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Proverbs 10:19
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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.
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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)
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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.
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