| Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need. | Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. |
| Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. | Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. |
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| Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
| A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. | Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. |
| Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to 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; fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to 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 blamelessly. | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
| Guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones. | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
| Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path. | Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. |
