KJV:
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
NASB:
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble.
KJV:
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
NASB:
He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.
KJV:
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
NASB:
He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction.
KJV:
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
NASB:
A man's discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
KJV:
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
NASB:
By the transgression of a land many are its princes, But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.
KJV:
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
NASB:
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
KJV:
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
NASB:
He who robs his father or his mother And says, "It is not a transgression," Is the companion of a man who destroys.
KJV:
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
NASB:
By transgression an evil man is ensnared, But the righteous sings and rejoices.