Proverbs 28:17-19
Contemporary English Version
17 Don't give help to murderers!
Make them stay on the run
for as long as they live.[a]
18 Honesty will keep you safe,
but everyone who is crooked
will suddenly fall.
19 Work hard, and you will have
a lot of food;
waste time, and you will have
a lot of trouble.
Footnotes
- 28.17 live: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 17.
Proverbs 28:17-19
New International Version
17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
will seek refuge(A) in the grave;
let no one hold them back.
18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(B)
but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(C) into the pit.[a]
19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(D)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one
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