Proverbs 24:14-16
Contemporary English Version
14 Wisdom is like honey
for your life—
if you find it,
your future is bright.
–27–
15 Don't be a cruel person
who attacks good people
and hurts their families.
16 Even if good people
fall seven times,
they will get back up.
But when trouble strikes
the wicked,
that's the end of them.
Proverbs 24:14-16
King James Version
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
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Proverbs 24:14-16
New King James Version
14 (A)So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a [a]prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.
15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;
16 (B)For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
(C)But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:14 Lit. latter end
Proverbs 24:14-16
English Standard Version
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, there will be (A)a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
15 (B)Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
do no violence to his home;
16 (C)for the righteous falls (D)seven times and rises again,
but (E)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
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