A toss of a coin ends disputes, and settles the issue between strong opponents.
DARBY Translation: The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
KJV Translation: The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Keywords: CASTLE,FAMILY,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 18:19
NET Translation: A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
DARBY Translation: A brother offendedD4338 is [harder to be won] than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.
KJV Translation: A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
Keywords: BELLY,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 18:20
NET Translation: From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied.
DARBY Translation: A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.
KJV Translation: A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 18:21
NET Translation: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
DARBY Translation: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
KJV Translation: Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Keywords: MARRIAGE,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 18:22
NET Translation: The one who has found a good wife has found what goodness is, and obtained a delightful gift from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Whoso hath found a wife hath found a good thing, and hath obtained favour from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Keywords: POOR,THE RICH,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 18:23
NET Translation: A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly.
DARBY Translation: He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly.
KJV Translation: The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Keywords: BROTHER,FRIENDSHIP
Description: PROVERBS 18:24
NET Translation: There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
DARBY Translation: A man of [many] friendsD4339 will come to ruin but there is a friendD4340 [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
KJV Translation: A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
Keywords: INTEGRITY,POOR,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 19:1
NET Translation: Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.
DARBY Translation: Better is a poor [man] that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
KJV Translation: Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 270-298
Keywords: BLINDNESS,IGNORANCE,PRUDENCE,RASHNESS
Description: PROVERBS 19:2
NET Translation: It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.
DARBY Translation: Also that a personD4341 be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false stepsD4342.
KJV Translation: Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,MURMURING
Description: PROVERBS 19:3
NET Translation: A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord.
DARBY Translation: The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.
KJV Translation: The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Keywords: FLATTERY,POOR,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 19:4
NET Translation: Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.
DARBY Translation: Wealth addeth many friends; but the poor is separated from his friend.
KJV Translation: Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD
Description: PROVERBS 19:5
NET Translation: A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
DARBY Translation: A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
KJV Translation: A false witness shall not be unpunishedK4250, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
Keywords: FLATTERY,INFLUENCE,LIBERALITY
Description: PROVERBS 19:6
NET Translation: Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.
DARBY Translation: Many court the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
KJV Translation: Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth giftsK4251.
Keywords: POOR
Description: PROVERBS 19:7
NET Translation: All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him—one who chases words, which are nothing.
DARBY Translation: All the brethren of a poorD4343 [man] hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him: he pursueth [them] with words, they are not [to be found].
KJV Translation: All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 19:8
NET Translation: The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.
DARBY Translation: He that getteth senseD4344 loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
KJV Translation: He that getteth wisdomK4252loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Keywords: FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD
Description: PROVERBS 19:9
NET Translation: A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
DARBY Translation: A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
KJV Translation: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
Keywords: CITIZENS,SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 19:10
NET Translation: Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!
DARBY Translation: Good livingD4345 beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
KJV Translation: Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Keywords: ANGER,FORGIVENESS,MEEKNESS
Description: PROVERBS 19:11
NET Translation: A person’s wisdom has made him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.
DARBY Translation: The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgressionD4346.
KJV Translation: The discretionK4253of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
Keywords: ANGER,CITIZENS,LION,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 19:12
NET Translation: A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
DARBY Translation: The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lionD4347; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
KJV Translation: The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
Keywords: CHILDREN,FAMILY,FOOL,STRIFE,WIFE,WOMEN,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 19:13
NET Translation: A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.
DARBY Translation: A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
KJV Translation: A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
Keywords: WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 19:14
NET Translation: A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
Keywords: IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 19:15
NET Translation: Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
DARBY Translation: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
KJV Translation: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Keywords: IMPENITENCE,OBEDIENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 19:16
NET Translation: The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.
DARBY Translation: He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless ofD4348 his ways shall die.
KJV Translation: He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Keywords: LENDING,LIBERALITY,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 19:17
NET Translation: The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
DARBY Translation: He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
KJV Translation: He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath givenK4254will he pay him again.
Keywords: CHILDREN,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 19:18
NET Translation: Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death.
DARBY Translation: Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; but set not thy soul upon killing himD4349.
KJV Translation: Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his cryingK4255.
Keywords: ANGER
Description: PROVERBS 19:19
NET Translation: A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again.
DARBY Translation: A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
KJV Translation: A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it againK4256.
Keywords: COUNSEL,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 19:20
NET Translation: Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
DARBY Translation: Hear counsel, and receive instructionD4350, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
KJV Translation: Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 19:21
NET Translation: There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord that will stand.
DARBY Translation: Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.
KJV Translation: [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Keywords: FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD,KINDNESS,POOR,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 19:22
NET Translation: What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.
DARBY Translation: The charm of a man is his kindnessD4351; and a poor [man] is better than a liar.
KJV Translation: The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.
Keywords: GOD,JOY,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 19:23
NET Translation: Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.
DARBY Translation: The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life, and he [that hath it] shall restD4352 satisfied without being visited with evil.
KJV Translation: The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Keywords: IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 19:24
NET Translation: The sluggard has plunged his hand into the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
DARBY Translation: A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
KJV Translation: A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Keywords: PUNISHMENT,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 19:25
NET Translation: Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.
DARBY Translation: Smite a scorner, and the simple will bewareD4353; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.
KJV Translation: Smite a scorner, and the simple will bewareK4257: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
Keywords: CHILDREN,MOTHER,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 19:26
NET Translation: The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
DARBY Translation: He that ruineth [his] father and chaseth away [his] mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
KJV Translation: He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,TEMPTATION,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 19:27
NET Translation: If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
DARBY Translation: Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.
KJV Translation: Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
Keywords: FALSE TEACHERS,FALSEHOOD,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 19:28
NET Translation: A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
DARBY Translation: A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.
KJV Translation: An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Keywords: INFIDELITY,PUNISHMENT,SCOFFING
Description: PROVERBS 19:29
NET Translation: Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
DARBY Translation: Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.
KJV Translation: Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,DRUNKENNESS,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 20:1
NET Translation: Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise.
DARBY Translation: Wine is a scorner, strong drink is raging; and whoso erreth thereby is not wise.
KJV Translation: Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 299-328
Keywords: CITIZENS,LION
Description: PROVERBS 20:2
NET Translation: The king’s terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself.
DARBY Translation: The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
KJV Translation: The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
Keywords: ADJUDICATION AT LAW,BUSYBODY,FOOL,MEEKNESS,PEACE,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 20:3
NET Translation: It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels.
DARBY Translation: It is an honour for a man to ceaseD4354 from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
KJV Translation: [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Keywords: BEGGARS,IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS,WINTER
Description: PROVERBS 20:4
NET Translation: The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.
DARBY Translation: The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
KJV Translation: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the coldK4259; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
Keywords: CROSS-QUESTIONING,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 20:5
NET Translation: Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.
DARBY Translation: Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.
KJV Translation: Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Keywords: DEPRAVITY OF MAN,FAITHFULNESS,PRIDE,PROFESSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 20:6
NET Translation: Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person—who can find?
DARBY Translation: Most men will proclaim every one his own kindnessD4355; but a faithful man who shall find?
KJV Translation: Most men will proclaim every one his own goodnessK4260: but a faithful man who can find?
Keywords: CHILDREN,INSTRUCTION,INTEGRITY
Description: PROVERBS 20:7
NET Translation: The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him.
DARBY Translation: The righteous walketh in his integrity: blessed are his childrenD4356 after him!
KJV Translation: The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
Keywords: JUSTICE,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 20:8
NET Translation: A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.
DARBY Translation: A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
KJV Translation: A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Keywords: ABLUTION,CLEANLINESS,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,HEART,PURITY
Description: PROVERBS 20:9
NET Translation: Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
DARBY Translation: Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
KJV Translation: Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Keywords: ABOMINATION,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: PROVERBS 20:10
NET Translation: Diverse weights and diverse measures—the Lord abhors both of them.
DARBY Translation: Divers weights, divers measuresD4357, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Divers weightsK4261, [and] divers measuresK4262, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 20:11
NET Translation: Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.
DARBY Translation: Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
KJV Translation: Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,GOD
Description: PROVERBS 20:12
NET Translation: The ear that hears and the eye that sees—the Lord has made them both.
DARBY Translation: The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
KJV Translation: The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Keywords: IDLENESS,INDUSTRY,POOR,POVERTY
Description: PROVERBS 20:13
NET Translation: Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
DARBY Translation: Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
KJV Translation: Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Keywords: BOASTING,DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY
Description: PROVERBS 20:14
NET Translation: “It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
DARBY Translation: Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
KJV Translation: [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Keywords: JEWELS,RUBY,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 20:15
NET Translation: There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.
DARBY Translation: There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious JewelD4358.
KJV Translation: There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
Keywords: LASCIVIOUSNESS,PRUDENCE,SURETY (GUARANTEE)
Description: PROVERBS 20:16
NET Translation: Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.
DARBY Translation: Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangersD4359.
KJV Translation: Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Keywords: DECEIT,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,GRAVEL
Description: PROVERBS 20:17
NET Translation: Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
DARBY Translation: Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
KJV Translation: Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Keywords: COUNSEL,PRUDENCE,WAR,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 20:18
NET Translation: Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance.
DARBY Translation: Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
KJV Translation: [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Keywords: COMPANY,FLATTERY,GOSSIP,TALEBEARER
Description: PROVERBS 20:19
NET Translation: The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.
