Category: Proverbs

American Standard Version (ASV):
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

King James Version (KJV):
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

American Standard Version (ASV):
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

King James Version (KJV):
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

King James Version (KJV):
A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

King James Version (KJV):
Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

American Standard Version (ASV):
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.

King James Version (KJV):
There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.

King James Version (KJV):
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

King James Version (KJV):
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

American Standard Version (ASV):
In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

King James Version (KJV):
In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.

American Standard Version (ASV):
A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

King James Version (KJV):
A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

American Standard Version (ASV):
The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

King James Version (KJV):
The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.