Proverbs 12:26-28

New International Reader's Version

²⁶Godly people are careful about the friends they choose.
But the way of sinners leads them down the wrong path.

²⁷Lazy people do not even cook what they catch.
But those who work hard eat their fill of what is hunted.

²⁸There is life in doing what is right.
Along that path you will never die.

Proverbs 12:26-28

New International Version

²⁶The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.^(A)

²⁷The lazy do not roast^[a] any game,
but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

²⁸In the way of righteousness there is life;^(B)
along that path is immortality.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

New International Version (NIV)