DARBY Translation: He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that openeth his lips.
KJV Translation: He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatterethK4264with his lips.
Keywords: CHILDREN,DARKNESS,LAMP,MOTHER
Description: PROVERBS 20:20
NET Translation: The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
DARBY Translation: Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackestD4360 darkness.
KJV Translation: Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lampK4265shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Keywords: INHERITANCE
Description: PROVERBS 20:21
NET Translation: An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
DARBY Translation: An inheritance obtained hastilyD4361 at the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
KJV Translation: An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Keywords: GOD,MALICE,RETALIATION,WAITING
Description: PROVERBS 20:22
NET Translation: Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you.
DARBY Translation: Say not, I will recompense evil: wait on Jehovah, and he shall save thee.
KJV Translation: Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: PROVERBS 20:23
NET Translation: The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.
DARBY Translation: Divers weightsD4362 are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
KJV Translation: Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balanceK4266[is] not good.
Keywords: GOD,IGNORANCE
Description: PROVERBS 20:24
NET Translation: The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord—so how can anyone understand his own way?
DARBY Translation: The steps of a manD4363 are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?
KJV Translation: Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Keywords: VOWS
Description: PROVERBS 20:25
NET Translation: It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, “Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.
DARBY Translation: It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is hallowedD4364, and after vows to make inquiry.
KJV Translation: [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Keywords: RULERS,WHEEL
Description: PROVERBS 20:26
NET Translation: A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.
DARBY Translation: A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
KJV Translation: A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Keywords: BELLY,MAN
Description: PROVERBS 20:27
NET Translation: The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
DARBY Translation: Man's spirit is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inner parts of the bellyD4365.
KJV Translation: The spirit of man [is] the candleK4267of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Keywords: MERCY,RULERS,TRUTH
Description: PROVERBS 20:28
NET Translation: Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love.
DARBY Translation: MercyD4366 and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercyD4367.
KJV Translation: Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Keywords: YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 20:29
NET Translation: The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair.
DARBY Translation: The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
KJV Translation: The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
Keywords: BELLY,DISEASE,PUNISHMENT,WOUNDS
Description: PROVERBS 20:30
NET Translation: Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being.
DARBY Translation: Wounding stripes purge away evil, and strokes [purge] the inner parts of the bellyD4368.
KJV Translation: The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evilK4268: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Keywords: GOD,HEART,IRRIGATION,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 21:1
NET Translation: The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
DARBY Translation: The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
KJV Translation: The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 329-359
Keywords: GOD,HEART,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 21:2
NET Translation: All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates his thoughts.
DARBY Translation: Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
KJV Translation: Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Keywords: GOD,INTEGRITY,OFFERINGS,RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 21:3
NET Translation: To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
DARBY Translation: To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
KJV Translation: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Keywords: PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 21:4
NET Translation: Haughty eyes and a proud heart—what the wicked cultivate is sin.
DARBY Translation: Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lampD4369 of the wicked, is sin.
KJV Translation: An high lookK4269, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wickedK4270, [is] sin.
Keywords: INDUSTRY,PRUDENCE,RASHNESS
Description: PROVERBS 21:5
NET Translation: The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
DARBY Translation: The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.
KJV Translation: The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,RICHES,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 21:6
NET Translation: Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.
DARBY Translation: The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
KJV Translation: The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Keywords: THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: PROVERBS 21:7
NET Translation: The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.
DARBY Translation: The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
KJV Translation: The robbery of the wicked shall destroy themK4271; because they refuse to do judgment.
Keywords: CHARACTER,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,HOLINESS,PURITY
Description: PROVERBS 21:8
NET Translation: The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.
DARBY Translation: Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
KJV Translation: The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
Keywords: FAMILY,HOUSE,MARRIAGE,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 21:9
NET Translation: It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
DARBY Translation: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
KJV Translation: [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling womanK4272in a wide houseK4273.
Keywords: MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 21:10
NET Translation: The appetite of the wicked has desired evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes.
DARBY Translation: The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
KJV Translation: The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Keywords: PUNISHMENT,REPROOF,SCOFFING,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 21:11
NET Translation: When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.
DARBY Translation: When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
KJV Translation: When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:12
NET Translation: The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.
DARBY Translation: One that is righteous wisely considereth the house of the wicked: he overthroweth the wicked to [their] ruinD4370.
KJV Translation: The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
Keywords: POOR,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:13
NET Translation: The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
DARBY Translation: Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.
KJV Translation: Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Keywords: BRIBERY
Description: PROVERBS 21:14
NET Translation: A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.
DARBY Translation: A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury.
KJV Translation: A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Keywords: HOLINESS,INTEGRITY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:15
NET Translation: Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.
DARBY Translation: It is joy to a rightD4371eous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.
KJV Translation: [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
Keywords: DEAD (PEOPLE),DEATH,HADES,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:16
NET Translation: The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
DARBY Translation: The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdomD4372 shall abide in the congregation of the deadD4373.
KJV Translation: The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Keywords: AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES,DRUNKENNESS,EXTRAVAGANCE,FOOD,FRUGALITY,OIL,PLEASURE,WINE,WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 21:17
NET Translation: The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.
DARBY Translation: He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
KJV Translation: He that loveth pleasureK4275[shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Keywords: GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:18
NET Translation: The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.
DARBY Translation: The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and a treacherous [man] in the stead of the upright.
KJV Translation: The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Keywords: FAMILY,MARRIAGE,STRIFE,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 21:19
NET Translation: It is better to live in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and easily provoked woman.
DARBY Translation: It is better to dwell in a desert land. than with a contentious and irritable woman.
KJV Translation: [It is] better to dwell in the wildernessK4276, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Keywords: EXTRAVAGANCE,FOOL,FRUGALITY,PRUDENCE,TREASURE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 21:20
NET Translation: There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
DARBY Translation: There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise [man]; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.
KJV Translation: [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Keywords: MERCY,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 21:21
NET Translation: The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
DARBY Translation: He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
KJV Translation: He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Keywords: WAR,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 21:22
NET Translation: A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.
DARBY Translation: A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
KJV Translation: A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Keywords: PRUDENCE,SPEAKING,TONGUE
Description: PROVERBS 21:23
NET Translation: The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.
DARBY Translation: Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
KJV Translation: Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Keywords: ANGER,PRIDE,SCOFFING
Description: PROVERBS 21:24
NET Translation: A proud and arrogant person, whose name is “Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.
DARBY Translation: Proud, arrogant, scorner is his name who dealeth in proud wrath.
KJV Translation: Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrathK4277.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 21:25
NET Translation: What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands have refused to work.
DARBY Translation: The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:
KJV Translation: The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,IDLENESS,LIBERALITY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:26
NET Translation: All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous person gives and does not hold back.
DARBY Translation: He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
KJV Translation: He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,HYPOCRISY,OFFERINGS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 21:27
NET Translation: The wicked person’s sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent!
DARBY Translation: The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!
KJV Translation: The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Keywords: FALSE TEACHERS
Description: PROVERBS 21:28
NET Translation: A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.
DARBY Translation: A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantlyD4374.
KJV Translation: A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Keywords: HOLINESS,IMPENITENCE
Description: PROVERBS 21:29
NET Translation: A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
DARBY Translation: A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establishethD4375 his way.
KJV Translation: A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directethK4279his way.
Keywords: GOD,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 21:30
NET Translation: There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.
DARBY Translation: There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.
KJV Translation: [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Keywords: GOD,HORSE
Description: PROVERBS 21:31
NET Translation: A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the Lord.
DARBY Translation: The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safetyD4376 is of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safetyK4280[is] of the LORD.
Keywords: CHARACTER,HOLINESS,NAME,REPUTATION
Description: PROVERBS 22:1
NET Translation: A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.
DARBY Translation: A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
KJV Translation: A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 360-375
Keywords: GOD,MAN,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 22:2
NET Translation: The rich and the poor are met together; the Lord is the Creator of them both.
DARBY Translation: The rich and poorD4377 meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
KJV Translation: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
Keywords: FRUGALITY,IGNORANCE,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 22:3
NET Translation: A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.
DARBY Translation: A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
KJV Translation: A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Keywords: HUMILITY,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 22:4
NET Translation: The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.
DARBY Translation: The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
KJV Translation: By humilityK4282[and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
Keywords: COMPANY,THORN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 22:5
NET Translation: Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
DARBY Translation: Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverseD4378: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
KJV Translation: Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Keywords: CHILDREN,INSTRUCTION,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 22:6
NET Translation: Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
DARBY Translation: Train up the child according to the tenorD4379 of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
KJV Translation: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Keywords: BORROWING,LENDING,POOR,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 22:7
NET Translation: The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
DARBY Translation: The rich ruleth over the poorD4380; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
KJV Translation: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lenderK4285.
Keywords: SIN,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 22:8
NET Translation: The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
DARBY Translation: He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquityD4381, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
KJV Translation: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall failK4286.
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,LIBERALITY,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 22:9
NET Translation: A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.
DARBY Translation: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
KJV Translation: He that hath a bountiful eyeK4287shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Keywords: COMPANY,SCOFFING,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 22:10
NET Translation: Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
DARBY Translation: Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
KJV Translation: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Keywords: CITIZENS,HEART,INTEGRITY,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 22:11
NET Translation: The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious—the king will be his friend.
