The most popular Bible verses from Proverbs - Page 70

Found 915 Verses (from 691)

Proverbs 20:13

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Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare. NIV

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. AMP

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. KJV

Proverbs 20:4

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Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing. NIV

The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing. AMP

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. KJV

Proverbs 24:23

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These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good: NIV

These also are sayings of the wise: To discriminate and show partiality, having respect of persons in judging, is not good. AMP

These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. KJV

Proverbs 17:16

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Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? NIV

Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it? AMP

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? KJV

Proverbs 22:13

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The sluggard says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the public square!" NIV

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets! AMP

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. KJV

Proverbs 14:13

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Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief. NIV

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness and grief. AMP

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. KJV

Proverbs 28:2

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When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order. NIV

When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but when the ruler is a man of discernment, understanding, and knowledge, its stability will long continue. AMP

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. KJV

Proverbs 23:6

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Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies NIV

Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods AMP

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: KJV

Proverbs 26:12

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Do you see people who are wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them. NIV

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes and conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. [Prov. 29:20; Luke 18:11; Rom. 12:16; Rev. 3:17.] AMP

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. KJV

Proverbs 24:5

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The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength. NIV

A wise man is strong and is better than a strong man, and a man of knowledge increases and strengthens his power; [Prov. 21:22; Eccl. 9:16.] AMP

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. KJV