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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1:8-9; Proverbs 6:20-23; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 17:21; Proverbs 17:25; Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 19:13-14; Proverbs 19:26-27; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:22; Proverbs 23:24-25; Proverbs 27:8; Proverbs 27:10; Proverbs 28:7; Proverbs 28:24; Proverbs 29:3; Proverbs 30:17

N84New International Version (1984)
NIVNew International Version
Proverbs 1:8
- Variant Count: None
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 1:8
- Variant Count: 6 (28%)
class="proverbs-major">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 1:9
- Variant Count: 2
They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 1:9
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
Proverbs 6:20
- Variant Count: 1
My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:20
- Variant Count: 2 (14%)
My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:21
- Variant Count: 2
Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:21
- Variant Count: 3 (25%)
Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:22
- Variant Count: None
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Proverbs 6:22
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
Proverbs 6:23
- Variant Count: 5
For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,
Proverbs 6:23
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
Proverbs 10:1
- Variant Count: None
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:1
- Variant Count: 4 (15%)
class="proverbs-major">Proverbs of Solomon The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
Proverbs 11:29
- Variant Count: 4
He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 11:29
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 13:1
- Variant Count: 2
A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 13:1
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.
Proverbs 15:5
- Variant Count: 2
A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
Proverbs 15:5
- Variant Count: 2 (15%)
A fool spurns a parent's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
Proverbs 15:20
- Variant Count: None
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:6
- Variant Count: None
Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:6
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.
Proverbs 17:17
- Variant Count: None
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
Proverbs 17:21
- Variant Count: 2
To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool.
Proverbs 17:21
- Variant Count: 4 (19%)
To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.
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 18:19
- Variant Count: 3
An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.
Proverbs 18:19
- Variant Count: 2 (10%)
A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.
Proverbs 19:13
- Variant Count: 2
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:13
- Variant Count: 6 (28%)
A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
Proverbs 19:14
- Variant Count: None
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Proverbs 19:14
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:26
- Variant Count: 4
He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 19:26
- Variant Count: 5 (27%)
Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.
Proverbs 19:27
- Variant Count: None
Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:20
- Variant Count: 4
If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Proverbs 20:20
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)
If someone curses their father or mother, their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Proverbs 22:15
- Variant Count: 2
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:15
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
Proverbs 22:28
- Variant Count: 1
Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.
Proverbs 22:28
- Variant Count: 6 (35%)

Saying 5

Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
Proverbs 23:22
- Variant Count: None
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:22
- Variant Count: 5 (21%)

Saying 17

Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:24
- Variant Count: 2
The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.
Proverbs 23:24
- Variant Count: 4 (20%)
The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
Proverbs 23:25
- Variant Count: 1
May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Proverbs 23:25
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
Proverbs 27:8
- Variant Count: 4
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
Proverbs 27:8
- Variant Count: 4 (28%)
Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
Proverbs 27:10
- Variant Count: 5
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27:10
- Variant Count: 6 (18%)
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 28:7
- Variant Count: 6
He who keeps the law is a discerning son, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Proverbs 28:7
- Variant Count: 3 (21%)
A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Proverbs 28:24
- Variant Count: 6
He who robs his father or mother and says, "It's not wrong"- he is partner to him who destroys.
Proverbs 28:24
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
Whoever robs their father or mother and says, "It's not wrong," is partner to one who destroys.
Proverbs 29:3
- Variant Count: None
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 29:3
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 30:17
- Variant Count: 3
"The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
Proverbs 30:17
- Variant Count: 3 (10%)
"The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
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