American Standard Version (ASV):
To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
King James Version (KJV):
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?
American Standard Version (ASV):
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
King James Version (KJV):
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
American Standard Version (ASV):
That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
King James Version (KJV):
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
King James Version (KJV):
The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
King James Version (KJV):
Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
American Standard Version (ASV):
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
King James Version (KJV):
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
King James Version (KJV):
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
King James Version (KJV):
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
American Standard Version (ASV):
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
King James Version (KJV):
The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
King James Version (KJV):
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.