Proverbs 12:26
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
- KJV
- The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
- WEB
- A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- ASV
- The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
- DARBY
- The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
- BLB
- A righteous one searches out from his neighbor, and the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- ÅB
- Den rettferdige veileder sin neste, men de ugudeliges vei fører dem vill.
- OTB
- De rettferdige er nøye med å velge sine venner, men de ugudeliges vei fører dem på avveie.
- B1930
- Den rettferdige veileder sin næste, men de ugudeliges vei fører dem vill.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 2:26
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
Read in contextJames 1:13–14
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Read in contextProverbs 17:27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Read in contextMatthew 5:46–48
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
Read in contextPsalms 18:12–13
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Read in context2 Peter 2:18–22
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
Read in contextProverbs 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Read in contextLuke 6:32–36
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
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