Category: Proverbs

American Standard Version (ASV):
Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

King James Version (KJV):
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

King James Version (KJV):
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

King James Version (KJV):
For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

American Standard Version (ASV):
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

King James Version (KJV):
But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

King James Version (KJV):
[But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

American Standard Version (ASV):
So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

King James Version (KJV):
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

King James Version (KJV):
[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

American Standard Version (ASV):
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

King James Version (KJV):
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

King James Version (KJV):
For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

King James Version (KJV):
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?