DARBY Translation: He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
KJV Translation: He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
Keywords: GOD
Description: PROVERBS 22:12
NET Translation: The eyes of the Lord watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.
DARBY Translation: The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithfulD4382.
KJV Translation: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the wordsK4289of the transgressor.
Keywords: IDLENESS,LION,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 22:13
NET Translation: The sluggard has said, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
DARBY Translation: The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
KJV Translation: The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Keywords: ADULTERY
Description: PROVERBS 22:14
NET Translation: The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
DARBY Translation: The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
KJV Translation: The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Keywords: CHILDREN,HEART,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 22:15
NET Translation: Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
DARBY Translation: Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
KJV Translation: Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,FLATTERY,MASTER,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 22:16
NET Translation: The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich—both end up only in poverty.
DARBY Translation: He that oppresseth the poorD4383, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to wantD4384.
KJV Translation: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
Keywords: INSTRUCTION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 22:17
NET Translation: Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.
DARBY Translation: Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
KJV Translation: Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Verse Intro: Introduction to the 30 Sayings of the Wise
Description: PROVERBS 22:18
NET Translation: For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
DARBY Translation: For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
KJV Translation: For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within theeK4290; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Keywords: FAITH
Description: PROVERBS 22:19
NET Translation: So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I hereby make them known to you today—even you.
DARBY Translation: That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
KJV Translation: That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to theeK4291.
Description: PROVERBS 22:20
NET Translation: Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
DARBY Translation: Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
KJV Translation: Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Keywords: WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 22:21
NET Translation: to show you true and reliable words, so that you may give accurate answers to those who sent you?
DARBY Translation: that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
KJV Translation: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Keywords: GATES,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 22:22
NET Translation: Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
DARBY Translation: Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
KJV Translation: Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 1
Keywords: POOR,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 22:23
NET Translation: for the Lord will plead their case and will rob the life of those who are robbing them.
DARBY Translation: for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
KJV Translation: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Keywords: ANGER,COMPANY,EXAMPLE,FRIENDSHIP,INFLUENCE
Description: PROVERBS 22:24
NET Translation: Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
DARBY Translation: Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
KJV Translation: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 2
Keywords: ANGER,COMPANY,EXAMPLE,INFLUENCE
Description: PROVERBS 22:25
NET Translation: lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
DARBY Translation: lest thou learn his pathsD4385, and get a snare to thy soul.
KJV Translation: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Keywords: CONTRACTS,CREDITOR,DEBT,PROPERTY,PRUDENCE,SURETY (GUARANTEE)
Description: PROVERBS 22:26
NET Translation: Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.
DARBY Translation: Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
KJV Translation: Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 3
Keywords: BED,CREDITOR,JUSTICE,PAWN,PROPERTY,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 22:27
NET Translation: If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
DARBY Translation: if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
KJV Translation: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Keywords: LANDMARKS
Description: PROVERBS 22:28
NET Translation: Do not move an ancient boundary stone that was put in place by your ancestors.
DARBY Translation: Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.
KJV Translation: Remove not the ancient landmarkK4292, which thy fathers have set.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 4
Keywords: DILIGENCE,INDUSTRY
Description: PROVERBS 22:29
NET Translation: You have seen a person skilled in his work—he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
DARBY Translation: Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
KJV Translation: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 5
Keywords: ABSTEMIOUSNESS,CITIZENS,GUEST,MANNERS,PRUDENCE,TEMPERANCE
Description: PROVERBS 23:1
NET Translation: When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,
DARBY Translation: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
KJV Translation: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 6
Keywords: MANNERS,SELF-DENIAL
Description: PROVERBS 23:2
NET Translation: and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
DARBY Translation: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
KJV Translation: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
Description: PROVERBS 23:3
NET Translation: Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
DARBY Translation: Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
KJV Translation: Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
Keywords: CONCEIT,CONFIDENCE,COVETOUSNESS,FALSE CONFIDENCE,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 23:4
NET Translation: Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
DARBY Translation: Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligenceD4386:
KJV Translation: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 7
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 23:5
NET Translation: When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!
DARBY Translation: wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
KJV Translation: Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?K4294for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Keywords: COMPANY,GUEST,HOSPITALITY,HYPOCRISY
Description: PROVERBS 23:6
NET Translation: Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
DARBY Translation: Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
KJV Translation: Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 8
Description: PROVERBS 23:7
NET Translation: for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
DARBY Translation: For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
KJV Translation: For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
Description: PROVERBS 23:8
NET Translation: you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
DARBY Translation: Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
KJV Translation: The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Keywords: PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 23:9
NET Translation: Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
DARBY Translation: Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
KJV Translation: Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 9
Keywords: LANDMARKS,ORPHAN
Description: PROVERBS 23:10
NET Translation: Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,
DARBY Translation: Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
KJV Translation: Remove not the old landmarkK4295; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 10
Description: PROVERBS 23:11
NET Translation: for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you.
DARBY Translation: for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
KJV Translation: For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Keywords: INSTRUCTION,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 23:12
NET Translation: Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.
DARBY Translation: Apply thy heart unto instructionD4387, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
KJV Translation: Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 11
Keywords: CHILDREN,HELL,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 23:13
NET Translation: Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
DARBY Translation: Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
KJV Translation: Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 12
Keywords: CHILDREN,HELL,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 23:14
NET Translation: If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
DARBY Translation: thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Keywords: CHILDREN,HEART,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 23:15
NET Translation: My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;
DARBY Translation: My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
KJV Translation: My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mineK4296.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 13
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 23:16
NET Translation: my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
DARBY Translation: and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
KJV Translation: Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Keywords: ENVY,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 23:17
NET Translation: Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time.
DARBY Translation: Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fearD4388 of Jehovah all the day;
KJV Translation: Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 14
Keywords: HOPE
Description: PROVERBS 23:18
NET Translation: For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
DARBY Translation: for surely there is a resultD4389, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
KJV Translation: For surely there is an endK4297; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 23:19
NET Translation: Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.
DARBY Translation: Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
KJV Translation: Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 15
Keywords: TOTAL ABSTINENCE,COMPANY,DRUNKENNESS,FRUGALITY,WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 23:20
NET Translation: Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat,
DARBY Translation: Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
KJV Translation: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of fleshK4298:
Keywords: DRUNKARD,DRUNKENNESS,FRUGALITY,GLUTTONY,IDLENESS,POOR,POVERTY,SLOTHFULNESS,WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 23:21
NET Translation: because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags.
DARBY Translation: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
KJV Translation: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Keywords: CHILDREN,MOTHER
Description: PROVERBS 23:22
NET Translation: Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
DARBY Translation: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
KJV Translation: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 16
Keywords: INSTRUCTION,TRUTH,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 23:23
NET Translation: Acquire truth and do not sell it—wisdom, and discipline, and understanding.
DARBY Translation: BuyD4390 the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
KJV Translation: Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 23:24
NET Translation: The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him.
DARBY Translation: The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
KJV Translation: The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 17
Keywords: CHILDREN
Description: PROVERBS 23:25
NET Translation: May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice.
DARBY Translation: let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
KJV Translation: Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Keywords: CHILDREN,DUTY,LOVE
Description: PROVERBS 23:26
NET Translation: Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;
DARBY Translation: My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observeD4391 my ways.
KJV Translation: My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Keywords: ADULTERY,DITCH,PIT
Description: PROVERBS 23:27
NET Translation: for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
DARBY Translation: For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
KJV Translation: For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 18
Keywords: ADULTERY
Description: PROVERBS 23:28
NET Translation: Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
DARBY Translation: She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
KJV Translation: She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Keywords: DRUNKENNESS,STRIFE,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 23:29
NET Translation: Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
DARBY Translation: Who hath woe? Who hath sorrowD4392? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who rednessD4393 of eyes?
KJV Translation: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 19
Keywords: STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 23:30
NET Translation: Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
DARBY Translation: They that tarry longD4394 at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
KJV Translation: They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Keywords: TOTAL ABSTINENCE,SERPENT,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 23:31
NET Translation: Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
DARBY Translation: Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
KJV Translation: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
Keywords: TOTAL ABSTINENCE,ADDER,ASP,SERPENT,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 23:32
NET Translation: Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.
DARBY Translation: at the lastD4395 it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
KJV Translation: At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adderK4300.
Description: PROVERBS 23:33
NET Translation: Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
DARBY Translation: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
KJV Translation: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Description: PROVERBS 23:34
NET Translation: And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:
KJV Translation: Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the seaK4301, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Description: PROVERBS 23:35
NET Translation: You will say, “They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink.”
DARBY Translation: ''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''
KJV Translation: They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Keywords: COMPANY,ENVY,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 24:1
NET Translation: Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
DARBY Translation: Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
KJV Translation: Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 20
Keywords: HEART,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 24:2
NET Translation: for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.
DARBY Translation: for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
KJV Translation: For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 24:3
NET Translation: By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
DARBY Translation: Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
KJV Translation: Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 21
Description: PROVERBS 24:4
NET Translation: by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.
DARBY Translation: and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance.
KJV Translation: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Keywords: KNOWLEDGE
Description: PROVERBS 24:5
NET Translation: A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;
DARBY Translation: A wise manD4396 is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
KJV Translation: A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 22
Keywords: COUNSEL,PRUDENCE,SPEAKING,WAR
Description: PROVERBS 24:6
NET Translation: for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
DARBY Translation: For with good adviceD4397 shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safetyD4398.
