A Good Name 1 RV A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and 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 RV The rich and the poor meet together: the LORD 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 RV A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. BSB BSB: The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 RV The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD 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 RV Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that keepeth his soul shall be 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 RV Train up a child in the way he should go, and even 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 RV 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 RV He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail. BSB BSB: He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 RV 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 RV Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and ignominy shall cease. BSB BSB: Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 RV He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. BSB BSB: He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 RV The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man. BSB BSB: The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 RV The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets. BSB BSB: The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 RV The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD 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 RV Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but 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 RV He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, and he that giveth to the rich, cometh 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 RV Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. BSB BSB: Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 RV For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips. BSB BSB: for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 RV That thy trust may be in the LORD, 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 RV Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge; BSB BSB: Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 RV To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mayest 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 RV 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 RV For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them. BSB BSB: for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Saying 3 24 RV Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: BSB BSB: Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 RV Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. BSB BSB: or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Saying 4 26 RV Be thou not one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts: BSB BSB: Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 RV If thou hast not wherewith 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 RV 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 RV Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. 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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