Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Holman Bible
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
International Standard Version
Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
A Conservative Version
Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.
American Standard Version
Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
Amplified
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord [with reverent awe and obedience] and turn [entirely] away from evil.
Bible in Basic English
Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:
Darby Translation
Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not be wise in thine eyes: fear Jehovah and depart from evil.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.
Modern King James verseion
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be not wise in thine own conceit, but fear the LORD, and depart from evil:
NET Bible
Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
New Heart English Bible
Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:
Webster
Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
World English Bible
Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wisdom And Piety
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to your body, and strength to your bones.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors that had been before me laid burdens upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Psalm 34:11-14
Come, you children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.
Proverbs 26:12
See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.