The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
Proverbs 22:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Have not I written to thee excellent things In counsels and knowledge, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge, American Standard Version (1901) Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, Common English Bible Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings full of advice and knowledge? Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge: |
The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, Purified seven times.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.
Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.