Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The faithless one will pay for his behavior, but a good man will be rewarded for his.
New American Standard Bible
But a good man will
King James Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Holman Bible
and a good man, what his deeds deserve.
A Conservative Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.
American Standard Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man'shall be satisfied from himself.
Amplified
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
Bible in Basic English
He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
Darby Translation
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.
Julia Smith Translation
He drawing back the heart shall be filled from his ways: and a good man from above him.
King James 2000
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above himself.
Lexham Expanded Bible
From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.
Modern King James verseion
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man from himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An unfaithful person shall be filled with his own ways; but a good man will beware of such.
NET Bible
The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
New Heart English Bible
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
The Emphasized Bible
With his own ways, shall be filled the backslider in heart, and, from himself, shall a good man be satisfied .
Webster
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
World English Bible
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
Themes
Backsliding » Results of » Selfish absorption
Backsliding » Brings its own punishment
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
13 Even in laughter there may be heartache, and at the end of joy there may be grief. 14 The faithless one will pay for his behavior, but a good man will be rewarded for his. 15 An unthinking person believes everything, but the prudent one thinks before acting.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:14
By his fruitful speech a man can remain satisfied, and a man's handiwork will reward him.
Proverbs 1:31-32
They will eat the fruit of their way, and they will be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness an outsider cannot share in its joy.
Jeremiah 2:19
Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.
Jeremiah 8:5
Why has this people turned away? Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy? They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.
Jeremiah 17:5
This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind, who makes flesh his strength, and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:31
so I poured my indignation over them. With my fierce anger, I've consumed them. I brought the consequences of their behavior upon them,' declares the Lord GOD."
Hosea 4:16
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn mule! Nevertheless, will not the LORD feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
Zephaniah 1:6
those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."
2 Corinthians 1:12
For this is what we boast about: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world with pure motives and godly sincerity, without earthly wisdom but with God's grace especially toward you.
Galatians 6:4
Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.
Galatians 6:8
The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.
Hebrews 3:12
See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.