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Proverbs 15:2–12

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The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
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From verse 2

  1. Proverbs 12:23Rank 1 from verse 2
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    23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  2. Proverbs 15:28Rank 2 from verse 2
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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  3. Proverbs 13:16Rank 3 from verse 2
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    16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  4. Ecclesiastes 10:12–13Rank 4 from verse 2
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    12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

  5. Psalms 45:1Rank 5 from verse 2
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    1MY heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

  6. Isaiah 50:4Rank 6 from verse 2
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    4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  7. Proverbs 15:23Rank 7 from verse 2
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    23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

  8. Proverbs 16:23Rank 8 from verse 2
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    23The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  9. Proverbs 25:11–12Rank 9 from verse 2
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    11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  10. Psalms 59:7Rank 10 from verse 2
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

From verse 3

  1. Hebrews 4:13Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  2. Jeremiah 16:17Rank 2 from verse 3
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    17For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

  3. Jeremiah 23:24Rank 3 from verse 3
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    24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

  4. 2 Chronicles 16:9Rank 4 from verse 3
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    9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  5. Proverbs 5:21Rank 5 from verse 3
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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

  6. Job 31:4Rank 6 from verse 3
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    4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

  7. Job 34:21–22Rank 7 from verse 3
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    21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

    22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  8. Jeremiah 32:19Rank 8 from verse 3
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    19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

From verse 4

  1. Proverbs 16:24Rank 1 from verse 4
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    24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  2. Proverbs 12:18Rank 2 from verse 4
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  3. Proverbs 18:8Rank 3 from verse 4
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    8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  4. Malachi 4:2Rank 4 from verse 4
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    2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

  5. Proverbs 3:18Rank 5 from verse 4
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    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

  6. Proverbs 18:14Rank 6 from verse 4
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    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  7. Revelation 2:7Rank 7 from verse 4
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    7He 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 tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

  8. Proverbs 26:22Rank 8 from verse 4
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    22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  9. Psalms 109:22Rank 9 from verse 4
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    22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

  10. Psalms 52:2–4Rank 10 from verse 4
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  11. 1 Timothy 6:3Rank 11 from verse 4
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    3If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

  12. Genesis 3:22–24Rank 12 from verse 4
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    22¶ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

    23Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

    24So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

From verse 5

  1. Proverbs 15:31–32Rank 1 from verse 5
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    31The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

    32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

  2. Proverbs 13:18Rank 2 from verse 5
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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  3. Proverbs 13:1Rank 3 from verse 5
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    1A WISE son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  4. Proverbs 19:20Rank 4 from verse 5
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    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

  5. 1 Chronicles 28:20Rank 5 from verse 5
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    20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

  6. Titus 2:15Rank 6 from verse 5
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    15These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

  7. 1 Chronicles 22:11–13Rank 7 from verse 5
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    11Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee.

    12Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

    13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

  8. 1 Chronicles 28:9Rank 8 from verse 5
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    9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

  9. Psalms 141:5Rank 9 from verse 5
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    5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

  10. Titus 1:13Rank 10 from verse 5
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    13This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

  11. 1 Samuel 2:23–25Rank 11 from verse 5
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    23And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

    24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.

    25If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

  12. 2 Samuel 15:1–6Rank 12 from verse 5
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    1AND it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

    2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

    3And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

    4Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

    5And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

    6And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  13. Proverbs 1:23Rank 13 from verse 5
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    23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  14. Proverbs 10:1Rank 14 from verse 5
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    1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  15. Proverbs 6:23Rank 15 from verse 5
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    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  16. Proverbs 25:12Rank 16 from verse 5
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    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

From verse 6

  1. Proverbs 8:21Rank 1 from verse 6
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    21That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

  2. Proverbs 10:22Rank 2 from verse 6
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    22The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  3. Proverbs 21:20Rank 3 from verse 6
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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.

