SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY WEDNESDAY 8 NOV. 2017

Proverbs 14:1-35

1

KJV: Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

BBE: Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

2

KJV: He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

BBE: He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

3

KJV: In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

BBE: In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

4

KJV: Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

BBE: Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

5

KJV: A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

BBE: A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

6

KJV: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

BBE: The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

7

KJV: Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

BBE: Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

8

KJV: The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

BBE: The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

9

KJV: Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

BBE: In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

10

KJV: The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

BBE: No one has knowledge of a man’s grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

11

KJV: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

BBE: The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

12

KJV: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

BBE: There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

13

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

BBE: Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

14

KJV: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

BBE: He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

15

KJV: The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

BBE: The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

16

KJV: A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

BBE: The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

17

KJV: He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

BBE: He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

18

KJV: The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

BBE: Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

19

KJV: The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

BBE: The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

20

KJV: The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

BBE: The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

21

KJV: He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

BBE: He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

22

KJV: Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

BBE: Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

23

KJV: In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

BBE: In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

24

KJV: The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

BBE: Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

25

KJV: A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

BBE: A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.

26

KJV: In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

BBE: For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

27

KJV: The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

BBE: The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

28

KJV: In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

BBE: A king’s glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

29

KJV: He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

BBE: He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

30

KJV: A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

BBE: A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

31

KJV: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

BBE: He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

32

KJV: The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

BBE: The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

33

KJV: Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

BBE: Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

34

KJV: Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

BBE: By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

35

KJV: The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

BBE: The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.

STAY BLESSED AND STAY WISE. AMEN.