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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 24:23-34
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These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
Proverbs 24:23
- Variant Count: 4 (18%)
class="proverbs-major">Further Sayings of the Wise
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"- peoples will curse him and nations denounce him.
Proverbs 24:24
- Variant Count: 8 (44%)
Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent," will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
Proverbs 24:25
- Variant Count: 2 (10%)
But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 24:26
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
Proverbs 24:27
- Variant Count: 4 (23%)
Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.
Proverbs 24:28
- Variant Count: 5 (31%)
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."
Proverbs 24:29
- Variant Count: 7 (31%)
Do not say, "I'll do to them as they have done to me; I'll pay them back for what they did."
I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;
Proverbs 24:30
- Variant Count: 6 (33%)
I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
Proverbs 24:31
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
Proverbs 24:32
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
Proverbs 24:33
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 24:34
- Variant Count: 2 (12%)
and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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