Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Better `
is '
a dry morsel, and rest
with
it
, Than a
house full of the
sacrifices of
strife.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness
therewith
, than an
house full of sacrifices with
strife.
A wise servant ruleth
over a son causing
shame, And in
the
midst
of brethren
He
apportioneth
an
inheritance.
A wise servant shall
have
rule
over a son that
causeth
shame, and shall
have
part
of the
inheritance among
the
brethren
.
A
refining
pot `
is '
for silver, and a
furnace for gold ,
And
the trier
of
hearts `is'
Jehovah
.
The
fining
pot is for silver, and the
furnace for gold :
but
the LORD
trieth
the
hearts.
An
evil
doer is
attentive
to lips of
vanity,
Falsehood
is
giving
ear to a mischievous
tongue.
A
wicked
doer giveth
heed
to false
lips ;
and
a
liar
giveth
ear to a naughty
tongue.
Whoso is
mocking
at
the poor Hath
reproached
his Maker ,
Whoso
is rejoicing
at calamity
is
not acquitted
.
Whoso mocketh
the poor reproacheth
his Maker :
and
he
that
is glad
at calamities
shall
not be
unpunished
.
Sons'
sons
`
are '
the crown of old men ,
And the glory of sons
`
are '
their fathers.
Children's
children
are the crown of old men ;
and the glory of children
are their fathers.
Not comely
for
a fool is
a
lip
of
excellency,
Much less for
a
noble
a lip
of
falsehood
.
Excellent
speech
becometh
not a fool :
much less do
lying
lips
a prince
.
A stone
of
grace
`
is '
the
bribe
in the eyes of its
possessors,
Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
A gift
is as
a
precious
stone
in the eyes of him
that
hath
it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Whoso
is
covering
transgression is
seeking
love ,
And
whoso
is
repeating
a matter Is
separating
a
familiar
friend
.
He
that
covereth
a
transgression seeketh
love ;
but
he
that
repeateth
a matter separateth
very
friends
.
Rebuke
cometh
down
on
the
intelligent
More than
a hundred stripes on
a fool.
A
reproof
entereth
more into
a wise
man
than
an
hundred stripes into
a fool.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion ,
And
a fierce
messenger is
sent against him.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion :
therefore
a cruel
messenger shall
be
sent against him.
The
meeting
of
a bereaved
bear by
a man, And
--
not
a fool in his folly.
Let
a bear robbed
of
her
whelps
meet
a man, rather
than
a fool in his folly.
Whoso is
returning
evil for good, Evil moveth
not from his house.
Whoso rewardeth
evil for good, evil shall
not depart
from his house.
The beginning of contention
`
is '
a
letting
out of
waters
, And
before it is
meddled with leave
the
strife
.
The beginning of strife
is as
when
one
letteth
out water:
therefore
leave
off
contention
, before it be
meddled with.
Whoso
is
justifying
the wicked, And condemning
the righteous
, Even both of
these
`
are '
an
abomination to Jehovah
.
He
that
justifieth
the wicked, and he
that
condemneth
the just
, even they
both are abomination to the
LORD
.
Why
`
is '
this
--
a price in the hand of a fool to buy
wisdom, And
a
heart there
is
none
?
Wherefore
is there
a price in the hand of a fool to get
wisdom, seeing
he
hath
no
heart to
it
?
At all times is
the
friend
loving
, And a brother for
adversity
is born.
A
friend
loveth
at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity
.
A man lacking
heart
is
striking
hands, A
surety
he
becometh before
his friend.
A man void
of
understanding
striketh
hands, and
becometh surety
in
the
presence
of
his friend.
Whoso
is
loving
transgression is
loving
debate,
Whoso
is
making
high
his entrance
is
seeking
destruction.
He
loveth
transgression that
loveth
strife:
and
he
that
exalteth
his gate
seeketh
destruction.
The
perverse
of
heart findeth not
good ,
And the
turned
in
his
tongue falleth into evil
.
He
that
hath
a
froward
heart findeth no
good :
and he
that
hath
a
perverse
tongue falleth into mischief
.
Whoso
is
begetting
a fool hath
affliction
for
it ,
Yea,
the father of a fool rejoiceth
not
.
He
that
begetteth
a fool doeth
it to
his
sorrow:
and
the father of a fool hath
no
joy
.
A rejoicing
heart doth
good to
the
body,
And
a smitten
spirit drieth the bone
.
A merry
heart doeth
good like
a medicine:
but
a
broken
spirit drieth the bones
.
A bribe
from
the
bosom
the
wicked taketh ,
To turn
aside
the paths
of judgment.
A wicked man
taketh a
gift
out
of
the
bosom
to pervert
the ways
of judgment.
The
face
of
the
intelligent
`is'
to
wisdom ,
And
the eyes of a fool --
at
the end
of the earth.
Wisdom is
before
him
that
hath
understanding;
but
the eyes of a fool are
in
the ends
of the earth.
A provocation
to his father `is'
a
foolish
son
, And bitterness to her that bare him.
A foolish
son
is
a
grief
to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Also ,
to fine
the righteous
is not good, To smite
nobles
for uprightness
.
Also to punish
the just
is not good, nor
to strike
princes
for equity
.
One
acquainted
with
knowledge is
sparing
his words ,
And the
cool
of
temper
`is'
a man of understanding.
He
that
hath
knowledge spareth
his words :
and a man of understanding is
of
an
excellent
spirit
.
Even a fool keeping
silence
is
reckoned
wise
, He who
is shutting
his lips intelligent!
Even a fool, when
he holdeth
his
peace,
is counted
wise:
and
he
that
shutteth
his lips is
esteemed
a
man
of
understanding.
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