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Proverbs 18:3–12

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When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
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From verse 3

  1. 1 Peter 4:14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

  2. Proverbs 22:10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  3. 1 Peter 4:4Rank 3 from verse 3
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    4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  4. Proverbs 11:2Rank 4 from verse 3
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    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

  5. Proverbs 29:16Rank 5 from verse 3
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    16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  6. 1 Samuel 20:30Rank 6 from verse 3
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    30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

  7. Nehemiah 4:4Rank 7 from verse 3
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    4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

  8. Psalms 123:3–4Rank 8 from verse 3
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    3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  9. Psalms 69:20Rank 9 from verse 3
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    20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  10. Psalms 69:9Rank 10 from verse 3
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    9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  11. Matthew 27:39–44Rank 11 from verse 3
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    39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

    40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

    41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

    42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

From verse 4

  1. Proverbs 20:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  2. Proverbs 10:11Rank 2 from verse 4
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  3. Colossians 4:6Rank 3 from verse 4
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    6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  4. John 4:14Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  5. Proverbs 13:14Rank 5 from verse 4
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    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  6. John 7:38–39Rank 6 from verse 4
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    38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

    39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

  7. Colossians 3:16Rank 7 from verse 4
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    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  8. Matthew 12:34Rank 8 from verse 4
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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.

  9. Psalms 78:2Rank 9 from verse 4
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    2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

  10. Proverbs 16:22Rank 10 from verse 4
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

From verse 5

  1. Leviticus 19:15Rank 1 from verse 5
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    15¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  2. Deuteronomy 16:19Rank 2 from verse 5
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    19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  3. Proverbs 28:21Rank 3 from verse 5
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    21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  4. Psalms 82:2Rank 4 from verse 5
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    2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

  5. Proverbs 17:15Rank 5 from verse 5
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    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

  6. Proverbs 24:23Rank 6 from verse 5
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    23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

  7. Deuteronomy 1:16–17Rank 7 from verse 5
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    16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

    17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

  8. Isaiah 5:23Rank 8 from verse 5
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    23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  9. Matthew 22:16Rank 9 from verse 5
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    16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

  10. 1 Kings 21:9–14Rank 10 from verse 5
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    9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

    10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

    11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

    12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

    13And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

    14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

  11. Job 34:19Rank 11 from verse 5
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    19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  12. Job 13:7–8Rank 12 from verse 5
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    7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

    8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

  13. Micah 7:3Rank 13 from verse 5
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    3¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  14. Isaiah 59:14Rank 14 from verse 5
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    14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

From verse 6

  1. Proverbs 27:3Rank 1 from verse 6
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    3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

  2. Proverbs 16:27–28Rank 2 from verse 6
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    27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

    28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

  3. Proverbs 22:24–25Rank 3 from verse 6
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    24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

    25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

  4. Proverbs 12:16Rank 4 from verse 6
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    16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

  5. Proverbs 13:10Rank 5 from verse 6
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    10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

  6. Proverbs 14:16Rank 6 from verse 6
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

  7. Proverbs 14:3Rank 7 from verse 6
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  8. Proverbs 17:14Rank 8 from verse 6
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    14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  9. Proverbs 19:19Rank 9 from verse 6
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    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

  10. Proverbs 19:29Rank 10 from verse 6
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    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  11. Proverbs 20:3Rank 11 from verse 6
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    3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  12. Proverbs 25:24Rank 12 from verse 6
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    24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

  13. Proverbs 29:9Rank 13 from verse 6
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    9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

From verse 7

  1. Proverbs 13:3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

  2. Proverbs 10:14Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  3. Proverbs 12:13Rank 3 from verse 7
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    13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

  4. Psalms 64:8Rank 4 from verse 7
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    8So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

  5. Psalms 140:9Rank 5 from verse 7
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    9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  6. Ecclesiastes 10:11–14Rank 6 from verse 7
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    11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

    12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

    14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

  7. Acts 23:14–22Rank 7 from verse 7
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    14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

    15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

    16And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

    17Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

    18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.

    19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?

    20And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly.

    21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

    22So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.

  8. Proverbs 10:8Rank 8 from verse 7
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

  9. Proverbs 6:2Rank 9 from verse 7
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    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  10. Judges 11:35Rank 10 from verse 7
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    35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.

  11. Mark 6:23–28Rank 11 from verse 7
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    23And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

    24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

    25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

    26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

    27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

    28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

  12. 1 Samuel 14:24–46Rank 12 from verse 7
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    24¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

    25And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.

    26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

    27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

    28Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

    29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

    30How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

    31And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

    32And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

    33¶ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

    34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

    35And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.

