Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha TMBA
New International Version NIV
6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
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Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
7 All the brethren of the poor hate him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, yet they are not forthcoming to him.
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The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
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The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.
10 Delight is not seemly for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
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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A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
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A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
14 House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul, but he that despiseth His ways shall die.
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Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
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