Proverbs 1
[BACK TO [1]] 7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote one who is morally deficient.
[BACK TO [2]] 12 Hebrew Sheol
[BACK TO [3]] 21 Hebrew; Septuagint / on the tops of the walls
[BACK TO [4]] 22 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs generally denotes one without moral direction and inclined to evil.
Proverbs 2
[BACK TO [5]] 17 Or covenant of her God
Proverbs 3
[BACK TO [6]] 6 Or will direct your paths
[BACK TO [7]] 12 Hebrew; Septuagint / and he punishes
Proverbs 4
[BACK TO [8]] 7 Or Whatever else you get
[BACK TO [9]] 26 Or Consider the
Proverbs 5
[BACK TO [10]] 5 Hebrew Sheol
Proverbs 6
[BACK TO [11]] 11 Or like a vagrant / and scarcity like a beggar
Proverbs 7
[BACK TO [12]] 14 Traditionally peace offerings
[BACK TO [13]] 22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
[BACK TO [14]] 22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
[BACK TO [15]] 27 Hebrew Sheol
Proverbs 8
[BACK TO [16]] 16 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts and nobles—all righteous rulers
[BACK TO [17]] 22 Or way; or dominion
[BACK TO [18]] 22 Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The LORD brought me forth at the beginning of his work
[BACK TO [19]] 23 Or fashioned
Proverbs 9
[BACK TO [20]] 18 Hebrew Sheol
Proverbs 10
[BACK TO [21]] 6 Or but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence; also in verse 11
Proverbs 12
[BACK TO [22]] 26 Or man is a guide to his neighbor
[BACK TO [23]] 27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Proverbs 13
[BACK TO [24]] 15 Or unfaithful does not endure
Proverbs 14
[BACK TO [25]] 22 Or show
[BACK TO [26]] 33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / but in the heart of fools she is not known
Proverbs 15
[BACK TO [27]] 11 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon
[BACK TO [28]] 24 Hebrew Sheol
[BACK TO [29]] 33 Or Wisdom teaches the fear of the LORD
Proverbs 16
[BACK TO [30]] 21 Or words make a man persuasive
[BACK TO [31]] 23 Or mouth / and makes his lips persuasive
Proverbs 17
[BACK TO [32]] 1 Hebrew sacrifices
[BACK TO [33]] 7 Or Eloquent
Proverbs 19
[BACK TO [34]] 7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
[BACK TO [35]] 22 Or A man’s greed is his shame
Proverbs 20
[BACK TO [36]] 27 Or The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp
Proverbs 21
[BACK TO [37]] 6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
[BACK TO [38]] 12 Or The righteous man
[BACK TO [39]] 21 Or righteousness
[BACK TO [40]] 28 Or / but the words of an obedient man will live on
Proverbs 22
[BACK TO [41]] 6 Or Start
[BACK TO [42]] 20 Or not formerly written; or not written excellent
Proverbs 23
[BACK TO [43]] 1 Or who
[BACK TO [44]] 7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
[BACK TO [45]] 14 Hebrew Sheol
Proverbs 24
[BACK TO [46]] 34 Or like a vagrant / and scarcity like a beggar
Proverbs 25
[BACK TO [47]] 4 Or comes a vessel from
[BACK TO [48]] 7, 8 Or nobleman / on whom you had set your eyes. / 8Do not go
Proverbs 26
[BACK TO [49]] 23 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text of silver dross
Proverbs 27
[BACK TO [50]] 20 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon
Proverbs 28
[BACK TO [51]] 3 Or A poor man
Proverbs 29
[BACK TO [52]] 21 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Proverbs 30
[BACK TO [53]] 1 Or Jakeh of Massa
[BACK TO [54]] 1 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew declared, “I am weary, O God; / I am weary, O God, and faint.
[BACK TO [55]] 16 Hebrew Sheol
[BACK TO [56]] 26 That is, the hyrax or rock badger
[BACK TO [57]] 31 Or king secure against revolt
Proverbs 31
[BACK TO [58]] 1 Or of Lemuel king of Massa, which
[BACK TO [59]] 2 Or / the answer to my prayers
[BACK TO [60]] 10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic, each verse beginning with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.