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Proverbs 16:17
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Proverbs 16:17
17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
17The high way of the vpright is to depart from euill: hee that keepeth his way, preserueth his soule.
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Proverbs 16:17
A public or principal road; a main way of travel.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To leave; to deviate from; to forsake; not to adhere to or follow. To leave; to forsake; to abandon.
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 study9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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Open the full verse study16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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Open the full verse study21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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Open the full verse study24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
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Open the full verse study10Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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Open the full verse study10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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Open the full verse study35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
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Open the full verse study16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
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Open the full verse study39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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Open the full verse study13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
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Open the full verse study24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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