New Living Translation | English Standard Version |
1Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool. | 1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. |
2Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes. | 2Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. |
3People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD. | 3When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD. |
4Wealth makes many “friends”; poverty drives them all away. | 4Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. |
5A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape. | 5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. |
6Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts! | 6Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. |
7The relatives of the poor despise them; how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them, their friends are gone. | 7All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. |
8To acquire wisdom is to love yourself; people who cherish understanding will prosper. | 8Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. |
9A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed. | 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish. |
10It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes! | 10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes. |
11Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs. | 11Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. |
12The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass. | 12A king’s wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. |
13A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping. | 13A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. |
14Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the LORD can give an understanding wife. | 14House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. |
15Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry. | 15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger. |
16Keep the commandments and keep your life; despising them leads to death. | 16Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die. |
17If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD— and he will repay you! | 17Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed. |
18Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives. | 18Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death. |
19Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty. If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again. | 19A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again. |
20Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life. | 20Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. |
21You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail. | 21Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. |
22Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest. | 22What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. |
23Fear of the LORD leads to life, bringing security and protection from harm. | 23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm. |
24Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth. | 24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. |
25If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson; if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser. | 25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. |
26Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace. | 26He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach. |
27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge. | 27Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. |
28A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice; the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. | 28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. |
29Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten. | 29Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools. |
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