| Turn away from the mouth that deceives and keep your distance from lips that mislead. | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. |
| Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze on what lies before you. | Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
| Ensure that the path you tread is level, and then your ways will be sure. | Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. |
| Do not swerve either to the right or to the left; keep your foot far from evil. | Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. |
| Observe your father’s command, my son, and do not reject your mother’s teaching. | My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. |
| Or can a man walk on red-hot coals without scorching his feet? | Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
| The fear of the Lord implies hatred of evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and perverse speech. | 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 receives favor from the Lord. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord. |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and 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 brings joy to his father, but a foolish son gives grief to his mother. | A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| Treasures obtained by wicked means profit nothing, but a righteous life brings delivery from death. | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. |
| Blessings are showered on the head of the righteous, but sorrow will cover the face of the wicked. | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| The righteous is remembered with blessings, but the name of the wicked fades away. | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| A wise man will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to grief. | The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. |
| Anyone who leads an honorable life walks in safety, but whoever pursues wicked 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 overlooks all offenses. | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. |
| Whoever heeds admonition is on the path to life, but anyone who rejects correction goes astray. | He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and anyone who slanders another is a fool. | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| Where many words are spoken, sin is not absent, but whoever restrains his tongue is prudent. | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
| The tongue of the just man is like pure silver; the heart of the wicked is without worth. | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| The blessing of the Lord is what brings wealth, and our toil adds nothing to it. | The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| The hope of the righteous brings them joy, but the expectations of the wicked are frustrated. | The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
| The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright, but destruction for evildoers. | The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
| The lips of the righteous utter words of kindness, but the mouth of the wicked knows only how to pervert. | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
| When pride is nurtured, disgrace soon follows, but wisdom is the hallmark of the humble. | When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. |
Bible verse of the day
The Lord will protect you against all evil;he will watch over your life.
The Lord will watch over your coming and your going
both now and forevermore.