Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
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The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion; anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.
3 a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.
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It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
4 A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.
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The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
5 Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.
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The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
6 A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but hard to find a faithful man.
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Many proclaim themselves loyal, but who can find one worthy of trust?
7 He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed.
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The righteous walk in integrity— happy are the children who follow them!
8 Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.
9 Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?
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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
10 A large and small weight, and divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and he that makes them.
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Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
11 A youth with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and his way will be straight.
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Even children make themselves known by their acts, by whether what they do is pure and right.
12 The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye— the Lord has made them both.
13 Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.
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Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, then goes away and boasts.
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There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
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Bread gained by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.
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Plans are established by taking advice; wage war by following wise guidance.
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A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.
20 The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.
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If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.
21 A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end.
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An estate quickly acquired in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
22 Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.
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Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
23 A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.
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Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
24 A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?
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All our steps are ordered by the Lord; how then can we understand our own ways?
25 It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for repentance comes after vowing.
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It is a snare for one to say rashly, "It is holy," and begin to reflect only after making a vow.
26 A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.
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A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
27 The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
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The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, searching every inmost part.
28 Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness.
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Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
29 Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey are the glory of old men.
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The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.
30 Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues in the inward parts of belly.
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Blows that wound cleanse away evil; beatings make clean the innermost parts.
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