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Proverbs 15:24–25

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24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
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Proverbs 15:24Cross-references · 13 ranked passages

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    1IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

    2Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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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.

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    14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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    8¶ And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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    20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

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    14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

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    24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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    18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

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    5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

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    23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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    27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

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

Proverbs 15:25Cross-references · 15 ranked passages

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

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    5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

    6God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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    17For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

    18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

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    10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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    20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

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    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

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    27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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    11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.

    12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

    13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.

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    6Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

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    5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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    5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

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    14¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

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    1WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

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Proverbs 15:24

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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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depart

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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

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Proverbs 15:25

COMBINED MEANING

destroy

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Sense 1: To ruin, demolish, consume, or lay waste. Sense 2: To kill or cut off. Sense 3: To cause a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

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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

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15:23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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15:25The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

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15:26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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