| Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you. | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. |
| Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you. | Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
| Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established. | Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. |
| Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. | Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. |
| My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. | My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. |
| Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? | Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
| The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. | The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. |
| For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. |
| The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. |
| A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. |
| Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot. | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall. | The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. |
| He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. | He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. |
| Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. |
| He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray. | He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. |
| He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool. | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely. | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
| The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. | The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish. | The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
| The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. | The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
| The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
| When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. | When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. |
Bible verse of the day
Yahweh will keep you from all evil.He will keep your soul.
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in,
from this time forward, and forever more.