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.
g S Ps 49:4; Mt 13:10-17
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.
x S Ps 119:101
d S ver 13-14; Pr 4:14-17; 11:19
e S Job 28:12; Pr 7:10-13; 9:1-3,13-15
4 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners
o S Ps 18:18; Pr 5:12-14
Proverbs 2
n ver 16; Pr 3:13-18; 4:5
1 2:17 Or covenant of her God
Proverbs 3
1 3:6 Or will direct your paths
p S Ex 22:29; Dt 26:1-15
v S Dt 8:5; S Job 5:17; Heb 12:5-6*
2 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child
e S Ge 1:31; Ps 136:5-9
d S Ps 18:25-27; S Mt 23:12; Jas 4:6*; 1Pe 5:5*
Proverbs 4
1 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
2 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get
3 4:26 Or Make level
Proverbs 5
h S Pr 2:16-19; 6:20-29; 7:1-27
1 5:9 Or years
p S Ps 119:168
t Nu 32:23; S Job 18:9; Ps 7:15-16; S Pr 1:31-32
Proverbs 6
Proverbs 7
k S Lev 7:11-18
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
q S 1Sa 2:30; Jn 14:21-24
2 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers
v S Pr 3:13-14
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
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
2 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me
Proverbs 10
1 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence
o ver 14; S Job 33:33; Mt 7:24-27
2 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.
d Pr 11:18-19; 15:6; S Ro 6:23
x Ps 37:9,28-29; S Pr 2:20-22
Proverbs 11
j S ver 3; Pr 5:21-23; 13:6; 21:7
1 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from
c S Ex 1:20; S Job 4:8; Hos 10:12-13
Proverbs 12
e S Ru 3:11; Pr 31:10-11
1 12:27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Proverbs 13
g S Ps 119:128
l S Job 18:5; S Pr 4:18-19
1 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
2 13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through
Proverbs 14
1 14:22 Or show
2 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known
q S Est 8:2; Mt 24:45-51; 25:14-30
Proverbs 15
Proverbs 16
z S Job 28:15; S Pr 3:13-14
1 16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good
2 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive
3 16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive
Proverbs 17
h S Ps 128:5-6
Proverbs 18
Proverbs 19
1 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
t S Est 1:12; S 7:7; Ps 72:5-6; Pr 16:14-15
2 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
Proverbs 20
m S Ps 119:105
1 20:27 Or A person’s words are
Proverbs 21
1 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
2 21:12 Or The righteous person
3 21:21 Or righteousness
Proverbs 22
b Est 8:1; S 9:1; Pr 23:10-11
Proverbs 23
1 23:1 Or who
2 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
Proverbs 24
r S Job 18:5; S Pr 23:17-18
Proverbs 25
Proverbs 26
1 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth
Proverbs 27
Proverbs 28