KJV:
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
NASB:
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
KJV:
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
NASB:
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
KJV:
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
NASB:
Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.
KJV:
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
NASB:
An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.
KJV:
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
NASB:
"Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all."
KJV:
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
NASB:
If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
KJV:
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
NASB:
in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim;
KJV:
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
NASB:
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
KJV:
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
NASB:
for before the boy knows how to cry out 'My father ' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."
KJV:
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
NASB:
And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped."