Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
A GOOD
name is rather
to
be
chosen than great
riches
, and
loving
favour
rather
than silver and gold.
A name is chosen rather
than much
wealth
, Than silver and than
gold --
good
grace
.
The
rich and poor meet
together :
the
LORD
is
the maker of them all.
Rich and poor have
met
together ,
The Maker of them all `is'
Jehovah
.
A
prudent man
foreseeth
the evil, and hideth
himself:
but
the simple pass
on, and are punished.
The
prudent hath
seen
the evil, and is
hidden,
And
the simple have
passed
on, and are punished.
By
humility and
the fear of the
LORD
are
riches, and honour, and life.
The
end
of
humility `is'
the fear of Jehovah,
Riches, and honour, and life.
Thorns and
snares are in the way of the froward:
he
that
doth
keep
his soul shall
be
far from them.
Thorns --
snares `
are '
in the way of the perverse,
Whoso
is
keeping
his soul is
far from them.
Train
up
a child
in
the
way he
should
go:
and
when he is old ,
he will
not depart
from it.
Give
instruction
to
a youth
about
his
way ,
Even
when he is old he turneth
not from it.
The rich ruleth
over the poor, and the borrower is
servant
to the lender.
The rich over the poor ruleth
, And a
servant
`is'
the borrower to the lender.
He
that
soweth
iniquity
shall
reap
vanity:
and the rod of his anger shall
fail
.
Whoso
is
sowing
perverseness
reapeth
sorrow,
And the rod of his anger weareth
out
.
He
that
hath
a
bountiful
eye shall
be
blessed ;
for he giveth
of his bread to the poor.
The
good
of
eye --
he
is
blessed ,
For he hath
given
of his bread to the poor.
Cast out the
scorner ,
and contention shall
go
out ;
yea
, strife and reproach
shall
cease.
Cast out a
scorner --
and contention goeth
out, And
strife and shame
cease.
He
that
loveth
pureness
of heart, for
the
grace of
his lips the
king shall
be
his friend.
Whoso
is
loving
cleanness
of heart, Grace `are'
his lips ,
a
king `is'
his friend.
The eyes of the
LORD
preserve
knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor
.
The eyes of Jehovah
have
kept
knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous
.
The slothful man
saith
, There
is
a lion without, I
shall
be
slain
in the streets
.
The slothful hath
said
, `
A lion `is'
without, In the midst
of
the
broad
places
I
am
slain
. '
The mouth of strange women is
a
deep
pit:
he
that
is
abhorred of the
LORD
shall
fall
therein
.
A
deep
pit
`is'
the mouth of strange women ,
The
abhorred of Jehovah
falleth
there
.
Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child;
but
the rod of correction
shall
drive
it far from him.
Folly
is bound up
in the heart of a youth,
The rod of chastisement
putteth
it far from him.
He that
oppresseth
the poor to increase
his
riches
, and
he that
giveth
to the rich ,
shall
surely
come
to want.
He is
oppressing
the poor to multiply
to
him
, He is
giving
to the rich --
only
to want.
Bow
down
thine ear, and hear the
words of the wise, and apply
thine
heart unto
my knowledge .
Incline
thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy
heart set
to
my knowledge ,
For it
is
a
pleasant thing
if
thou keep them within
thee;
they
shall
withal
be
fitted
in thy lips.
For they
are
pleasant when
thou dost
keep them in thy heart,
They
are
prepared
together
for
thy
lips.
That thy trust may be in the
LORD
, I have
made
known
to
thee this
day, even to
thee
.
That thy trust may be in Jehovah
, I caused
thee to
know
to-
day, even thou
.
Have not
I written to thee excellent
things
in
counsels and knowledge ,
Have I not
written to thee three
times
With
counsels and knowledge ?
That
I
might
make
thee know the certainty of the
words
of truth ;
that
thou
mightest
answer
the
words
of truth to them
that
send
unto
thee ?
To
cause
thee to
know the certainty of sayings
of truth ,
To
return
sayings
of truth to those
sending
thee .
Rob not the poor ,
because he is poor :
neither
oppress
the afflicted in the gate :
Rob not the poor because he `
is '
poor ,
And
bruise
not
the afflicted in the gate .
For the
LORD
will
plead
their cause, and spoil
the soul of those
that
spoiled
them
.
For Jehovah
pleadeth
their cause, And hath
spoiled
the soul of their
spoilers
.
Make
no
friendship
with an angry man ;
and with a furious
man thou
shalt
not
go :
Shew
not
thyself
friendly
with an angry man ,
And with a man of
fury
go not
in,
Lest thou learn his ways
, and get
a snare to thy soul.
Lest thou learn his paths
, And have
received
a snare to thy soul.
Be not thou one
of
them
that
strike
hands, or
of
them
that
are
sureties for debts
.
Be not thou among
those
striking
hands, Among
sureties `
for '
burdens
.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should
he take away
thy bed from under thee?
If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth
he take thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the
ancient
landmark
, which
thy fathers have set
.
Remove not a
border
of
olden
times
, That
thy fathers have made
.
Seest
thou a man diligent
in his business? he
shall
stand
before kings ;
he shall
not stand
before mean
men .
Hast
thou seen
a man speedy
in his business? Before kings he doth
station
himself,
He
stations
not himself
before obscure
men !
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