| New International Version | King James Bible |
| 1Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. | 1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
| 2A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. | 2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
| 3The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. | 3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
| 4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. | 4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. |
| 5Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. | 5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
| 6Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. | 6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. |
| 7Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool-- how much worse lying lips to a ruler! | 7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
| 8A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn. | 8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
| 9Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. | 9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
| 10A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. | 10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
| 11Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them. | 11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
| 12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. | 12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
| 13Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. | 13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
| 14Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. | 14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. |
| 15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both. | 15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
| 16Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? | 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
| 17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. | 17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
| 18One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor. | 18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
| 19Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction. | 19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
| 20One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble. | 20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
| 21To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. | 21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
| 22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | 22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
| 23The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice. | 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
| 24A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth. | 24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
| 25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him. | 25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. |
| 26If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right. | 26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
| 27The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. | 27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
| 28Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. | 28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |
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