Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The righteous is liberal unto his neighbour, but the way of the ungodly will deceive themselves.
New American Standard Bible
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.
King James Version
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Holman Bible
but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.
International Standard Version
The righteous person is cautious with respect to his neighbor, but the lifestyle of the wicked leads them astray.
A Conservative Version
A righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes them to err.
American Standard Version
The righteous is a guide to his neighbor; But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
Amplified
The righteous man is a guide to his neighbor,
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Bible in Basic English
The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.
Darby Translation
The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
Julia Smith Translation
The just excelled above his neighbor: and the way of the unjust shall lead them astray.
King James 2000
The righteous chooses his friends carefully: but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.
Modern King James verseion
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked seduces them.
NET Bible
The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
New Heart English Bible
A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
The Emphasized Bible
The righteous man guideth his neighbour, but, the way of the lawless, leadeth them astray.
Webster
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
World English Bible
A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Youngs Literal Translation
The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
25 Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again. 26 The righteous is liberal unto his neighbour, but the way of the ungodly will deceive themselves. 27 A deceitful man shall find no vantage; but he that is content with that he hath, is more worth than gold.
Cross References
Psalm 16:3
All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue.
Psalm 18:12-13
At the brightness of his presence, his clouds removed hailstones and coals of fire. {TYNDALE: Of the brightness that was before him, coals were set on fire.}
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.
Proverbs 17:27
He is wise and discreet that tempereth his words; and he is a man of understanding, that maketh much of his spirit.
Matthew 5:46-48
For if ye love them which love you, what reward shall ye have? Do not the Publicans even so?
Luke 6:32-36
If ye love them which love you: what thank are ye worthy of? For the very sinners love their lovers.
James 1:13-14
Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God: for God tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man.
1 Peter 2:18-21
Servants obey your masters with all fear, not only if they be good and courteous: but also though they be froward.
2 Peter 2:18-22
For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors.
1 John 2:26
These things have I written unto you, as concerning them that deceive you.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon, that old serpent called the devil and Satan; Was cast out. Which deceiveth all the world. And he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out also.
Revelation 13:14
And deceived them that dwelt on the earth, by the means of those signs which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwelt on the earth: that they should make an image unto the beast, which had the wound of a sword, and did live.