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5,662 verses contain “Thou” (in the KJV: 5,486, in the BSB: 528) — showing 2,901–3,000
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LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.