Proverbs 22:20
Good News Translation
I have written down thirty sayings for you. They contain knowledge and good advice,

New Revised Standard Version
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,

Contemporary English Version
I have written thirty sayings filled with sound advice.

New American Bible
Have I not written for you thirty sayings, containing counsels and knowledge,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:

Proverbs 8:6 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

Psalm 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.

Hosea 8:12 I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.

2 Timothy 3:15-17 And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus. . . .

2 Peter 1:19-21 And we have the more firm prophetical word: whereunto you do well to attend, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts. . . .

Context
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
19That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day. 20Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.…
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6
My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 12:10
He sought profitable words, and wrote words most right, and full of truth.

Proverbs 22:19
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