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Proverbs 14:11–16

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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.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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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.

From verse 15

  1. Ephesians 5:17Rank 1 from verse 15
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    17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

  2. Proverbs 14:8Rank 2 from verse 15
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  3. 1 John 4:1Rank 3 from verse 15
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    1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

  4. Proverbs 27:12Rank 4 from verse 15
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    12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  5. Proverbs 4:26Rank 5 from verse 15
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    26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

  6. Ephesians 4:14Rank 6 from verse 15
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    14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

  7. Proverbs 22:3Rank 7 from verse 15
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    3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  8. Romans 16:18–19Rank 8 from verse 15
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    18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

    19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

  9. Acts 13:7Rank 9 from verse 15
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    7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

  10. Amos 5:13Rank 10 from verse 15
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    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

From verse 16

  1. Proverbs 22:3Rank 1 from verse 16
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    3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  2. Proverbs 3:7Rank 2 from verse 16
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    7¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:22Rank 3 from verse 16
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    22Abstain from all appearance of evil.

  4. Genesis 42:18Rank 4 from verse 16
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    18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

  5. Proverbs 29:9Rank 5 from verse 16
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    9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

  6. 1 Kings 20:10–11Rank 6 from verse 16
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    10And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

    11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

  7. Genesis 33:9Rank 7 from verse 16
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    9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

  8. Job 31:21–23Rank 8 from verse 16
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    21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

    22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

    23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  9. Proverbs 16:17Rank 9 from verse 16
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    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  10. Proverbs 16:6Rank 10 from verse 16
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  11. Proverbs 28:14Rank 11 from verse 16
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    14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

  12. 1 Kings 19:2Rank 12 from verse 16
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    2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

  13. 1 Kings 20:18Rank 13 from verse 16
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    18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

  14. Mark 6:17–19Rank 14 from verse 16
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    17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

    18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

    19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

  15. Proverbs 7:22Rank 15 from verse 16
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    22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  16. Psalms 119:120Rank 16 from verse 16
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  17. Ecclesiastes 10:13Rank 17 from verse 16
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    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  18. Job 28:28Rank 18 from verse 16
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    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  19. John 9:40Rank 19 from verse 16
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    40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

  20. Mark 6:24–25Rank 20 from verse 16
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    24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

    25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

  21. Nehemiah 5:15Rank 21 from verse 16
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    15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

  22. Psalms 34:14Rank 22 from verse 16
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    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seemeth

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:15

COMBINED MEANING

simple

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Without guile; sincere or harmless; in other contexts, lacking wisdom or understanding.

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

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · 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

prudent

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Wise, discerning, thoughtful, circumspect, and careful in judgment or conduct.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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

looketh

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Third-person singular present form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:16

COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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confident

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Assured, trusting, bold, or persuaded so as to act without fear or doubt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

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

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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14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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14:17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

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