KJV Translation: For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
Description: PROVERBS 24:7
NET Translation: Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
DARBY Translation: Wisdom is too high for a foolD4399: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
KJV Translation: Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 23
Keywords: CHARACTER,MALICE,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 24:8
NET Translation: The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.
DARBY Translation: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.
KJV Translation: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 24
Keywords: ABOMINATION,INFIDELITY,SCOFFING,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 24:9
NET Translation: A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.
DARBY Translation: The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
KJV Translation: The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,DOUBTING
Description: PROVERBS 24:10
NET Translation: You have slacked off in the day of trouble—your strength is small!
DARBY Translation: [If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is smallD4400.
KJV Translation: [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] smallK4305.
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 25
Keywords: JUDGMENT,SELFISHNESS,UNFAITHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 24:11
NET Translation: Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
DARBY Translation: Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
KJV Translation: If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
Keywords: GOD,JUDGMENT,PUNISHMENT,SELFISHNESS,UNFAITHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 24:12
NET Translation: If you say, “But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
DARBY Translation: If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weighethD4401 the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.
KJV Translation: If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 24:13
NET Translation: Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
DARBY Translation: Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
KJV Translation: My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 26
Keywords: HOPE,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 24:14
NET Translation: Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
DARBY Translation: so considerD4402 wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
KJV Translation: So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Description: PROVERBS 24:15
NET Translation: Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.
DARBY Translation: Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.
KJV Translation: Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 27
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,GOD
Description: PROVERBS 24:16
NET Translation: Indeed a righteous person will fall seven times, and then get up again, but the guilty will collapse in calamity.
DARBY Translation: For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disasterD4403.
KJV Translation: For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Keywords: ENEMY,FORGIVENESS,LOVE,MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 24:17
NET Translation: Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,
DARBY Translation: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
KJV Translation: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 28
Keywords: ENEMY,LOVE,MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 24:18
NET Translation: lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.
DARBY Translation: lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.
KJV Translation: Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease himK4307, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Keywords: ENVY
Description: PROVERBS 24:19
NET Translation: Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,
DARBY Translation: Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
KJV Translation: Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 29
Keywords: DEATH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 24:20
NET Translation: for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
DARBY Translation: for there shall be no futureD4404 to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
KJV Translation: For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candleK4309of the wicked shall be put out.
Keywords: CHARACTER,CITIZENS,INSTABILITY,LOYALTY,REVERENCE
Description: PROVERBS 24:21
NET Translation: Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,
DARBY Translation: My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
KJV Translation: My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to changeK4310:
Verse Intro: Sayings of the Wise 30
Keywords: CHARACTER,INSTABILITY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 24:22
NET Translation: for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?
DARBY Translation: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
KJV Translation: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Keywords: JUDGE,JUSTICE,RESPECT OF PERSONS,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 24:23
NET Translation: These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:
DARBY Translation: These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
KJV Translation: These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Verse Intro: Introduction - More Sayings of the Wise
Keywords: FLATTERY
Description: PROVERBS 24:24
NET Translation: The one who says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.
DARBY Translation: He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nationsD4405 shall abhor him;
KJV Translation: He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Verse Intro: More Sayings of the Wise 1
Description: PROVERBS 24:25
NET Translation: But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.
DARBY Translation: but to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.
KJV Translation: But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessingK4311shall come upon them.
Description: PROVERBS 24:26
NET Translation: Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.
DARBY Translation: He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.
KJV Translation: [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answerK4312.
Verse Intro: More Sayings of the Wise 2
Keywords: ECONOMICS,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 24:27
NET Translation: Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
DARBY Translation: Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
KJV Translation: Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Verse Intro: More Sayings of the Wise 3
Keywords: DECEIT,EVIDENCE,FALSE TEACHERS
Description: PROVERBS 24:28
NET Translation: Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.
DARBY Translation: Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
KJV Translation: Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
Verse Intro: More Sayings of the Wise 4
Keywords: FORGIVENESS,MALICE,RETALIATION,REVENGE
Description: PROVERBS 24:29
NET Translation: Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”
DARBY Translation: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
KJV Translation: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Keywords: FENCE,IDLENESS,INSTRUCTION,SLOTHFULNESS,VINEYARD
Description: PROVERBS 24:30
NET Translation: I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.
DARBY Translation: I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
KJV Translation: I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Verse Intro: More Sayings of the Wise 5
Keywords: FENCE,NETTLES,VINEYARD
Description: PROVERBS 24:31
NET Translation: I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
DARBY Translation: and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
KJV Translation: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Description: PROVERBS 24:32
NET Translation: Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it—I saw; I took in a lesson:
DARBY Translation: Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
KJV Translation: Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
Keywords: POVERTY,RISING
Description: PROVERBS 24:33
NET Translation: “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
DARBY Translation: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
KJV Translation: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Keywords: POVERTY,RISING
Description: PROVERBS 24:34
NET Translation: and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”
DARBY Translation: So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plundererD4406, and thy penury as an armed man.
KJV Translation: So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed manK4314.
Keywords: HEZEKIAH,PROVERBS
Description: PROVERBS 25:1
NET Translation: These also are PROVERBS of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:
DARBY Translation: These are also PROVERBS of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.
KJV Translation: These [are] also PROVERBS of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah
Keywords: GOD,KING,PHILOSOPHY,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 25:2
NET Translation: It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter.
DARBY Translation: It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a thing.
KJV Translation: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 376-402
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 25:3
NET Translation: As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
DARBY Translation: The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
KJV Translation: The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchableK4315.
Keywords: DROSS,SILVER
Description: PROVERBS 25:4
NET Translation: Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;
DARBY Translation: Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:
KJV Translation: Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Keywords: GOVERNMENT,KING,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 25:5
NET Translation: remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
DARBY Translation: take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
KJV Translation: Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Keywords: CITIZENS,GUEST,HUMILITY,KING,PRESUMPTION,RESPECT
Description: PROVERBS 25:6
NET Translation: Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
DARBY Translation: Put not thyself forwardD4407 in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of the great;
KJV Translation: Put not forth thyselfK4316in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:
Keywords: CITIZENS,GUEST,HUMILITY,PRESUMPTION
Description: PROVERBS 25:7
NET Translation: for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.
DARBY Translation: for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the princeD4408 whom thine eyes see.
KJV Translation: For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Keywords: ADJUDICATION AT LAW,COMPROMISE,LAWSUITS,PRUDENCE,RASHNESS,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 25:8
NET Translation: Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?
DARBY Translation: Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
KJV Translation: Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Keywords: SECRET
Description: PROVERBS 25:9
NET Translation: When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,
DARBY Translation: Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;
KJV Translation: Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to anotherK4317:
Description: PROVERBS 25:10
NET Translation: lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.
DARBY Translation: lest he that heareth [it] disgrace thee, and thine evil report turn not away.
KJV Translation: Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Keywords: APPLE,GOLD,PICTURE,SILVER,SPEAKING,WORDS
Description: PROVERBS 25:11
NET Translation: Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.
DARBY Translation: [As] apples of gold in picturesD4409 of silver, is a word spoken in seasonD4410.
KJV Translation: A word fitly spokenK4318[is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Keywords: EAR-RING,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 25:12
NET Translation: Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
DARBY Translation: An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.
KJV Translation: [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Keywords: ICE,SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 25:13
NET Translation: Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
DARBY Translation: As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so] is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
KJV Translation: As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Keywords: BOASTING,BRIBERY,OSTENTATION,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 25:14
NET Translation: Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.
DARBY Translation: Clouds and wind without rain, [so] is a man that boasteth himself of a false giftD4411.
KJV Translation: Whoso boasteth himself of a false giftK4319[is like] clouds and wind without rain.
Keywords: CITIZENS,KING,MEEKNESS,SPEAKING,TACT
Description: PROVERBS 25:15
NET Translation: Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.
DARBY Translation: By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
KJV Translation: By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Keywords: TEMPERANCE
Description: PROVERBS 25:16
NET Translation: You have found honey—eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
DARBY Translation: Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
KJV Translation: Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Keywords: FRIENDSHIP,GUEST
Description: PROVERBS 25:17
NET Translation: Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
DARBY Translation: Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
KJV Translation: Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
Keywords: ARROW,FALSE TEACHERS,MAUL,SWORD
Description: PROVERBS 25:18
NET Translation: Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.
DARBY Translation: A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour.
KJV Translation: A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Keywords: FRIENDSHIP,HYPOCRISY
Description: PROVERBS 25:19
NET Translation: Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.
DARBY Translation: A broken tooth, and a tottering foot, is confidence in an unfaithful [man] in the day of trouble.
KJV Translation: Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Keywords: MUSIC,NITRE,VINEGAR
Description: PROVERBS 25:20
NET Translation: Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.
DARBY Translation: [As] he that taketh off a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a sad heart.
KJV Translation: [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,ENEMY,FORGIVENESS,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: PROVERBS 25:21
NET Translation: If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
DARBY Translation: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
KJV Translation: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,COAL,ENEMY,FORGIVENESS,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: PROVERBS 25:22
NET Translation: for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
DARBY Translation: for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward thee.
KJV Translation: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Keywords: BACKBITING,COUNTENANCE,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,RAIN,SLANDER,SPEAKING,WIND
Description: PROVERBS 25:23
NET Translation: The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.
DARBY Translation: The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongueD4412.