  4. Psalms 112:3Rank 4 from verse 6
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    3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

  5. Hebrews 11:26Rank 5 from verse 6
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    26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

  6. Proverbs 16:8Rank 6 from verse 6
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    8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

  7. Psalms 37:16Rank 7 from verse 6
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    16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

  8. Ecclesiastes 4:6Rank 8 from verse 6
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    6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

  9. Job 20:19–23Rank 9 from verse 6
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    19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

    21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  10. Proverbs 13:22Rank 10 from verse 6
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    22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

  11. Proverbs 15:16Rank 11 from verse 6
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    16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.

  12. James 5:1–3Rank 12 from verse 6
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    1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

    3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

  13. Ecclesiastes 5:10–14Rank 13 from verse 6
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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

    11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

    12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

From verse 7

  1. Matthew 12:34Rank 1 from verse 7
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  2. Ephesians 4:29Rank 2 from verse 7
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    29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

  3. James 3:6Rank 3 from verse 7
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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

  4. Proverbs 10:20–21Rank 4 from verse 7
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    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  5. Acts 18:9–10Rank 5 from verse 7
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    9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

    10For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

  6. Ecclesiastes 12:9–10Rank 6 from verse 7
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    9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

  7. Mark 16:15Rank 7 from verse 7
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    15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

  8. Matthew 10:27Rank 8 from verse 7
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    27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

  9. Matthew 28:18–20Rank 9 from verse 7
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    18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

    19¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  10. Psalms 119:13Rank 10 from verse 7
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    13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

  11. Psalms 37:30Rank 11 from verse 7
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

  12. Psalms 45:2Rank 12 from verse 7
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    2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

  13. Psalms 51:13–15Rank 13 from verse 7
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    13Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

    14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

    15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

  14. Psalms 71:15–18Rank 14 from verse 7
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    15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

    16I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

    17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.

    18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  15. Psalms 78:2–6Rank 15 from verse 7
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    2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

    3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

    4We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

    5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

    6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

  16. Romans 10:14–17Rank 16 from verse 7
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    14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

    15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

    16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

    17So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

  17. Romans 15:18–21Rank 17 from verse 7
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    18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

    19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

    20Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

    21But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.

  18. Song of Solomon 4:11Rank 18 from verse 7
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    11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

  19. 2 Timothy 2:2Rank 19 from verse 7
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    2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

From verse 8

  1. Proverbs 15:29Rank 1 from verse 8
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    29The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

  2. 1 Chronicles 29:17Rank 2 from verse 8
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    17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

  3. Proverbs 21:27Rank 3 from verse 8
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

  4. Isaiah 1:10–15Rank 4 from verse 8
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    10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

    11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  5. Jeremiah 6:20Rank 5 from verse 8
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    20To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

  6. Proverbs 28:9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    9He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

  7. Isaiah 61:8Rank 7 from verse 8
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    8For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

  8. John 4:24Rank 8 from verse 8
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    24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

  9. Ecclesiastes 5:1Rank 9 from verse 8
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    1KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  10. Isaiah 66:3Rank 10 from verse 8
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    3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

  11. Jeremiah 7:21–23Rank 11 from verse 8
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    21¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.

    22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

    23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

  12. Psalms 17:1Rank 12 from verse 8
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    1HEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

  13. Amos 5:21–22Rank 13 from verse 8
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    21¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

    22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

  14. Song of Solomon 2:14Rank 14 from verse 8
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    14¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

From verse 9

  1. 1 Timothy 6:11Rank 1 from verse 9
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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

  2. Proverbs 21:21Rank 2 from verse 9
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    21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

  3. Habakkuk 1:13Rank 3 from verse 9
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    13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

  4. Hosea 6:3Rank 4 from verse 9
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    3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

  5. Jeremiah 44:4Rank 5 from verse 9
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    4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

  6. Matthew 7:13Rank 6 from verse 9
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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:

  7. 2 Timothy 2:22Rank 7 from verse 9
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    22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  8. Isaiah 26:7Rank 8 from verse 9
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    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

  9. Isaiah 51:1Rank 9 from verse 9
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    1HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

  10. Isaiah 51:7Rank 10 from verse 9
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    7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

  11. Proverbs 21:4Rank 11 from verse 9
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    4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

