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Proverbs 14:30–33

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A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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From verse 30

  1. Proverbs 17:22Rank 1 from verse 30
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  2. Job 5:2Rank 2 from verse 30
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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  3. Proverbs 3:8Rank 3 from verse 30
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    8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

  4. Proverbs 4:23Rank 4 from verse 30
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    23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

  5. Proverbs 12:4Rank 5 from verse 30
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    4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

  6. 2 Timothy 1:7Rank 6 from verse 30
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    7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

  7. Psalms 112:10Rank 7 from verse 30
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

  8. Psalms 119:80Rank 8 from verse 30
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    80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  9. Romans 1:29Rank 9 from verse 30
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    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  10. Acts 7:9Rank 10 from verse 30
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  11. James 4:5Rank 11 from verse 30
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    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

From verse 31

  1. Proverbs 22:2Rank 1 from verse 31
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    2The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  2. Proverbs 17:5Rank 2 from verse 31
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  3. Proverbs 22:16Rank 3 from verse 31
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    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  4. Proverbs 19:17Rank 4 from verse 31
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  5. 1 John 4:21Rank 5 from verse 31
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    21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

  6. Ecclesiastes 5:8Rank 6 from verse 31
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    8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

  7. 1 John 3:17–21Rank 7 from verse 31
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    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

    19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

    20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

  8. 2 Corinthians 8:7–9Rank 8 from verse 31
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    7Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.

    8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  9. Psalms 12:5Rank 9 from verse 31
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    5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

  10. Job 31:13–16Rank 10 from verse 31
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    13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

    15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

    16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

  11. John 12:8Rank 11 from verse 31
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    8For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

  12. Matthew 25:40–46Rank 12 from verse 31
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    40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

    41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

    42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

    43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

    44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

    45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

    46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  13. Proverbs 14:21Rank 13 from verse 31
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    21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

  14. Proverbs 22:22–23Rank 14 from verse 31
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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

    23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

From verse 32

  1. 2 Timothy 4:18Rank 1 from verse 32
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    18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  2. Psalms 23:4Rank 2 from verse 32
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    4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  3. 2 Corinthians 5:8Rank 3 from verse 32
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    8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

  4. Genesis 49:18Rank 4 from verse 32
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    18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

  5. Job 19:25–27Rank 5 from verse 32
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    25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

    26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

    27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

  6. Revelation 14:13Rank 6 from verse 32
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    13And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  7. 2 Corinthians 1:9Rank 7 from verse 32
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    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

  8. Job 13:15Rank 8 from verse 32
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    15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  9. Proverbs 24:16Rank 9 from verse 32
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    16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  10. Psalms 37:37Rank 10 from verse 32
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    37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

  11. 1 Corinthians 15:55–58Rank 11 from verse 32
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    55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

    56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

    57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

    58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  12. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 12 from verse 32
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    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  13. Daniel 5:26–30Rank 13 from verse 32
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    26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

    27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

    28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

    29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

    30¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

  14. Job 18:18Rank 14 from verse 32
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    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  15. Job 27:20–22Rank 15 from verse 32
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    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.

  16. John 8:21Rank 16 from verse 32
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    21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

  17. John 8:24Rank 17 from verse 32
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    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

  18. Luke 2:29Rank 18 from verse 32
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    29Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

  19. Philippians 1:21Rank 19 from verse 32
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    21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

  20. Philippians 1:23Rank 20 from verse 32
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    23For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

  21. Proverbs 6:15Rank 21 from verse 32
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    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

  22. Psalms 16:11Rank 22 from verse 32
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    11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  23. Psalms 17:15Rank 23 from verse 32
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    15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

  24. Psalms 58:9Rank 24 from verse 32
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    9Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

  25. Romans 9:22Rank 25 from verse 32
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    22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:

From verse 33

  1. Proverbs 12:16Rank 1 from verse 33
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    16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

  2. Proverbs 12:23Rank 2 from verse 33
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  3. Proverbs 15:28Rank 3 from verse 33
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:3Rank 4 from verse 33
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  5. Proverbs 13:16Rank 5 from verse 33
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    16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  6. Proverbs 29:11Rank 6 from verse 33
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    11A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

  7. Proverbs 15:2Rank 7 from verse 33
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    2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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Proverbs 14:30

COMBINED MEANING

sound

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Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

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heart

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

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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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

envy

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Sense 1: Resentful desire at another's good. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel such jealousy.

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rottenness

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State of being decayed or putrid; cariousness; putrefaction; unsoundness.

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

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Proverbs 14:31

COMBINED MEANING

maker

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One who makes, forms, creates, prepares, or brings something into being; in references to God, the Creator.

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

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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

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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Proverbs 14:32

COMBINED MEANING

driven

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Past-participial form of drive: impelled, forced, urged, carried, or moved onward or away.

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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.

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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

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hope

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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 14:33

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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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.

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heart

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

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

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

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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midst

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The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

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

COMBINED MEANING

fools

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Persons lacking wisdom or sound judgment, especially in moral or spiritual conduct.

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COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

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14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

14:30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

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14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

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14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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14:33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

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14:34Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

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