KJV Translation: The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Keywords: FAMILY,HOUSE,STRIFE,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 25:24
NET Translation: It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.
DARBY Translation: It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman, and a house in common.
KJV Translation: [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Keywords: GOOD NEWS
Description: PROVERBS 25:25
NET Translation: Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land.
DARBY Translation: [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
KJV Translation: [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
Keywords: FLATTERY,FOUNTAIN,RIGHTEOUS,SPRING
Description: PROVERBS 25:26
NET Translation: Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
DARBY Translation: A troubled fountain, and a defiled well, is a righteous [man] that giveth wayD4413 before the wicked.
KJV Translation: A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Keywords: HONEY,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 25:27
NET Translation: It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
DARBY Translation: It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weightD4414y matters is [itself] a weight.
KJV Translation: [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
Keywords: ANGER
Description: PROVERBS 25:28
NET Translation: Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.
DARBY Translation: He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.
KJV Translation: He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
Keywords: METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,SUMMER
Description: PROVERBS 26:1
NET Translation: Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
DARBY Translation: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a foolD4415.
KJV Translation: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 403-430
Keywords: MALICE
Description: PROVERBS 26:2
NET Translation: Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.
DARBY Translation: As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
KJV Translation: As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Keywords: ASS (DONKEY),BRIDLE,FOOL,PUNISHMENT,WHIP
Description: PROVERBS 26:3
NET Translation: A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
DARBY Translation: A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
KJV Translation: A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Keywords: PRUDENCE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 26:4
NET Translation: Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
DARBY Translation: Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
KJV Translation: Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Keywords: CONCEIT,PRIDE,PRUDENCE,REPROOF,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 26:5
NET Translation: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.
DARBY Translation: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
KJV Translation: Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceitK4323.
Keywords: SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 26:6
NET Translation: Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
DARBY Translation: He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damageD4416.
KJV Translation: He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damageK4324.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 26:7
NET Translation: Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.
DARBY Translation: The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
KJV Translation: The legs of the lame are not equalK4325: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Keywords: SLING
Description: PROVERBS 26:8
NET Translation: Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
DARBY Translation: As a bag of gems in a stoneheapD4417, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
KJV Translation: As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.
Keywords: SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 26:9
NET Translation: Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.
DARBY Translation: [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
KJV Translation: [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
Keywords: GOD,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 26:10
NET Translation: Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.
DARBY Translation: A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-byD4418.
KJV Translation: The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,DOG (SODOMITE?),IMPENITENCE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 26:11
NET Translation: Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
DARBY Translation: As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.
KJV Translation: As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his follyK4328.
Keywords: CONCEIT,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 26:12
NET Translation: You have seen a man wise in his own opinion—there is more hope for a fool than for him.
DARBY Translation: Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
KJV Translation: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
Keywords: IDLENESS,SLOTHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 26:13
NET Translation: The sluggard has said, “There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
DARBY Translation: The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
KJV Translation: The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
Keywords: DOOR,HOUSE
Description: PROVERBS 26:14
NET Translation: Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
DARBY Translation: [As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
KJV Translation: [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.
Description: PROVERBS 26:15
NET Translation: The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
DARBY Translation: The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
KJV Translation: The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth himK4329to bring it again to his mouth.
Keywords: CONCEIT,PRIDE,SARCASM,SEVEN
Description: PROVERBS 26:16
NET Translation: The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
DARBY Translation: A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.
KJV Translation: The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Keywords: STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 26:17
NET Translation: Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.
DARBY Translation: He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
KJV Translation: He that passeth by, [and] meddlethK4330with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,FIREBRAND,HYPOCRISY,INSANITY
Description: PROVERBS 26:18
NET Translation: Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,
DARBY Translation: As a madmanD4419 who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
KJV Translation: As a mad [man] who casteth firebrandsK4331, arrows, and death,
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY
Description: PROVERBS 26:19
NET Translation: so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said, “Was I not only joking?”
DARBY Translation: so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
KJV Translation: So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Keywords: SLANDER,SPEAKING,STRIFE,TALEBEARER
Description: PROVERBS 26:20
NET Translation: Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
DARBY Translation: Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
KJV Translation: Where no wood isK4332, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearerK4333, the strife ceasethK4334.
Keywords: STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 26:21
NET Translation: Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
DARBY Translation: [As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
KJV Translation: [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
Keywords: SLANDER
Description: PROVERBS 26:22
NET Translation: The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.
DARBY Translation: The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the bellyD4420.
KJV Translation: The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost partsK4335of the belly.
Keywords: DROSS,HYPOCRISY,SILVER,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 26:23
NET Translation: Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
DARBY Translation: Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
KJV Translation: Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Keywords: DECEIT,FALSEHOOD,HATRED
Description: PROVERBS 26:24
NET Translation: The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
DARBY Translation: He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
KJV Translation: He that hateth dissemblethK4336with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Description: PROVERBS 26:25
NET Translation: When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.
DARBY Translation: when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
KJV Translation: When he speaketh fairK4337, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.
Description: PROVERBS 26:26
NET Translation: Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.
DARBY Translation: Though [his] hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.
KJV Translation: [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the [whole] congregation.
Keywords: MALICE,PIT,RETALIATION
Description: PROVERBS 26:27
NET Translation: The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone—it will come back on him.
DARBY Translation: Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
KJV Translation: Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,FLATTERY,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 26:28
NET Translation: A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
DARBY Translation: A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
KJV Translation: A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Keywords: BOASTING,IGNORANCE,LIFE,PROCRASTINATION,WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 27:1
NET Translation: Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
DARBY Translation: Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
KJV Translation: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 431-457
Keywords: HUMILITY,OSTENTATION,PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 27:2
NET Translation: Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
DARBY Translation: Let anotherD4421 praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
KJV Translation: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Keywords: ANGER
Description: PROVERBS 27:3
NET Translation: A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
DARBY Translation: A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
KJV Translation: A stone [is] heavyK4340, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
Keywords: ANGER,ENVY,JEALOUSY
Description: PROVERBS 27:4
NET Translation: Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
DARBY Translation: Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
KJV Translation: Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
Keywords: REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 27:5
NET Translation: Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
DARBY Translation: Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
KJV Translation: Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
Keywords: DECEIT,FRIENDSHIP,KISS,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 27:6
NET Translation: Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
DARBY Translation: Faithful are the wounds of a friendD4422; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
KJV Translation: Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitfulK4343.
Keywords: WORLDLINESS
Description: PROVERBS 27:7
NET Translation: The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
DARBY Translation: The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
KJV Translation: The full soul loathethK4344an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Keywords: CHARACTER,INSTABILITY,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 27:8
NET Translation: Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
DARBY Translation: As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
KJV Translation: As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
Keywords: ANOINTING,COUNSEL,FRIENDSHIP,PERFUME
Description: PROVERBS 27:9
NET Translation: Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one’s friend from sincere counsel.
DARBY Translation: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
KJV Translation: Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counselK4345.
Keywords: BROTHER,CONSTANCY,FRIENDSHIP
Description: PROVERBS 27:10
NET Translation: Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
DARBY Translation: Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
KJV Translation: Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
Keywords: CHILDREN,PARENTS,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 27:11
NET Translation: Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.
DARBY Translation: Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
KJV Translation: My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Keywords: IGNORANCE,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 27:12
NET Translation: A shrewd person saw danger—he hid himself; the naive passed right on by—they had to pay for it.
DARBY Translation: A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
KJV Translation: A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
Keywords: SURETY (GUARANTEE)
Description: PROVERBS 27:13
NET Translation: Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.
DARBY Translation: Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
KJV Translation: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD,FRIENDSHIP,RISING
Description: PROVERBS 27:14
NET Translation: If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
DARBY Translation: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
KJV Translation: He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Keywords: FAMILY,STRIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 27:15
NET Translation: A continual dripping on a rainy day—a contentious wife makes herself like that.
DARBY Translation: A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
KJV Translation: A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Keywords: ANOINTING,FAMILY,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 27:16
NET Translation: Whoever contains her has contained the wind or can grasp oil with his right hand.
DARBY Translation: whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
KJV Translation: Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
Keywords: COUNTENANCE,FRIENDSHIP,IRON
Description: PROVERBS 27:17
NET Translation: As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.
DARBY Translation: Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
KJV Translation: Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Keywords: SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 27:18
NET Translation: The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
DARBY Translation: Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardethD4423 his master shall be honoured.
KJV Translation: Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Keywords: FRIENDSHIP
Description: PROVERBS 27:19
NET Translation: As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person’s heart reflects the person.
DARBY Translation: As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
KJV Translation: As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Keywords: CURIOSITY,EYE,HADES,HELL
Description: PROVERBS 27:20
NET Translation: As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
DARBY Translation: Sheol and destructionD4424 are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
KJV Translation: Hell and destruction are neverK4346full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Keywords: FLATTERY,GOLD,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 27:21
NET Translation: As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person must put his praise to the test.
DARBY Translation: The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
KJV Translation: [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
Keywords: BRAY,MORTAR,WHEAT,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 27:22
NET Translation: If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
DARBY Translation: If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
KJV Translation: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,DILIGENCE,INDUSTRY,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 27:23
NET Translation: Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,
DARBY Translation: Be well acquainted with the appearance of thyD4425 flocks; look well to thy herds:
KJV Translation: Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look wellK4347to thy herds.
