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Cross-References and Text Notes

Proverbs 1

1 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.

2 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

3 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

v ver 16-18; S Job 33:18; S Ps 30:3

w ver 19

c S ver 11-12

4 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

k S Ps 2:4

l ver 33; S Ps 59:8

s ver 25

w S ver 21-26; S Ps 112:8

Proverbs 2

Proverbs 3

Proverbs 4

Proverbs 5

Proverbs 6

Proverbs 7

a S Pr 1:8

c S Pr 3:3

d ver 21; S Job 31:9; S Pr 2:16; 6:24

e S Pr 1:22; S 6:32

o S ver 5

1 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool

2 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Proverbs 8

1 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds

h ver 19; S Job 28:17-19

2 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers

w S Ps 5:8

3 8:22 Or way; or dominion

4 8:22 Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The LORD brought me forth at the beginning of his work

f S Ge 1:7; S Job 9:8; S 26:10

5 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child

Proverbs 9

1 9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out

e ver 14

g ver 16; S Pr 6:32

p S Pr 1:7

r S Dt 4:6

2 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me

u S Pr 5:6

v ver 3; Eze 16:25

Proverbs 10

Proverbs 11

Proverbs 12

Proverbs 13

Proverbs 14

Proverbs 15

Proverbs 16

Proverbs 17

Proverbs 18

Proverbs 19

Proverbs 20

Proverbs 21

1 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

i ver 19; Pr 19:13; 25:24

2 21:12 Or The righteous person

s S ver 9

3 21:21 Or righteousness

Proverbs 22

Proverbs 23

1 23:1 Or who

a ver 6-8; Ps 141:4

d ver 1-3; Ps 141:4

2 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is

e S Pr 9:7

j S Pr 2:2

l ver 24; Pr 27:11; 29:3

m S Ps 37:1; S 73:3

t S ver 15-16

Proverbs 24

Proverbs 25

b S Pr 1:1

1 25:7,8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / 8Do not go

i ver 12; Pr 15:23

j S ver 11; Ps 141:5; S Pr 13:18

2 25:11 Or possibly apricots

n ver 27

t ver 16

Proverbs 26

Proverbs 27

Proverbs 28