Category: Proverbs

  • Proverbs 21:2

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

  • Proverbs 20:29

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.

    King James Version (KJV):
    The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.

  • Proverbs 20:30

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts.

    King James Version (KJV):
    The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.

  • Proverbs 20:25

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

    King James Version (KJV):
    [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

  • Proverbs 20:26

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing] -wheel over them.

    King James Version (KJV):
    A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

  • Proverbs 20:27

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts.

    King James Version (KJV):
    The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

  • Proverbs 20:28

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

  • Proverbs 20:23

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.

    King James Version (KJV):
    Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.

  • Proverbs 20:24

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

    King James Version (KJV):
    Man’s goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • Proverbs 20:21

    American Standard Version (ASV):
    An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.

    King James Version (KJV):
    An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.