KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 16:7–9
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Proverbs 16:7
7When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
7When a mans wayes please the LORD, he maketh euen his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:8
8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
8*Better is a little with righteousnesse, then great reuenewes without right.
- Psal. 37.16. chap. 15.16.
Proverbs 16:9
9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
9†A mans heart deuiseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:7
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)
To condescend; to comply; to be pleased; a word of ceremony.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:8
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
righteousness
The state or character of being righteous; justice, uprightness, or conformity to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Income, proceeds, return, or yield received from property, taxation, trade, or produce.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 16:9
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)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Devises; plans, contrives, or purposes in the mind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Directs: guides, orders, governs, or points in the right course.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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Open the full verse study22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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Open the full verse study10¶ And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
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Open the full verse study10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Open the full verse study11The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
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Open the full verse study21Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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Open the full verse study4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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Open the full verse study28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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Open the full verse study20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study19And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
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Open the full verse study31This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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Open the full verse study18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
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Open the full verse study6¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
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Open the full verse study1AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study41¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study16Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Open the full verse study16A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
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Open the full verse study6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
7For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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Open the full verse study11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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Open the full verse study6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
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Open the full verse study23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
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Open the full verse study1THE preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
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Open the full verse study24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
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Open the full verse study23¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Open the full verse study30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
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