  12. Proverbs 21:8Rank 12 from verse 9
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    8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  13. Proverbs 4:19Rank 13 from verse 9
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  14. Psalms 1:6Rank 14 from verse 9
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    6For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  15. Psalms 146:8–9Rank 15 from verse 9
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    8The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

    9The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

From verse 10

  1. Proverbs 12:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  2. John 3:20Rank 2 from verse 10
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    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  3. Proverbs 10:17Rank 3 from verse 10
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    17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  4. Proverbs 13:1Rank 4 from verse 10
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    1A WISE son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

  5. John 7:7Rank 5 from verse 10
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  6. 1 Kings 18:17Rank 6 from verse 10
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    17¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

  7. 1 Kings 21:20Rank 7 from verse 10
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    20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

  8. 1 Kings 22:8Rank 8 from verse 10
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    8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

  9. Ezekiel 24:13–14Rank 9 from verse 10
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    13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

    14I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

  10. Proverbs 1:30Rank 10 from verse 10
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    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

  11. Proverbs 5:12Rank 11 from verse 10
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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

  12. Isaiah 1:5–6Rank 12 from verse 10
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    5¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

    6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

  13. Proverbs 23:35Rank 13 from verse 10
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    35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

From verse 11

  1. Psalms 44:21Rank 1 from verse 11
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    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  2. Hebrews 4:13Rank 2 from verse 11
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    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  3. Psalms 139:8Rank 3 from verse 11
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    8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

  4. 2 Chronicles 6:30Rank 4 from verse 11
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    30Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

  5. Job 26:6Rank 5 from verse 11
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    6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

  6. Revelation 2:23Rank 6 from verse 11
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  7. 1 Samuel 16:7Rank 7 from verse 11
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    7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

  8. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 8 from verse 11
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  9. Proverbs 27:20Rank 9 from verse 11
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    20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  10. Revelation 1:18Rank 10 from verse 11
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    18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  11. John 21:17Rank 11 from verse 11
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    17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

  12. Psalms 7:9Rank 12 from verse 11
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  13. John 2:24–25Rank 13 from verse 11
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    24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

    25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

From verse 12

  1. Amos 5:10Rank 1 from verse 12
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  2. Job 21:14Rank 2 from verse 12
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    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

  3. 2 Timothy 4:3Rank 3 from verse 12
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    3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

  4. Proverbs 9:7–8Rank 4 from verse 12
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    7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

    8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  5. John 7:7Rank 5 from verse 12
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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

  6. 2 Chronicles 18:7Rank 6 from verse 12
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    7And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

  7. John 3:18–21Rank 7 from verse 12
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    18¶ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

    21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

  8. Proverbs 15:10Rank 8 from verse 12
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    10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:2

COMBINED MEANING

tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

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

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

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

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fools

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:3

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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

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

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

beholding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of behold, meaning to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:4

COMBINED MEANING

tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

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

therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

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

COMBINED MEANING

breach

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Sense 1: A break, rupture, gap, or breaking forth. Sense 2: Damage, loss, or interruption of a promise or relation.

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

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:5

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

COMBINED MEANING

instruction

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Teaching or information that directs understanding and conduct; correction, discipline, or an instructive warning.

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

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:6

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

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

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

treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

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

revenues

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Plural form of revenue (income, proceeds, return, or yield received from property, taxation, trade, or produce).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:7

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

disperse

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To scatter, spread, distribute, or send persons or things apart among different places, peoples, or hearers.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604

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

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:8

COMBINED MEANING

sacrifice

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Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

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

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

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

delight

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Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:9

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

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

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

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:10

COMBINED MEANING

correction

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Discipline, chastening, or instruction that corrects error and restores what is right.

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

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:11

COMBINED MEANING

hell

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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.

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

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

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

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hearts

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The inward lives of persons: their thoughts, understanding, conscience, affections, desires, purposes, will, courage, or disposition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 15:12

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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15:1A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

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15:4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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15:6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

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15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

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15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

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15:11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

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15:12A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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15:13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

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