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Found 29 Verses (from 11)

Proverbs 19:2

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Desire without knowledge is not good – how much more will hasty feet miss the way! NIV

Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark. AMP

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. KJV

Proverbs 19:3

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One's own folly leads to ruin, yet the heart rages against the LORD. NIV

The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord. AMP

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. KJV

Proverbs 19:14

Bible Rank: 18,104

Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. NIV

House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord. [Prov. 18:22.] AMP

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. KJV

Proverbs 19:26

Bible Rank: 18,302

Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace. NIV

He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. AMP

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. KJV

Proverbs 19:20

Bible Rank: 18,784

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. NIV

Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come. AMP

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. KJV

Proverbs 19:25

Bible Rank: 19,070

Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge. NIV

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. AMP

Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. KJV

Proverbs 19:13

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A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof. NIV

A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof]. AMP

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. KJV

Proverbs 19:5

Bible Rank: 19,605

A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free. NIV

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape. [Exod. 23:1; Deut. 19:16-19; Prov. 6:19; 21:28.] AMP

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. KJV

Proverbs 19:29

Bible Rank: 20,088

Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools. NIV

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.] AMP

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. KJV

Proverbs 19:15

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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry. NIV

Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger. AMP

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. KJV