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Proverbs 15:25–26

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The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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From verse 25

  1. Psalms 146:9Rank 1 from verse 25
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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.

  2. Psalms 68:5–6Rank 2 from verse 25
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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.

  3. Deuteronomy 10:17–18Rank 3 from verse 25
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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.

  4. Proverbs 12:7Rank 4 from verse 25
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    7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  5. Proverbs 14:11Rank 5 from verse 25
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    11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  6. Proverbs 23:10Rank 6 from verse 25
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    10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  7. Daniel 5:20Rank 7 from verse 25
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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:

  8. Isaiah 2:12Rank 8 from verse 25
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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:

  9. James 1:27Rank 9 from verse 25
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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.

  10. Job 40:11–13Rank 10 from verse 25
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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.

  11. Psalms 138:6Rank 11 from verse 25
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    6Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

  12. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 12 from verse 25
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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.

  13. Psalms 52:5Rank 13 from verse 25
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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.

  14. Deuteronomy 19:14Rank 14 from verse 25
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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.

  15. Psalms 52:1Rank 15 from verse 25
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    1WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

From verse 26

  1. Proverbs 6:16–19Rank 1 from verse 26
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    16¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

    17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

    19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  2. Jeremiah 4:14Rank 2 from verse 26
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    14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  3. Matthew 12:34–37Rank 3 from verse 26
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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.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

    36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  4. Proverbs 15:23Rank 4 from verse 26
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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!

  5. Psalms 19:14Rank 5 from verse 26
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    14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

  6. Psalms 37:30–31Rank 6 from verse 26
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

    31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

  7. Psalms 45:1Rank 7 from verse 26
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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.

  8. Matthew 15:19Rank 8 from verse 26
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    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  9. Proverbs 24:9Rank 9 from verse 26
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    9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

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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

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

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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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Proverbs 15:26

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thoughts

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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.

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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

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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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15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

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