KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 10:10–11
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Proverbs 10:10
10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
10*‖Hee that winketh with the eye, causeth sorrow: but a prating foole shall fall.
- Or, shalbe beaten.
- Cha.6.13.
Proverbs 10:11
11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
11*The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence couereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Chap. 13.14.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 10:10
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Grief, mental pain, distress, or mourning; also to grieve.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Talking much on a trifling subject; talking idly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
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To descend, drop, or lose an upright position; to come upon, attack, happen, decline, fail, or be overthrown; as a noun, descent, ruin, or overthrow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 10:11
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 10
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Open the full verse study19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
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Open the full verse study13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Open the full verse study10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
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Open the full verse study8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Open the full verse study12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
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Open the full verse study21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Open the full verse study6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
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Open the full verse study14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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Open the full verse study29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
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Open the full verse study20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Open the full verse study6Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Open the full verse study4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
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Open the full verse study32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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Open the full verse study7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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Open the full verse study22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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Open the full verse study30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
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Open the full verse study12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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Open the full verse study5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Open the full verse study34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Open the full verse study15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Open the full verse study42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
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