Keywords: RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 27:24
NET Translation: for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
DARBY Translation: for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
KJV Translation: For richesK4348[are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?K4349
Keywords: HAY,SPRING
Description: PROVERBS 27:25
NET Translation: When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
DARBY Translation: The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
KJV Translation: The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Description: PROVERBS 27:26
NET Translation: the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field.
DARBY Translation: The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
KJV Translation: The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,FOOD,GOAT,MILK,SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 27:27
NET Translation: And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
DARBY Translation: and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
KJV Translation: And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenanceK4350for thy maidens.
Keywords: BOLDNESS,CHARACTER,CONSCIENCE,COURAGE,COWARDICE,REMORSE,RIGHTEOUS,SIN,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 28:1
NET Translation: The wicked person fled, though no one was pursuing, but the righteous person can be as confident as a lion.
DARBY Translation: The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
KJV Translation: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 458-485
Keywords: RULERS,STATECRAFT
Description: PROVERBS 28:2
NET Translation: When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.
DARBY Translation: By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding [and] of knowledge, [its] stability is prolonged.
KJV Translation: For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understandingK4351[and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.
Keywords: OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 28:3
NET Translation: A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
DARBY Translation: A poor manD4426 who oppresseth the helplessD4427 is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
KJV Translation: A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no foodK4352.
Keywords: LAW,WICKED (PEOPLE),RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: PROVERBS 28:4
NET Translation: Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.
DARBY Translation: They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
KJV Translation: They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,GOD,LAW,SEEKERS,WICKED (PEOPLE),WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 28:5
NET Translation: Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.
DARBY Translation: Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.
KJV Translation: Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].
Keywords: INTEGRITY,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 28:6
NET Translation: A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.
DARBY Translation: Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
KJV Translation: Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
Keywords: CHILDREN,COMPANY,OBEDIENCE,WISDOM,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 28:7
NET Translation: The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents.
DARBY Translation: Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.
KJV Translation: Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
Keywords: GOD,INJUSTICE,INTEREST,LENDING,POOR,RICHES,USURY
Description: PROVERBS 28:8
NET Translation: The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
DARBY Translation: He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poorD4428.
KJV Translation: He that by usury and unjust gainK4354increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 28:9
NET Translation: The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
DARBY Translation: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
KJV Translation: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.
Keywords: GOD,MALICE,PIT,TEMPTATION
Description: PROVERBS 28:10
NET Translation: The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
DARBY Translation: Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, shall himself fall into his own pit; but the perfect shall inherit good.
KJV Translation: Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.
Keywords: CONCEIT,POOR,PRIDE,THE RICH,WISDOM
Description: PROVERBS 28:11
NET Translation: A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.
DARBY Translation: A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
KJV Translation: The rich man [is] wise in his own conceitK4355; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Keywords: JOY
Description: PROVERBS 28:12
NET Translation: When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.
DARBY Translation: When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.
KJV Translation: When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hiddenK4356.
Keywords: GOD,IMPENITENCE,PRAYER,REPENTANCE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 28:13
NET Translation: The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.
DARBY Translation: He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.
KJV Translation: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
Keywords: HAPPINESS,HEART,IMPENITENCE,REVERENCE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 28:14
NET Translation: Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
DARBY Translation: Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evilD4429.
KJV Translation: Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Keywords: BEAR,POOR,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 28:15
NET Translation: Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
DARBY Translation: A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
KJV Translation: [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 28:16
NET Translation: The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
DARBY Translation: The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
KJV Translation: The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
Keywords: HOMICIDE
Description: PROVERBS 28:17
NET Translation: The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
DARBY Translation: A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.
KJV Translation: A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 28:18
NET Translation: The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.
DARBY Translation: Whoso walketh in integrity shall be saved; but he that is perverted in [his] double ways, shall fall in one [of them]D4430.
KJV Translation: Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,INDUSTRY,POOR,POVERTY,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 28:19
NET Translation: The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
DARBY Translation: He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless shall have poverty enough.
KJV Translation: He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
Keywords: FAITHFULNESS,INTEGRITY,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 28:20
NET Translation: A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
DARBY Translation: A faithful man aboundeth with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
KJV Translation: A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocentK4357.
Keywords: BRIBERY,JUSTICE,RESPECT OF PERSONS
Description: PROVERBS 28:21
NET Translation: To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.
DARBY Translation: To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
KJV Translation: To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.
Keywords: RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 28:22
NET Translation: The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
DARBY Translation: He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealthD4431, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
KJV Translation: He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Keywords: FLATTERY,REPROOF
Description: PROVERBS 28:23
NET Translation: The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
DARBY Translation: He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
KJV Translation: He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Keywords: CHILDREN,MOTHER
Description: PROVERBS 28:24
NET Translation: The one who robs his father and mother and says, “There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.
DARBY Translation: Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
KJV Translation: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a destroyerK4359.
Keywords: FAITH,HEART,PRIDE,RIGHTEOUS,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 28:25
NET Translation: The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper.
DARBY Translation: He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention; but he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat.
KJV Translation: He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Keywords: CONCEIT,CONFIDENCE,FALSE CONFIDENCE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WATCHFULNESS
Description: PROVERBS 28:26
NET Translation: The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.
DARBY Translation: He that confideth in his own heart is a foolD4432; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
KJV Translation: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,LIBERALITY,POOR,SELFISHNESS
Description: PROVERBS 28:27
NET Translation: The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.
DARBY Translation: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that withdraweth his eyes shall have many a curse.
KJV Translation: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 28:28
NET Translation: When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
DARBY Translation: When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
KJV Translation: When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Keywords: DEATH,GOD,IMPENITENCE,OBDURACY (HARDNESS),PUNISHMENT,SELF-WILL,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 29:1
NET Translation: The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.
DARBY Translation: He that being often reprovedD4433 hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.
KJV Translation: He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Verse Intro: PROVERBS of Solomon 486-512
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 29:2
NET Translation: When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
DARBY Translation: When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
KJV Translation: When the righteous are in authorityK4361, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHILDREN,WISDOM,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 29:3
NET Translation: The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
DARBY Translation: Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; but he that is a companion of harlots destroyeth [his] substance.
KJV Translation: Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
Keywords: BRIBERY,KING,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 29:4
NET Translation: A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.
DARBY Translation: A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh giftsD4434 overthroweth it.
KJV Translation: The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth giftsK4362overthroweth it.
Keywords: FLATTERY,NET
Description: PROVERBS 29:5
NET Translation: The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
DARBY Translation: A manD4435 that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
KJV Translation: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Keywords: JOY,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 29:6
NET Translation: In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice.
DARBY Translation: In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous shall singD4436 and rejoice.
KJV Translation: In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Keywords: POOR,RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 29:7
NET Translation: The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked person does not understand such knowledge.
DARBY Translation: The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge.
KJV Translation: The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
Keywords: ANGER,MEEKNESS,PRIDE,PRUDENCE
Description: PROVERBS 29:8
NET Translation: Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.
DARBY Translation: Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
KJV Translation: Scornful men bring a city into a snareK4363: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
Keywords: ANGER,FOOL
Description: PROVERBS 29:9
NET Translation: When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.
DARBY Translation: If a wise man contendeth with a foolD4437, whether he rage or laugh, [he] hath no rest.
KJV Translation: [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
Keywords: PERSECUTION
Description: PROVERBS 29:10
NET Translation: Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.
DARBY Translation: The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soulD4438.
KJV Translation: The bloodthirstyK4364hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Keywords: FOOL,PRUDENCE,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 29:11
NET Translation: A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back.
DARBY Translation: A foolD4439 uttereth all his mindD4440; but a wise [man] keepethD4441 it back.
KJV Translation: A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it in till afterwards.
Keywords: INFLUENCE,KING,MASTER,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 29:12
NET Translation: If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked.
DARBY Translation: If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked.
KJV Translation: If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
Keywords: GOD,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 29:13
NET Translation: The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.
DARBY Translation: The indigentD4442 and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lightenethD4443 the eyes of them both.
KJV Translation: The poor and the deceitful manK4365meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Keywords: COMMERCE,KING,POOR,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 29:14
NET Translation: If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.
DARBY Translation: A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
KJV Translation: The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Keywords: CHILDREN,MOTHER,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 29:15
NET Translation: A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.
DARBY Translation: The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
KJV Translation: The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Keywords: COMPANY,DEATH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: PROVERBS 29:16
NET Translation: When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.
DARBY Translation: When the wicked increase, transgression increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.
KJV Translation: When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Keywords: CHILDREN,PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 29:17
NET Translation: Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness.
DARBY Translation: Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest, and shall give delight unto thy soul.
KJV Translation: Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Keywords: HAPPINESS,VISION
Description: PROVERBS 29:18
NET Translation: When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he!
DARBY Translation: Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint; but happy is he that keepeth the law.
KJV Translation: Where [there is] no vision, the people perishK4366: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.
Keywords: SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 29:19
NET Translation: A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer.
DARBY Translation: A servant is not corrected by words: he understandeth indeed, but he will not answer.
KJV Translation: A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Keywords: RASHNESS,SPEAKING,TONGUE,WORDS
Description: PROVERBS 29:20
NET Translation: You have seen someone who is hasty in his words—there is more hope for a fool than for him.
DARBY Translation: Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
KJV Translation: Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words?K4367[there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
Keywords: EMPLOYER,MASTER,SERVANT
Description: PROVERBS 29:21
NET Translation: If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.
