Parallel Search for 'Proverbs 17:7,10,12,16,24-25,28' - N84 and NIV - Showing Variations

N84New International Version (1984)

NIVNew International Version

Proverbs 17:7
- Variant Count: 2

Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool- how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

Proverbs 17:7
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)

Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

Proverbs 17:10
- Variant Count: 3

A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.

Proverbs 17:10
- Variant Count: 3 (21%)

A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool.

Proverbs 17:12
- Variant Count: 2

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17:12
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.

Proverbs 17:16
- Variant Count: 14

Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?

Proverbs 17:16
- Variant Count: 13 (68%)

Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it?

Proverbs 17:24
- Variant Count: 1

A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:24
- Variant Count: 2 (10%)

A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:25
- Variant Count: 1

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

Proverbs 17:25
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Proverbs 17:28
- Variant Count: 9

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Proverbs 17:28
- Variant Count: 9 (52%)

Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.

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