King James Version KJV
New International Version NIV
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
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As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
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