KJV:
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.
NASB:
For it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen.
KJV:
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
NASB:
It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
KJV:
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
NASB:
Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land.
KJV:
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
NASB:
It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.
KJV:
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
NASB:
Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed.
KJV:
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
NASB:
Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
KJV:
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
NASB:
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked though he be rich.
KJV:
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
NASB:
He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good.