KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 16:25–26
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Proverbs 16:25
25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
25*There is a way that seemeth right vnto a man; but the end thereof are the wayes of death.
- Chap.14.12.
Proverbs 16:26
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
26††Hee that laboureth, laboureth for himselfe; for his mouth craueth it of him.
- Heb. the soule of him that laboureth.
- Heb. boweth vnto him.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:25
To appear, be regarded, or be fitting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The last or concluding part; a termination, limit, purpose, or result. As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:26
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 25
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Open the full verse study12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Open the full verse study5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
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Open the full verse study15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
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Open the full verse study26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
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Open the full verse study15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
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Open the full verse study47Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
48Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
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Open the full verse study9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Open the full verse study40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Open the full verse study23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Open the full verse study8Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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Open the full verse study12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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Open the full verse study11And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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