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Found 35 Verses (from 11)

Proverbs 23:4

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Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. NIV

Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. [Prov. 28:20; I Tim. 6:9, 10.] AMP

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. KJV

Proverbs 23:28

Bible Rank: 16,318

Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men. NIV

She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men. AMP

She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. KJV

Proverbs 23:29

Bible Rank: 17,417

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? NIV

Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes? AMP

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? KJV

Proverbs 23:23

Bible Rank: 17,741

Buy the truth and do not sell it – wisdom, instruction and insight as well. NIV

Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding. AMP

Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. KJV

Proverbs 23:20

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Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat NIV

Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat, [Isa. 5:22; Luke 21:34; Rom. 13:13; Eph. 5:18.] AMP

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: KJV

Proverbs 23:22

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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. NIV

Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old. AMP

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. KJV

Proverbs 23:30

Bible Rank: 19,240

Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. NIV

Those who tarry long at the wine, those who go to seek and try mixed wine. [Prov. 20:1; Eph. 5:18.] AMP

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. KJV

Proverbs 23:33

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Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things. NIV

[Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant]. AMP

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. KJV

Proverbs 23:5

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Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. NIV

Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. AMP

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. KJV

Proverbs 23:19

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Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: NIV

Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way [of the Lord]. AMP

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. KJV