Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a
brawler,
and whoever
is led
astray
by
them
is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging:
and whosoever
is deceived
thereby
is not wise.
The terror
of a king is like
the roar
of a lion ;
whoever
provokes
him forfeits
his own life
.
The fear
of a king is as
the roaring
of a lion :
whoso
provoketh
him to
anger
sinneth
against
his own soul
.
It is honorable
for a man to resolve
a
dispute,
but any
fool will quarrel
.
It is an
honour
for a man to cease
from
strife:
but every
fool will be
meddling
.
The slacker
does
not plow in
season
; at
harvest
time
he looks
, but
nothing is
there
.
The sluggard
will
not plow by
reason
of
the
cold
; therefore
shall
he beg
in
harvest
, and
have
nothing.
The intentions
of
a
man’s
heart are
deep waters,
but a man of understanding draws
them
out.
Counsel
in
the heart of
man
is
like
deep water;
but a man of understanding will
draw
it
out.
Many
a
man
proclaims
his loving
devotion,
but who can find a
trustworthy
man
?
Most
men
will
proclaim
every
one
his own
goodness:
but a
faithful
man
who can find?
The righteous
man walks
with
integrity ;
blessed
are
his children after him.
The just
man walketh
in
his
integrity :
his children are
blessed
after him.
A king who
sits
on
a
throne to
judge
sifts
out
all evil with his eyes.
A king that
sitteth
in
the
throne of
judgment
scattereth
away
all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, “
I have kept
my heart pure;
I am cleansed
from my sin ”
?
Who can say, I have made
my heart clean,
I am pure
from my sin?
Differing
weights and unequal
measures —
both are detestable
to the LORD.
Divers
weights ,
and divers
measures ,
both of
them
are alike
abomination
to the LORD.
Even a young
man
is known by his actions—
whether his conduct
is
pure and upright
.
Even a child
is known by his doings,
whether his work
be
pure ,
and whether
it
be
right
.
Ears
that
hear
and eyes
that
see—
the LORD has
made them
both.
The
hearing
ear,
and the seeing
eye,
the
LORD hath
made even
both of
them
.
Do
not
love sleep, or
you
will
grow
poor
; open your
eyes, and you
will
have
plenty
of
food
.
Love not
sleep, lest
thou
come
to
poverty
; open thine
eyes, and thou
shalt
be
satisfied
with
bread
.
“Worthless
, worthless!”
says
the buyer ,
but on
the
way out
, he gloats
.
It
is
naught
, it
is
naught,
saith
the buyer :
but when
he
is
gone
his
way, then
he boasteth
.
There is an
abundance
of
gold and rubies ,
but lips of knowledge are a rare
treasure
.
There is gold ,
and a
multitude
of
rubies :
but the
lips of knowledge are a precious
jewel
.
Take the
garment of
the
one
who
posts
security
for a stranger ;
get
collateral
if
it
is
for a foreigner
.
Take his
garment that
is
surety
for a stranger :
and
take
a
pledge
of
him
for a strange
woman
.
Food
gained
by
fraud
is sweet to a man ,
but later
his mouth is
full
of
gravel.
Bread
of
deceit
is sweet to a man ;
but afterwards
his mouth shall
be
filled
with
gravel.
Set
plans
by consultation,
and wage
war under
sound
guidance
.
Every
purpose
is
established
by counsel:
and with
good
advice
make
war.
He who
reveals
secrets
is
a constant
gossip;
avoid
the
one
who
babbles
with his lips.
He that
goeth
about
as
a talebearer
revealeth
secrets:
therefore
meddle
not
with him
that
flattereth
with
his lips.
Whoever
curses
his father or mother, his lamp will
be extinguished
in deepest
darkness.
Whoso
curseth
his father or his
mother, his lamp shall
be put
out
in obscure
darkness.
An inheritance gained
quickly
will
not
be blessed
in
the end.
An inheritance may
be gotten
hastily
at
the beginning;
but
the
end thereof
shall
not
be
blessed
.
Do
not
say, “
I will avenge
this
evil !”
Wait on the LORD, and He will
save you
.
Say not
thou
, I will recompense
evil ;
but
wait on the LORD, and he shall
save thee
.
Unequal
weights are detestable
to
the LORD ,
and dishonest
scales
are
no
good.
Divers
weights are an
abomination
unto
the LORD ;
and a
false
balance
is
not
good.
A
man’s
steps
are from
the LORD ,
so
how can anyone
understand his own way?
Man's
goings
are of
the LORD ;
how can a
man
then
understand his own way?
It is a trap
for
a
man
to dedicate
something
rashly
, only
later
to
reconsider
his
vows.
It is a snare
to the
man
who
devoureth
that
which
is
holy
, and
after
vows to
make
enquiry
.
A wise king separates
out
the wicked and drives
the threshing
wheel over them.
A wise king scattereth
the wicked ,
and bringeth
the wheel over them.
The spirit of a
man is the lamp
of the LORD, searching out
his
inmost
being
.
The spirit of man is the candle
of the LORD, searching all
the
inward
parts
of
the
belly
.
Loving
devotion
and faithfulness
preserve a
king ;
by
these
he
maintains
his throne.
Mercy
and truth
preserve the
king :
and
his throne is
upholden
by
mercy
.
The glory of young men is their strength ,
and gray
hair
is
the splendor
of the
old.
The glory of young men is their strength :
and the beauty
of old men
is
the
grey
head
.
Lashes
and
wounds
scour
evil ,
and
beatings
cleanse
the inmost
parts.
The
blueness
of
a
wound
cleanseth
away
evil :
so
do
stripes
the inward
parts of
the
belly
.
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