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Proverbs 14:10–14

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The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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From verse 10

  1. Philippians 4:7Rank 1 from verse 10
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    7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

  2. Proverbs 18:14Rank 2 from verse 10
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    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  3. John 14:18Rank 3 from verse 10
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    18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

  4. Proverbs 15:13Rank 4 from verse 10
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    13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

  5. Job 10:1Rank 5 from verse 10
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    1MY soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

  6. Revelation 2:17Rank 6 from verse 10
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    17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

  7. 1 Peter 1:8Rank 7 from verse 10
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    8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

  8. 1 Samuel 1:10Rank 8 from verse 10
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    10And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

  9. 2 Kings 4:27Rank 9 from verse 10
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    27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

  10. Job 7:11Rank 10 from verse 10
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  11. John 12:27Rank 11 from verse 10
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    27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

  12. Mark 14:33–34Rank 12 from verse 10
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    33And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;

    34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

  13. Psalms 25:14Rank 13 from verse 10
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    14The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

  14. Ezekiel 3:14Rank 14 from verse 10
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    14So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.

  15. Job 6:2–4Rank 15 from verse 10
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    2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

    3For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  16. Job 9:18Rank 16 from verse 10
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    18He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

  17. Genesis 42:21Rank 17 from verse 10
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    21¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

  18. John 14:23Rank 18 from verse 10
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    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

From verse 11

  1. Proverbs 3:33Rank 1 from verse 11
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    33¶ The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

  2. Proverbs 12:7Rank 2 from verse 11
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  3. Matthew 7:26–27Rank 3 from verse 11
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    26And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

    27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  4. Job 21:28Rank 4 from verse 11
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    28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

  5. Proverbs 21:12Rank 5 from verse 11
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    12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  6. Zechariah 5:4Rank 6 from verse 11
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    4I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

  7. Job 18:14–15Rank 7 from verse 11
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    14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

    15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

  8. Isaiah 58:11–12Rank 8 from verse 11
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    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

    12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  9. Job 8:15Rank 9 from verse 11
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    15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

  10. Proverbs 11:28Rank 10 from verse 11
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    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  11. Proverbs 21:20Rank 11 from verse 11
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    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

  12. Job 15:34Rank 12 from verse 11
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    34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

  13. Job 18:21Rank 13 from verse 11
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    21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

  14. Job 8:6Rank 14 from verse 11
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    6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  15. Psalms 128:3Rank 15 from verse 11
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    3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

  16. Job 20:26–28Rank 16 from verse 11
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    26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

    27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

    28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

  17. Job 27:13–23Rank 17 from verse 11
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    13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

    14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

    15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

    16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

    17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

    18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

    20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

    21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

    22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

    23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  18. Psalms 112:2–3Rank 18 from verse 11
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    2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

    3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

From verse 12

  1. Proverbs 16:25Rank 1 from verse 12
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    25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  2. Matthew 7:13–14Rank 2 from verse 12
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    13¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

    14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

  3. Proverbs 12:15Rank 3 from verse 12
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

  4. Galatians 6:3Rank 4 from verse 12
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    3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

  5. Luke 13:24Rank 5 from verse 12
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    24¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

  6. Romans 6:21Rank 6 from verse 12
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    21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

  7. Proverbs 30:12Rank 7 from verse 12
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    12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

  8. James 1:22Rank 8 from verse 12
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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

  9. Ephesians 5:6Rank 9 from verse 12
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    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

From verse 13

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:2Rank 1 from verse 13
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    2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

  2. James 4:9Rank 2 from verse 13
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    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  3. Ecclesiastes 11:9Rank 3 from verse 13
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    9¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

  4. Ecclesiastes 2:10–11Rank 4 from verse 13
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    10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:5–6Rank 5 from verse 13
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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

    6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

  6. Luke 16:25Rank 6 from verse 13
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    25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  7. Proverbs 5:4Rank 7 from verse 13
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    4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

  8. Revelation 18:7–8Rank 8 from verse 13
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    7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

    8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

From verse 14

  1. Galatians 6:8Rank 1 from verse 14
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    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.

  2. Proverbs 12:14Rank 2 from verse 14
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    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

  3. Hebrews 3:12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

  4. Jeremiah 8:5Rank 4 from verse 14
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    5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

  5. Jeremiah 2:19Rank 5 from verse 14
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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.

  6. 2 Peter 2:20–22Rank 6 from verse 14
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    20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

    21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

    22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

  7. Galatians 6:4Rank 7 from verse 14
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    4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

  8. John 4:14Rank 8 from verse 14
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    14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  9. Proverbs 1:31–32Rank 9 from verse 14
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    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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

  10. Jeremiah 17:5Rank 10 from verse 14
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    5¶ Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

  11. Proverbs 14:10Rank 11 from verse 14
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    10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

  12. Zephaniah 1:6Rank 12 from verse 14
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    6And them that are turned back from the Lord; and those that have not sought the Lord, nor inquired for him.

  13. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 13 from verse 14
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  14. Ezekiel 22:31Rank 14 from verse 14
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    31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

  15. Hosea 4:16Rank 15 from verse 14
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    16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:10

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bitterness

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1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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joy

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Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:11

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

tabernacle

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Sense 1: A tent, booth, or dwelling; especially Israel’s sacred tent of worship. Sense 2: Figuratively, the body as a dwelling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upright

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1. Honest, just, or morally right; also a person so characterized. 2. Straight, erect, or standing up.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flourish

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To grow, bloom, spring forth, thrive, prosper, increase, or display vigorous life or honour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:12

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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seemeth

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Third-person singular present form of seem, meaning to appear, be regarded, or be fitting.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:13

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

laughter

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Convulsive merriment; an expression of mirth peculiar to man, consisting in a peculiar noise and configuration of features, with a shaking of the sides and expulsion of breath.

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

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sorrowful

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Filled with, expressing, or causing grief, sadness, heaviness, pain, regret, distress, or anguish.

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

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:14

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

satisfied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).

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

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14:9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

14:10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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14:11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

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14:15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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