Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.
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A wise child loves discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
2 A good shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
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From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
3 He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
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Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives; those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
4 Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.
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The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing, while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
5 A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence.
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The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.
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Righteousness guards one whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.
7 There are who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are who bring themselves down in much wealth.
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Some pretend to be rich, yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
8 A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening.
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Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats.
9 The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.
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The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
10 A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
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By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice.
11 Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.
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Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but those who gather little by little will increase it.
12 Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.
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Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
13 He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health . To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.
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Those who despise the word bring destruction on themselves, but those who respect the commandment will be rewarded.
14 The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.
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The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
15 Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction.
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Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.
16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.
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The clever do all things intelligently, but the fool displays folly.
17 A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.
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A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.
18 Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured.
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Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction, but one who heeds reproof is honored.
19 The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.
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A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
20 If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.
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Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
21 Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous.
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Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
22 A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
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The good leave an inheritance to their children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.
23 The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.
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The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
24 He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens .
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Those who spare the rod hate their children, but those who love them are diligent to discipline them.
25 A just eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.
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The righteous have enough to satisfy their appetite, but the belly of the wicked is empty.
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