The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs - Page 12

Found 915 Verses (from 111)

Proverbs 16:19

Bible Rank: 5,070

Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. NIV

Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. AMP

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. KJV

Proverbs 8:16

Bible Rank: 5,075

By me princes govern, and nobles – all who rule on earth. NIV

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges and governors of the earth. AMP

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. KJV

Proverbs 10:14

Bible Rank: 5,085

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. NIV

Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. AMP

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. KJV

Proverbs 7:9

Bible Rank: 5,093

At twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in. NIV

In the twilight, in the evening; night black and dense was falling [over the young man's life]. AMP

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: KJV

Proverbs 26:27

Bible Rank: 5,116

If anyone digs a pit, they themselves will fall into it; if anyone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. NIV

Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him. [Ps. 7:15, 16; 9:15; 10:2; 57:6; Prov. 28:10; Eccl. 10:8.] AMP

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. KJV

Proverbs 3:12

Bible Rank: 5,133

Because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. NIV

For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. AMP

For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. KJV

Proverbs 17:19

Bible Rank: 5,172

Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction. NIV

He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction. AMP

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. KJV

Proverbs 1:27

Bible Rank: 5,183

When calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. NIV

When your panic comes as a storm and desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. AMP

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. KJV

Proverbs 21:23

Bible Rank: 5,204

Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity. NIV

He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. [Prov. 12:13; 13:3; 18:21; James 3:2.] AMP

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. KJV

Proverbs 10:16

Bible Rank: 5,205

The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death. NIV

The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin. [Rom. 6:21; I Tim. 6:10.] AMP

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. KJV