Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, May 4th, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Study Desk
Parallel Search
Passage Lookup: Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 13:10; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 16:5; Proverbs 16:18-19; Proverbs 18:12; Proverbs 21:4; Proverbs 21:24; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 25:6-7; Proverbs 25:27; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 27:1-2; Proverbs 28:11; Proverbs 28:25; Proverbs 29:23; Proverbs 30:2-4; Proverbs 30:21-23; Proverbs 30:29-33; Proverbs 31:30
- General
- Interlinear
- Parallel
- Proximity
32 verses • Page 1 of 2
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Proverbs 12:9
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs 13:10
- Variant Count: 5 (29%)
Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
Proverbs 15:25
- Variant Count: 7 (36%)
The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow's boundary stones in place.
The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 15:33
- Variant Count: 6 (42%)
Wisdom's instruction is to fear the Lord , and humility comes before honor.
The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:5
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
Proverbs 16:19
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 18:12
- Variant Count: 3 (23%)
Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!
Proverbs 21:4
- Variant Count: 5 (35%)
Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.
The proud and arrogant man-"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.
Proverbs 21:24
- Variant Count: 5 (38%)
The proud and arrogant person—"Mocker" is his name— behaves with insolent fury.
Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4
- Variant Count: 7 (41%)
Humility is the fear of the Lord ; its wages are riches and honor and life.
Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence, and do not claim a place among great men;
Proverbs 25:6
- Variant Count: 2 (10%)
Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence, and do not claim a place among his great men;
it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. What you have seen with your eyes
Proverbs 25:7
- Variant Count: 5 (17%)
it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. What you have seen with your eyes
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Proverbs 25:27
- Variant Count: 7 (31%)
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 26:12
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:1
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2
- Variant Count: 3 (16%)
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
Proverbs 28:11
- Variant Count: 12 (60%)
The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.
A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
Proverbs 28:25
- Variant Count: 5 (33%)
The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.
A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.
Proverbs 29:23
- Variant Count: 5 (38%)
Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.
"I am the most ignorant of men; I do not have a man's understanding.
Proverbs 30:2
- Variant Count: 6 (37%)
Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.
I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
Proverbs 30:3
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!
Proverbs 30:4
- Variant Count: 5 (10%)
Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!
"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
Proverbs 30:21
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,
Proverbs 30:22
- Variant Count: 6 (42%)
a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat,
an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
Proverbs 30:23
- Variant Count: 4 (28%)
a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.
"There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
Proverbs 30:29
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
"There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
Proverbs 30:30
- Variant Count: 1 (10%)
a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king with his army around him.
Proverbs 30:31
- Variant Count: 4 (33%)
a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.
"If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
Proverbs 30:32
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
"If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
Proverbs 30:33
- Variant Count: 3 (15%)
For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Proverbs 31:30
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
32 verses • Page 1 of 2
Copyright Statement
New International Version (1984 Edition)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
New International Version
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.