| Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me. | Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. |
| Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. | Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. |
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| Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. | Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
| Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. | Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. |
| Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. | Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. | Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. |
| For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. | For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. |
| He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
| He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints. | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
| Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. | Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. |
