KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 10:19–20
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Proverbs 10:19
19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sinne: but he that refraineth his lippes, is wise.
Proverbs 10:20
20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
20The tongue of the iust is as choise siluer: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 10:19
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Lack or need; poverty or deficiency; as a verb, to lack or be without.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Transgression of the law of God; an offence against God; or the sinful principle or condition, according to context.
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)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
refraineth
To hold back, restrain, or abstain.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 10:20
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The act of choosing; a selection; also selected, excellent, or preferred.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Value, price, usefulness, or comparative importance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 19
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Open the full verse study19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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Open the full verse study2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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Open the full verse study27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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Open the full verse study13The 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 study3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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Open the full verse study1I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
From verse 20
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Open the full verse study5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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Open the full verse study9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Open the full verse study18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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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.
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Open the full verse study4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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Open the full verse study21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
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Open the full verse study13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
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Open the full verse study7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
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Open the full verse study19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
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Open the full verse study11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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