DARBY Translation: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child, shall in the end have him as a sonD4444.
KJV Translation: He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
Keywords: ANGER,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 29:22
NET Translation: An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.
DARBY Translation: An angry man exciteth contention; and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
KJV Translation: An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Keywords: HUMILITY,PRIDE
Description: PROVERBS 29:23
NET Translation: A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
DARBY Translation: A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.
KJV Translation: A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Keywords: COMPANY,COMPLICITY,FELLOWSHIP
Description: PROVERBS 29:24
NET Translation: Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.
DARBY Translation: Whoso shareth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjurationD4445, and declareth not.
KJV Translation: Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.
Keywords: COWARDICE,FAITH,RIGHTEOUS
Description: PROVERBS 29:25
NET Translation: The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
DARBY Translation: The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his confidence in Jehovah is protectedD4446.
KJV Translation: The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safeK4368.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,COURT,GOD,INFLUENCE,JUSTICE
Description: PROVERBS 29:26
NET Translation: Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.
DARBY Translation: Many seek the ruler's face; but a man's right judgment is from Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's judgment [cometh] from the LORD.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,INJUSTICE,PERSECUTION,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 29:27
NET Translation: An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.
DARBY Translation: An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked [man].
KJV Translation: An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
Keywords: AGUR,ITHIEL,JAKEH,UCAL
Description: PROVERBS 30:1
NET Translation: The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh; an oracle: This man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ukal:
DARBY Translation: The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the prophecyD4447 uttered by the man unto Ithiel, [even] unto Ithiel and Ucal:
KJV Translation: The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Verse Intro: The Words of Agur
Keywords: HUMILITY
Description: PROVERBS 30:2
NET Translation: Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding;
DARBY Translation: Truly *I* am more stupid than any one; and I have not a man's intelligence.
KJV Translation: Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Keywords: HUMILITY
Description: PROVERBS 30:3
NET Translation: I have not learned wisdom, nor can I have knowledge of the Holy One.
DARBY Translation: I have neither learned wisdom, nor have I the knowledge of the HolyD4448.
KJV Translation: I neither learned wisdom, nor haveK4370the knowledge of the holy.
Keywords: CONTINENTS,GEOLOGY,GOD,IGNORANCE,JESUS THE CHRIST,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA
Description: PROVERBS 30:4
NET Translation: Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you can know!
DARBY Translation: Who hath ascended up into the heavens, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in a mantle? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou knowest?
KJV Translation: Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?
Keywords: FAITH,SHIELD,WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 30:5
NET Translation: Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him.
DARBY Translation: Every wordD4449 of God is pureD4450: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
KJV Translation: Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Keywords: WORD OF GOD
Description: PROVERBS 30:6
NET Translation: Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.
DARBY Translation: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
KJV Translation: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Keywords: BLASPHEMY
Description: PROVERBS 30:7
NET Translation: Two things I have asked from you; do not refuse me before I die:
DARBY Translation: Two things do I ask of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
KJV Translation: Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:
Keywords: BLESSING,CONTENTMENT,COVETOUSNESS,FOOD,POVERTY,RICHES,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 30:8
NET Translation: Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,
DARBY Translation: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
KJV Translation: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for meK4373:
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,GOD,POVERTY,RICHES
Description: PROVERBS 30:9
NET Translation: lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
DARBY Translation: lest I be full and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrageD4451 the name of my God.
KJV Translation: Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
Keywords: SERVANT,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 30:10
NET Translation: Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.
DARBY Translation: Speak not too much aboutD4452 a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.
KJV Translation: Accuse notK4375a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Keywords: CHILDREN,MOTHER
Description: PROVERBS 30:11
NET Translation: There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
DARBY Translation: There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Keywords: PRIDE,PURITY,SELF-DELUSION,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS,WASHING
Description: PROVERBS 30:12
NET Translation: There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
DARBY Translation: there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
Keywords: PRIDE,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: PROVERBS 30:13
NET Translation: There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully.
DARBY Translation: there is a generation, how lofty are their eyes, how their eyelids are lifted up!
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Keywords: MALICE,OPPRESSION,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 30:14
NET Translation: There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
DARBY Translation: a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
KJV Translation: [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
Keywords: HORSE-LEECH,RIDDLE
Description: PROVERBS 30:15
NET Translation: The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” There are three things that will never be satisfied, four that have never said, “Enough”—
DARBY Translation: The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
KJV Translation: The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
Keywords: HELL,RIDDLE
Description: PROVERBS 30:16
NET Translation: the grave, the barren womb; earth has not been satisfied with water; and fire has never said, “Enough!”
DARBY Translation: Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.
KJV Translation: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.
Keywords: BURIAL,CHILDREN,MOTHER,RAVEN
Description: PROVERBS 30:17
NET Translation: The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother—the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
DARBY Translation: The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
KJV Translation: The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valleyK4377shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Keywords: ADULTERY,LASCIVIOUSNESS,RIDDLE
Description: PROVERBS 30:18
NET Translation: There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand:
DARBY Translation: There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that I know not:
KJV Translation: There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
Keywords: EAGLE,SERPENT
Description: PROVERBS 30:19
NET Translation: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.
DARBY Translation: The way of an eagle in the heavens, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.
KJV Translation: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midstK4378of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,SIN
Description: PROVERBS 30:20
NET Translation: This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said, “I have not done wrong.”
DARBY Translation: Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
KJV Translation: Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Keywords: FAMILY,GLUTTONY,RULERS,SERVANT,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 30:21
NET Translation: Under three things the earth has trembled, and under four things it cannot bear up:
DARBY Translation: Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
KJV Translation: For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:
Keywords: GLUTTONY,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 30:22
NET Translation: under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who becomes stuffed with food,
DARBY Translation: Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churlD4453 when he is filled with meat;
KJV Translation: For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Keywords: FAMILY
Description: PROVERBS 30:23
NET Translation: under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.
DARBY Translation: under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
KJV Translation: For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Description: PROVERBS 30:24
NET Translation: There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
DARBY Translation: There are four [things] little upon the earth, and they are exceeding wise:
KJV Translation: There be four [things which are] little upon the earth, but they [are] exceeding wiseK4379:
Keywords: ANIMALS,ANT,INDUSTRY,SUMMER
Description: PROVERBS 30:25
NET Translation: ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;
DARBY Translation: The ants, a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
KJV Translation: The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Keywords: CONEY
Description: PROVERBS 30:26
NET Translation: rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;
DARBY Translation: the rock-badgersD4454 are but a feeble folk, yet they make their house in the cliff;
KJV Translation: The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
Keywords: LOCUST
Description: PROVERBS 30:27
NET Translation: locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;
DARBY Translation: the locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
KJV Translation: The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bandsK4380;
Keywords: LIZARD,SPIDER
Description: PROVERBS 30:28
NET Translation: a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.
DARBY Translation: thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.
KJV Translation: The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
Description: PROVERBS 30:29
NET Translation: There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently:
DARBY Translation: There are three [things] which have a stately step, and four are comely in going:
KJV Translation: There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Keywords: LION
Description: PROVERBS 30:30
NET Translation: a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;
DARBY Translation: The lionD4455, mighty among beasts, which turneth not away for any;
KJV Translation: A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
Keywords: DOG (SODOMITE?),GREYHOUND
Description: PROVERBS 30:31
NET Translation: a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him.
DARBY Translation: a [horse] girt in the loinsD4456; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.
KJV Translation: A greyhoundK4381; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up.
Keywords: HUMILITY
Description: PROVERBS 30:32
NET Translation: If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
DARBY Translation: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] the hand upon thy mouth.
KJV Translation: If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
Keywords: ANGER,BUTTER,CHURNING,MILK,STRIFE
Description: PROVERBS 30:33
NET Translation: For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.
DARBY Translation: For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.
KJV Translation: Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Keywords: LEMUEL,YOUNG MEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:1
NET Translation: The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:
DARBY Translation: The words of king Lemuel, the prophecyD4457 that his mother taught him:
KJV Translation: The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
Verse Intro: The Words of Lemuel
Description: PROVERBS 31:2
NET Translation: O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
DARBY Translation: What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?
KJV Translation: What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHASTITY
Description: PROVERBS 31:3
NET Translation: do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.
DARBY Translation: Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.
KJV Translation: Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Keywords: TOTAL ABSTINENCE,DRUNKENNESS,INJUSTICE,KING,LEMUEL,RULERS,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 31:4
NET Translation: It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
DARBY Translation: It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulersD4458 [to say], Where is the strong drinkD4459?
KJV Translation: [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Keywords: INJUSTICE,KING,RULERS,WINE
Description: PROVERBS 31:5
NET Translation: lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
DARBY Translation: lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the children of affliction.
KJV Translation: Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervertK4382the judgment of any of the afflictedK4383.
Keywords: WINE
Description: PROVERBS 31:6
NET Translation: Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
DARBY Translation: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
KJV Translation: Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy heartsK4384.
Keywords: WINE
Description: PROVERBS 31:7
NET Translation: let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.
DARBY Translation: let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
KJV Translation: Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Keywords: RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 31:8
NET Translation: Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.
DARBY Translation: Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolateD4460.
KJV Translation: Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destructionK4385.
