Category: Proverbs

American Standard Version (ASV):
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

King James Version (KJV):
Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

King James Version (KJV):
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

King James Version (KJV):
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

American Standard Version (ASV):
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

King James Version (KJV):
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

American Standard Version (ASV):
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

King James Version (KJV):
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

American Standard Version (ASV):
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

King James Version (KJV):
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

King James Version (KJV):
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

King James Version (KJV):
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

American Standard Version (ASV):
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

King James Version (KJV):
For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

King James Version (KJV):
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.