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.
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.
And why
wilt thou, my son, be
ravished with a strange woman, and 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Do not
boast about
tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
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.
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.
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.