Keywords: POOR,RULERS
Description: PROVERBS 31:9
NET Translation: Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
DARBY Translation: Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.
KJV Translation: Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Keywords: ECONOMICS,POETRY,RUBY,WIFE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:10
NET Translation: Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies.
DARBY Translation: WhoD4461 can find a woman of worth? for her price is far above rubiesD4462.
KJV Translation: Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
Verse Intro: The Woman of Noble Character
Keywords: COMMERCE
Description: PROVERBS 31:11
NET Translation: Her husband’s heart has trusted her, and he does not lack the dividends.
DARBY Translation: The heart of her husband confideth in her, and he shall have no lack of spoil.
KJV Translation: The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Description: PROVERBS 31:12
NET Translation: She has rewarded him with good and not harm all the days of her life.
DARBY Translation: She doeth him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.
KJV Translation: She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Keywords: FLAX,INDUSTRY,WIFE,WOOL
Description: PROVERBS 31:13
NET Translation: She sought out wool and flax, then worked happily with her hands.
DARBY Translation: She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her handsD4463.
KJV Translation: She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Keywords: WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:14
NET Translation: She was like the merchant ships; she would bring in her food from afar.
DARBY Translation: She is like the merchants' ships: she bringeth her food from afar;
KJV Translation: She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Keywords: FOOD,RISING,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:15
NET Translation: Then she rose while it was still night, and provided food for her household and a portion to her female servants.
DARBY Translation: And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and the day's workD4464 to her maidens.
KJV Translation: She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Description: PROVERBS 31:16
NET Translation: She considered a field and bought it; from her own income she planted a vineyard.
DARBY Translation: She considereth a field, and acquireth it; of the fruit of her handsD4465 she planteth a vineyard.
KJV Translation: She considereth a field, and buyethK4386it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Description: PROVERBS 31:17
NET Translation: She clothed herself in might, and she strengthened her arms.
DARBY Translation: She girdeth her loins with strength, and maketh strong her arms.
KJV Translation: She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Description: PROVERBS 31:18
NET Translation: She perceived that her merchandise was good. Her lamp would not go out in the night.
DARBY Translation: She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.
KJV Translation: She perceivethK4387that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Keywords: ART,DISTAFF,SPINDLE,SPINNING,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:19
NET Translation: She extended her hands to the spool, and her hands grasped the spindle.
DARBY Translation: She putteth her handsD4466 to the distaff, and her handsD4467 hold the spindle.
KJV Translation: She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Keywords: LIBERALITY,POOR
Description: PROVERBS 31:20
NET Translation: She opened her hand to the poor, and extended her hands to the needy.
DARBY Translation: She stretcheth out her handD4468 to the afflicted, and she reacheth forth her handsD4469 to the needy.
KJV Translation: She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Keywords: COLORS
Description: PROVERBS 31:21
NET Translation: She would not fear for her household in winter, because all her household were clothed with scarlet,
DARBY Translation: She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
KJV Translation: She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarletK4389.
Keywords: CARPET,SILK,TAPESTRY,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:22
NET Translation: because she had made coverings for herself; and because her clothing was fine linen and purple.
DARBY Translation: She maketh herself coverletsD4470; her clothing is byssusD4471 and purple.
KJV Translation: She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple.
Description: PROVERBS 31:23
NET Translation: Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land.
DARBY Translation: Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
KJV Translation: Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Keywords: GIRDLE,WOMEN
Description: PROVERBS 31:24
NET Translation: She made linen garments then sold them, and traded belts to the merchants;
DARBY Translation: She maketh body linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
KJV Translation: She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Description: PROVERBS 31:25
NET Translation: her clothing was strong and splendid; and she laughed at the time to come.
DARBY Translation: Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laugheth [at] the coming day.
KJV Translation: Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Keywords: KINDNESS,SPEAKING
Description: PROVERBS 31:26
NET Translation: She has opened her mouth with wisdom, with loving instruction on her tongue.
DARBY Translation: She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
KJV Translation: She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.
Keywords: FAMILY,FRUGALITY
Description: PROVERBS 31:27
NET Translation: Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.
DARBY Translation: She surveyeth the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
KJV Translation: She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Keywords: PARENTS
Description: PROVERBS 31:28
NET Translation: Her children have risen and called her blessed; her husband also has praised her:
DARBY Translation: Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her:
KJV Translation: Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.
Description: PROVERBS 31:29
NET Translation: “Many daughters have done valiantly, but you have surpassed them all!”
DARBY Translation: Many daughters have done worthily, but thou excellest them all.
KJV Translation: Many daughters have done virtuouslyK4390, but thou excellest them all.
Keywords: BEAUTY,REVERENCE,VANITY
Description: PROVERBS 31:30
NET Translation: Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the Lord—she makes herself praiseworthy.
DARBY Translation: Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
KJV Translation: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Description: PROVERBS 31:31
NET Translation: Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.
DARBY Translation: Give her of the fruit of her handsD4472, and let her own works praise her in the gates.
KJV Translation: Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Keywords: WISDOM
Description: Ecclesiastes 10:3
NET Translation: Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.
DARBY Translation: Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sensePROVERBS. see Prov. 15.21." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4537 faileth [him], and he saith toD4538 every one [that] he is a fool.
KJV Translation: Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdomK4444faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.
Keywords: INVESTIGATION,SPEAKING,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Ecclesiastes 12:9
NET Translation: Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many PROVERBS.
DARBY Translation: And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many PROVERBS.
KJV Translation: And moreover, because the preacher was wiseK4457, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, [and] set in order many PROVERBS.
Verse Intro: The Teacher's Sayings Are Wise
Keywords: CHILDREN,HEREDITY,PROVERBS,PUNISHMENT,SIN
Description: Jeremiah 31:29
NET Translation: “When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children’s teeth have grown numb.’
DARBY Translation: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:
KJV Translation: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Keywords: INFIDELITY,PROCRASTINATION,PROPHECY,PROVERBS,SCOFFING
Description: Ezekiel 12:22
NET Translation: “Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, ‘The days pass slowly, and every vision fails’?
DARBY Translation: Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
KJV Translation: Son of man, what [is] that proverb [that] ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Keywords: PROVERBS,SORCERY
Description: Ezekiel 12:23
NET Translation: Therefore tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.’ But say to them, ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
DARBY Translation: Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverbD5647 to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the accomplishmentD5648 of every vision.
KJV Translation: Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,JUDGMENTS
Description: Ezekiel 14:8
NET Translation: I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
DARBY Translation: and I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate, [so that he shall be] for a sign and for PROVERBS, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
Keywords: PARENTS,PROVERBS
Description: Ezekiel 16:44
NET Translation: “‘Observe—everyone who quotes PROVERBS will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”
DARBY Translation: Behold, every one that useth PROVERBSD5670 shall speak in a proverb against thee, saying, As the mother, [so is] her daughter!
KJV Translation: Behold, every one that useth PROVERBS shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, [so is] her daughter.
Keywords: GRAPE,HEREDITY,INFIDELITY,PROVERBS,PUNISHMENT
Description: Ezekiel 18:2
NET Translation: “What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel: “‘The fathers eat sour grapes, And the children’s teeth become numb?’
DARBY Translation: What mean ye, ye who use this proverb ofD5681 the land of Israel, saying, [The] fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
KJV Translation: What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?
Keywords: CHURCH,EXAMPLE,INFLUENCE,JUDGMENT,PROVERBS
Description: Hosea 4:9
NET Translation: I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.
DARBY Translation: And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
KJV Translation: And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punishK6064them for their ways, and rewardK6065them their doings.
Keywords: HEART,HOLINESS,PROVERBS,REGENERATION,SIN
Description: Matthew 12:33
NET Translation: “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
DARBY Translation: Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.
KJV Translation: “Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by” [his] “fruit.”
Verse Intro: Trees are Known by their Fruit
Keywords: DISEASE,INFIDELITY,PHYSICIAN,PROVERBS,SCOFFING
Description: Luke 4:23
NET Translation: Jesus said to them, “No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ and say, ‘What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.’”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, “Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.”
Keywords: BOTANY,BRAMBLE,PROVERBS
Description: Luke 6:44
NET Translation: for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.
DARBY Translation: for every tree is known by its own fruit, for figs are not gatheredD7253 from thorns, nor grapes vintaged from a bramble.
KJV Translation: “For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.”
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,MANURE,PROVERBS,SALT
Description: Luke 14:34
NET Translation: “Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?
DARBY Translation: Salt [then] [is] good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
KJV Translation: “Salt” [is] “good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?”
Verse Intro: Disciples as Salt
Keywords: FAITH,NAZARETH,PROVERBS,UNCHARITABLENESS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: John 1:46
NET Translation: Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied, “Come and see.”
DARBY Translation: And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good comeD7460 out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
KJV Translation: And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Keywords: GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: John 16:25
NET Translation: “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
DARBY Translation: These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declareD7654 to you openly concerning the Father.
KJV Translation: “These things have I spoken unto you in PROVERBSK6733: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in PROVERBSK6734, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,PROVERBS,SENSUALITY
Description: 1 Corinthians 15:33
NET Translation: Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
DARBY Translation: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
KJV Translation: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Keywords: AGRICULTURE,BOTANY,CONFIDENCE,PROVERBS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEED,SIN,SOWER
Description: Galatians 6:7
NET Translation: Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
DARBY Translation: Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.
KJV Translation: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.