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Proverbs 1:31

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Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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  1. Proverbs 14:14Rank 1 from verse 31
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    14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

  2. Jeremiah 6:19Rank 2 from verse 31
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    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  3. Job 4:8Rank 3 from verse 31
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    8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

  4. Proverbs 22:8Rank 4 from verse 31
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    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  5. Galatians 6:7–8Rank 5 from verse 31
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    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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Proverbs 1:31

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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fruit

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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

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30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

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