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9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.
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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury-- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
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11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.
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12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
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12 A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
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13 A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
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14 House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.
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16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul, but he that despiseth His ways shall die.
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16 He who obeys instructions guards his life, but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.
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17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD, and that which he hath given, He will repay him again.
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17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.
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18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare him for his crying.
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18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.
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19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou rescue him, yet thou must do it again.
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19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
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| Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
