A Good Name 1 DBY A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold. BSB BSB: A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 DBY The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all. BSB BSB: The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 DBY A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. BSB BSB: The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 DBY The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life. BSB BSB: The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 DBY Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them. BSB BSB: Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 DBY Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it. BSB BSB: Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 DBY The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender. BSB BSB: The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 DBY He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end. BSB BSB: He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 DBY He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor. BSB BSB: A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 DBY Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease. BSB BSB: Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 DBY He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend. BSB BSB: He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 DBY The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful. BSB BSB: The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 DBY The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets! BSB BSB: The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 DBY The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein. BSB BSB: The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15 DBY Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. BSB BSB: Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 DBY He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want. BSB BSB: Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Thirty Sayings of the Wise Saying 1 17 DBY Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge. BSB BSB: Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 DBY For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips. BSB BSB: for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 DBY That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee. BSB BSB: So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
20 DBY Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge, BSB BSB: Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 DBY 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? BSB BSB: to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Saying 2 22 DBY Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate; BSB BSB: Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23 DBY for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them. BSB BSB: for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Saying 3 24 DBY Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man; BSB BSB: Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 DBY lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul. BSB BSB: or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Saying 4 26 DBY Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts: BSB BSB: Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 DBY if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? BSB BSB: If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Saying 5 28 DBY Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. BSB BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Saying 6 29 DBY Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean. BSB BSB: Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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