Category: Proverbs

American Standard Version (ASV):
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

King James Version (KJV):
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.

King James Version (KJV):
Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

American Standard Version (ASV):
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

King James Version (KJV):
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

American Standard Version (ASV):
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

King James Version (KJV):
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

King James Version (KJV):
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].

American Standard Version (ASV):
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

King James Version (KJV):
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

American Standard Version (ASV):
Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

King James Version (KJV):
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

King James Version (KJV):
Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

American Standard Version (ASV):
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

King James Version (KJV):
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

King James Version (KJV):
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,