Category: Proverbs

American Standard Version (ASV):
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

King James Version (KJV):
The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

American Standard Version (ASV):
The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

King James Version (KJV):
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

King James Version (KJV):
Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

King James Version (KJV):
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

King James Version (KJV):
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

American Standard Version (ASV):
The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

King James Version (KJV):
The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

King James Version (KJV):
[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

King James Version (KJV):
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

King James Version (KJV):
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

American Standard Version (ASV):
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

King James Version (KJV):
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.