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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.

  6. Isaiah 3:10–11Rank 6 from verse 31
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    10Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  7. Jeremiah 2:19Rank 7 from verse 31
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    19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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Proverbs 1:31

COMBINED MEANING

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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1:30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

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