Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
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Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.
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Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
3 The folly of a man spoils his ways: and he blames God in his heart.
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One's own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the Lord.
4 Wealth acquires many friends; but the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.
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Wealth brings many friends, but the poor are left friendless.
5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
6 Many court the favour of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to man.
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Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.
7 Every one who hates poor brother shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, and a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; and he that used provoking words shall not escape.
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If the poor are hated even by their kin, how much more are they shunned by their friends! When they call after them, they are not there.
8 He that procures wisdom loves himself; and he that keeps wisdom shall find good.
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To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
10 Delight does not suit a fool, nor if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.
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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
11 A merciful man is long-suffering; and his triumph overtakes transgressors.
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Those with good sense are slow to anger, and it is their glory to overlook an offense.
12 The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favour.
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A king's anger is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
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A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
14 Fathers divide house and substance to children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.
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House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
15 Cowardice possesses the effeminate ; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
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Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.
16 He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish.
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Those who keep the commandment will live; those who are heedless of their ways will die.
17 He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift.
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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and will be repaid in full.
18 Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.
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Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
19 A malicious man shall be severely punished, and if he commit injury, he shall also lose his life.
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A violent tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.
20 Hear, son, the instruction of thy father, that thou mayest be wise at thy latter end.
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Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom for the future.
21 many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.
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The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
22 Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar.
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What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar.
23 The fear of the Lord is life to a man: and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not seen.
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The fear of the Lord is life indeed; filled with it one rests secure and suffers no harm.
24 He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even them up to his mouth.
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The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
25 When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
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Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
26 He that dishonours his father, and drives away his mother, shall be disgraced and shall be exposed to reproach.
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Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
27 A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.
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Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.
28 He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgment.
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A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
29 Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.
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Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and flogging for the backs of fools.
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