Proverbs 23:15–18
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15qMy son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
16My rinmost being4 will exult
when your lips speak swhat is right.
17Let not your heart tenvy sinners,
but continue in uthe fear of the Lord all the day.
18Surely vthere is a future,
and your whope will not be cut off.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
There is surely a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.
My innermost being will celebrate
when your lips say what is right.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners;
instead, always fear the Lord.
For then you will have a future,
and your hope will not be dashed.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
My child, if your heart is wise,
my own heart will rejoice!
Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the Lord.
You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
My child, if your heart is wise,
my heart will be glad—even me!
And my insides will rejoice
when your lips speak what is upright.
May your heart not envy the sinners,
but live in fear of Yahweh all day.
Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise,
My heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
When thy lips speak right things.
Let not thine heart envy sinners:
But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
For surely there is an end;
And thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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