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Proverbs 15:19
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Proverbs 15:19
19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
19†The way of the slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is made plaine.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 15:19
Inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A physical fence, thicket, wall, or boundary.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sharp spines or prickles; also thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Level or open land with little rise or depression; also clear, evident, simple, or unadorned, according to context.
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 study8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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Open the full verse study5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
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Open the full verse study21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
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Open the full verse study13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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Open the full verse study13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
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Open the full verse study1AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
3And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
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Open the full verse study9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
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Open the full verse study11Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
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Open the full verse study7And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
8If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.
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Open the full verse study6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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Open the full verse study12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
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Open the full verse study8Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
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Open the full verse study8Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
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Open the full verse study14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
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