christianbibletracts

Category: Proverbs

  • Proverbs 27:17

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

  • Proverbs 27:14

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him.

    King James Version (KJV):
    He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

  • Proverbs 27:15

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

    King James Version (KJV):
    A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

  • Proverbs 27:12

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.

    King James Version (KJV):
    A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

  • Proverbs 27:13

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • Proverbs 27:8

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

    King James Version (KJV):
    As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.

  • Proverbs 27:9

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

  • Proverbs 27:10

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

  • Proverbs 27:11

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

    King James Version (KJV):
    My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Proverbs 27:6

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.