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Proverbs 14:2
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Proverbs 14:2
2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
2*He that walketh in his vprightnesse, feareth the LORD: but he that is peruerse in his wayes, despiseth him.
- Iob.12.4.
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Proverbs 14:2
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
uprightness
Honesty, integrity, and conformity to what is right and just.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Literally, turned aside; hence, distorted from the right.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
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Open the full verse study35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
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Open the full verse study6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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Open the full verse study28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
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Open the full verse study4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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Open the full verse study31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
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Open the full verse study13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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Open the full verse study16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
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Open the full verse study21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
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Open the full verse study6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
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Open the full verse study22And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
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Open the full verse study1THERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
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Open the full verse study14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
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Open the full verse study5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
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Open the full verse study12He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
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Open the full verse study17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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Open the full verse study1BETTER is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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Open the full verse study15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
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Open the full verse study3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
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Open the full verse study4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
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