New Living Translation | King James Bible |
1Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict. | 1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
2A wise servant will rule over the master’s disgraceful son and will share the inheritance of the master’s children. | 2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
3Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart. | 3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
4Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip; liars pay close attention to slander. | 4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. |
5Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished. | 5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
6Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children. | 6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. |
7Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler. | 7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
8A bribe is like a lucky charm; whoever gives one will prosper! | 8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
9Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. | 9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
10A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool. | 10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
11Evil people are eager for rebellion, but they will be severely punished. | 11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
12It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness. | 12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
13If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house. | 13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
14Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out. | 14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. |
15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— both are detestable to the LORD. | 15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
16It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no heart for learning. | 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
17A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. | 17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
18It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for a friend. | 18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
19Anyone who loves to quarrel loves sin; anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster. | 19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
20The crooked heart will not prosper; the lying tongue tumbles into trouble. | 20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
21It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there is no joy for the father of a rebel. | 21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. | 22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
23The wicked take secret bribes to pervert the course of justice. | 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
24Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth. | 24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
25Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth. | 25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. |
26It is wrong to punish the godly for being good or to flog leaders for being honest. | 26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
27A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered. | 27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
28Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent. | 28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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