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Friday, April 26th, 2024
the Fourth Week after Easter
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 14:28; Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 16:10; Proverbs 16:13-15; Proverbs 19:12; Proverbs 20:2; Proverbs 20:8; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 20:28; Proverbs 21:1; Proverbs 22:11; Proverbs 22:29; Proverbs 24:21-22; Proverbs 25:2-3; Proverbs 25:4-5; Proverbs 25:6-7; Proverbs 29:4; Proverbs 29:14; Proverbs 31:4-7
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27 verses • Page 1 of 2
A large population is a king's glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.
Proverbs 14:28
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
A large population is a king's glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.
A king delights in a wise servant, but a shameful servant incurs his wrath.
Proverbs 14:35
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
A king delights in a wise servant, but a shameful servant arouses his fury.
The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth should not betray justice.
Proverbs 16:10
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice.
Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.
Proverbs 16:13
- Variant Count: 5 (31%)
Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right.
A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will appease it.
Proverbs 16:14
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.
When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
Proverbs 16:15
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 19:12
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.
Proverbs 20:2
- Variant Count: 8 (42%)
A king's wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion; those who anger him forfeit their lives.
When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:8
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:26
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
Proverbs 20:28
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.
Proverbs 21:1
- Variant Count: 10 (45%)
In the Lord 's hand the king's heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.
Proverbs 22:11
- Variant Count: 5 (26%)
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
Proverbs 22:29
- Variant Count: 13 (48%)
Saying 6 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious,
Proverbs 24:21
- Variant Count: 6 (30%)
Saying 30 Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,
for those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? Further Sayings of the Wise
Proverbs 24:22
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
Proverbs 25:2
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Proverbs 25:3
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
Remove the dross from the silver, and out comes material for the silversmith;
Proverbs 25:4
- Variant Count: 6 (42%)
Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.
Proverbs 25:5
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
remove wicked officials from the king's presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.
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
By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down.
Proverbs 29:4
- Variant Count: 4 (21%)
By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.
If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.
Proverbs 29:14
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.
"It is not for kings, O Lemuel- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
Proverbs 31:4
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
It is not for kings, Lemuel— it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
Proverbs 31:5
- Variant Count: 4 (22%)
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;
Proverbs 31:6
- Variant Count: 5 (31%)
Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish!
let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
Proverbs 31:7
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
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