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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 1:20-33; Proverbs 3:11-12; Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 9:7-8; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 15:12; Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 27:17; Proverbs 28:23

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 1:20
- Variant Count: 2
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
Proverbs 1:20
- Variant Count: 4 (25%)
Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square;
Proverbs 1:21
- Variant Count: 5
at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
Proverbs 1:21
- Variant Count: 5 (29%)
on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:
Proverbs 1:22
- Variant Count: 2
"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
- Variant Count: 3 (13%)
"How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23
- Variant Count: 9
If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
Proverbs 1:23
- Variant Count: 9 (40%)
Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings.
Proverbs 1:24
- Variant Count: 6
But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
Proverbs 1:24
- Variant Count: 8 (38%)
But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
Proverbs 1:25
- Variant Count: 2
since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
Proverbs 1:25
- Variant Count: 3 (23%)
since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,
Proverbs 1:26
- Variant Count: 2
I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
Proverbs 1:26
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
Proverbs 1:27
- Variant Count: None
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
Proverbs 1:27
- Variant Count: 1 (4%)
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
Proverbs 1:28
- Variant Count: 1
"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
Proverbs 1:28
- Variant Count: 2 (9%)
"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
Proverbs 1:29
- Variant Count: None
Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
Proverbs 1:29
- Variant Count: None (0%)
since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord.
Proverbs 1:30
- Variant Count: None
since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
Proverbs 1:30
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
Proverbs 1:31
- Variant Count: None
they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
Proverbs 1:31
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
Proverbs 1:32
- Variant Count: None
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
Proverbs 1:32
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
Proverbs 1:33
- Variant Count: 1
but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
Proverbs 1:33
- Variant Count: 2 (11%)
but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
Proverbs 3:11
- Variant Count: 1
My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,
Proverbs 3:11
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
My son, do not despise the Lord 's discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,
Proverbs 3:12
- Variant Count: None
because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Proverbs 3:12
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Proverbs 4:1
- Variant Count: None
Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 4:1
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Proverbs 9:7
- Variant Count: 3
"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
Proverbs 9:7
- Variant Count: 3 (23%)
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
Proverbs 9:8
- Variant Count: 6
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:8
- Variant Count: 5 (27%)
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
Proverbs 10:17
- Variant Count: 2
He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Proverbs 10:17
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Proverbs 12:1
- Variant Count: 2
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
Proverbs 12:1
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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 13:18
- Variant Count: 3
He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
Proverbs 13:18
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
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 15:12
- Variant Count: 7
A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.
Proverbs 15:12
- Variant Count: 6 (66%)
Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise.
Proverbs 15:32
- Variant Count: 5
He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
Proverbs 15:32
- Variant Count: 7 (46%)
Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
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 25:12
- Variant Count: 1
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.
Proverbs 25:12
- Variant Count: 3 (13%)
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.
Proverbs 27:17
- Variant Count: 1
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 27:17
- Variant Count: 2 (20%)
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
Proverbs 28:23
- Variant Count: 4
He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
- Variant Count: 5 (26%)
Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
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