Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:16:

• Kupsabiny: “Straight is the path of a man with a white stomach (generous).
  What he gives out makes him eat together with rulers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “If [you] want to meet any important people,
  go taking along a gift.
  This will make it easy to meet [them].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You can- easily -meet an honorable man if you bring gift for him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “Give an important person a gift if you want to be-able-to-(get-to)-know him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “If you take a gift to an important person, that will open the way to allow you to talk to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 19:24:

• Kupsabiny: “Some people are very lazy,
  and are not even able to bring food to the mouth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The lazy man takes a mouthful of rice in his fingers,
  but will not lift it to his mouth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “There are people who are very lazy that even eating (they) still are-feeling-lazy-to-do-it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “There is a person whose laziness is extreme. He merely places-a-hand-on what he eats but he is not able-to-put-it-in his mouth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Some people are extremely lazy;
  they put their hand in a dish to take some food but do not even lift the food up to their mouths.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:27:

• Kupsabiny: “God shines light on the life/soul of a person,
  and searches/checks out that person completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Our inner conscience is a lamp given by the Lord.
  It examines our hearts [revealing good and evil].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Our (incl.) conscience is-used by the LORD to enlighten/[Lit. cause-to-be-clear/light] our (incl.) life, and through it we (incl.) can-search/investigate our (incl.) being.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “The mind or conscience of a person, it is like a light that God uses to go-through/carefully-examine his deepest/innermost thoughts.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Our consciences are like lamps that Yahweh has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking ;
  they reveal what is hidden deep in our minds/inner beings.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:29:

• Kupsabiny: “A crooked person is dry-headed (stubborn/unresponsive),
  but the upright, plans for/prepares his ways/paths.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The wicked might boast.
  But the righteous only act
  according to their conscience.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A wicked man is not concerned with what he does, but a righteous on-the-other-hand he thinks carefully what he does.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “A sinner boasts-about his ability, but the righteous-one thinks properly about what he does.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “Wicked people pretend that they know everything,
  but righteous people think carefully about what will happen because of what they do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:28:

• Kupsabiny: “If a person cannot guard/keep himself, his life is like a homestead where the fence has fallen down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “A person who is not able to control himself
  is like a city that has no walls.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A man who can- not -control himself will- just easily -be-destroyed like a city that has no stoned-wall.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “A person who is not able-to-restrain himself (lit. his body) can-be-compared to a city that has-no fence.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “People who cannot control their tempers/quickly become very angry are unable to defend their behavior;
  that is like having a city without a wall around it, with the result that no one can defend it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)