Proverbs 19

Proverbs 19

- AMP v2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark.

- MSG v2 Ignorant zeal is worthless;
haste makes waste.

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- AMP v4 Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor.

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- NKJV v6 Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.

- AMP v6 Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

- MSG v6 Lots of people flock around a generous person;
everyone's a friend to the philanthropist.

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- NKJVv7 All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.

- AMP v7 All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

- MSG v7 When you're down on your luck, even your family avoids you—
yes, even your best friends wish you'd get lost.
If they see you coming, they look the other way—
out of sight, out of mind.

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- NKJV v11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

- AMP v11 Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.

- MSG v11 Smart people know how to hold their tongue;
their grandeur is to forgive and forget.

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- NKJV v21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
Nevertheless the LORD’s counsel—that will stand.

- AMP v21 Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand.

- MSG v21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans,
but God's purpose prevails.