Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB MSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV SLT Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wycl SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Topics Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
Moff By Document By Section By Chapter Details
Moff JOS 1 CHR 2 CHR EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PROV ECC SNG JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL MAT MARK LUKE YHN ACTs ROM 1 COR 2 COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1 TH 2 TH 1 TIM 2 TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1 PET 2 PET 1 YHN 2 YHN 3 YHN YUD REV
PROV C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
Reputation is a better choice than riches
esteem is more than money.
2Rich and poor stand side by side:
it was the Eternal who made them all.
3A cautious man sees danger and takes cover:
a simpleton strolls on--and pays for it.
5On crooked courses men step into snares:
a careful man avoids them.
4The humble and the reverent are rewarded
with wealth and honour and long life.
6Train a child for his proper trade,
and he will never leave it, even when he is old.
7The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
8A man who sows evil has a harvest of trouble
his labour goes for nothing.
9A generous man will have God’s blessing,
because he shares his food with poor folk.
10Get rid of a scoffer, and quarrels cease,
disputes and insults are no more.
11The Eternal loves a pure heart
kings love courtly speech.
12The Eternal is keen-eyed, alert
he foils the plans of faithless men.
13The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside,”
or, “I shall be murdered in the street.”
14The wiles of a loose woman are a deep, deep pit
a man under God’s anger falls into it.
15Folly clings to the mind of a child;
the rod will drive it away.
16A man may crush the poor and so be rich,
but presents to the rich will only make him poor.
17Bend your ear, listen to wise words,
study to understand their charm;
18ever keep them in mind,
all ready on your lips.
19I am still teaching you my truths,
that you may rely on the Eternal.
20But have I not written them for you already,
instructions about knowledge,
21that you might understand them for yourself,
and answer all inquirers?
22Rob not the poor because he is poor,
waste not the weak with lawsuits;
23for the Eternal will take their part,
he will rob robbers of their life.
24Never join anyone who gets angry,
never deal with a hot-tempered man;
25for you may learn his ways
and land yourself in danger.
26Never be one of those who give bail,
who are sureties for debts;
27for if you have nothing to pay,
your very bed will be seized.
28Remove not an ancient landmark,
set up by your fathers.
29You see a man skilful at his work?
He shall enter the service of kings,
not the service of obscure men.
PROV C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31