    36¶ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

    37And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

    38And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

    39For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

    40Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

    41Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

    42And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

    43Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

    44And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

    45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

    46Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

From verse 8

  1. Leviticus 19:16Rank 1 from verse 8
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    16¶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

  2. Proverbs 12:18Rank 2 from verse 8
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    18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

  3. Proverbs 16:28Rank 3 from verse 8
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    28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

  4. Proverbs 26:20–22Rank 4 from verse 8
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    20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

    21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

    22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  5. Psalms 52:2Rank 5 from verse 8
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

  6. Psalms 64:3–4Rank 6 from verse 8
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    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

    4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

From verse 9

  1. Proverbs 10:4Rank 1 from verse 9
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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  2. Hebrews 6:12Rank 2 from verse 9
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    12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

  3. Proverbs 24:30–34Rank 3 from verse 9
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    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

    31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

    32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  4. Proverbs 23:20–21Rank 4 from verse 9
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    20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

    21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

  5. Romans 12:11Rank 5 from verse 9
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    11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

  6. Matthew 25:26Rank 6 from verse 9
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    26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

  7. Proverbs 28:24Rank 7 from verse 9
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    24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

  8. Luke 15:13–14Rank 8 from verse 9
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    13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

    14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

  9. Luke 16:1–2Rank 9 from verse 9
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    1AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

    2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

  10. Job 30:29Rank 10 from verse 9
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    29I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

From verse 10

  1. 2 Samuel 22:3Rank 1 from verse 10
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    3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

  2. Isaiah 26:4Rank 2 from verse 10
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    4Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

  3. Psalms 91:2Rank 3 from verse 10
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    2I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  4. Psalms 144:2Rank 4 from verse 10
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    2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

  5. Psalms 61:3–4Rank 5 from verse 10
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    3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

    4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

  6. Psalms 27:1Rank 6 from verse 10
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    1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

  7. Psalms 18:2Rank 7 from verse 10
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    2The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  8. Genesis 17:1Rank 8 from verse 10
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    1AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  9. Revelation 1:8Rank 9 from verse 10
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    8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

  10. Matthew 1:23Rank 10 from verse 10
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    23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  11. Psalms 56:3–4Rank 11 from verse 10
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    3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

    4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

  12. Isaiah 9:6Rank 12 from verse 10
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    6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

  13. 1 Samuel 30:6Rank 13 from verse 10
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    6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

  14. Psalms 91:14Rank 14 from verse 10
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    14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

  15. Jeremiah 23:6Rank 15 from verse 10
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    6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

  16. 2 Samuel 22:45–47Rank 16 from verse 10
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    45Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

    46Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

    47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

  17. Exodus 34:5–7Rank 17 from verse 10
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    5And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

    6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

    7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  18. Genesis 32:28–29Rank 18 from verse 10
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    28And 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.

    29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

  19. Habakkuk 3:19Rank 19 from verse 10
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    19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

  20. 2 Samuel 22:51Rank 20 from verse 10
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    51He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

  21. Isaiah 57:15Rank 21 from verse 10
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  22. Exodus 3:13–15Rank 22 from verse 10
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    13And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

    14And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

    15And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

  23. Genesis 32:11Rank 23 from verse 10
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    11Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

  24. Exodus 6:3Rank 24 from verse 10
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    3And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

From verse 11

  1. Proverbs 10:15Rank 1 from verse 11
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    15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:12Rank 2 from verse 11
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    12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

  3. Psalms 52:5–7Rank 3 from verse 11
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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.

    6The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

    7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  4. Deuteronomy 32:31Rank 4 from verse 11
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    31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

  5. Luke 12:19–21Rank 5 from verse 11
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    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

    20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  6. Psalms 49:6–9Rank 6 from verse 11
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    6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

    8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

    9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

  7. Job 31:24–25Rank 7 from verse 11
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    24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

    25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

  8. Proverbs 11:4Rank 8 from verse 11
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    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  9. Psalms 62:10–11Rank 9 from verse 11
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    10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

    11God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

From verse 12

  1. Proverbs 15:33Rank 1 from verse 12
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    33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

  2. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 2 from verse 12
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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.

  3. Ezekiel 28:2Rank 3 from verse 12
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    2Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

  4. Proverbs 11:2Rank 4 from verse 12
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    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

  5. Proverbs 16:18Rank 5 from verse 12
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    18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  6. Luke 14:11Rank 6 from verse 12
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    11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  7. Proverbs 29:23Rank 7 from verse 12
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    23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  8. Ezekiel 28:9Rank 8 from verse 12
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    9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  9. Acts 12:21–23Rank 9 from verse 12
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    21And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

    22And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

    23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  10. Daniel 9:20Rank 10 from verse 12
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    20¶ And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

  11. Daniel 9:23Rank 11 from verse 12
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    23At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

  12. Daniel 5:23–24Rank 12 from verse 12
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    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

    24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

  13. Ezekiel 16:49–50Rank 13 from verse 12
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    49Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

    50And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

  14. Isaiah 6:5–13Rank 14 from verse 12
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    5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

    6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

    7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

    8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

    9¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

    10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

    11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

    12And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

    13¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

  15. Job 42:6–17Rank 15 from verse 12
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    6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

    7¶ And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

    8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

    9So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.

    10And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

    11Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

    12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

    13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

    14And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.

    15And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

    16After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

    17So Job died, being old and full of days.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:3

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:4

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

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deep

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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flowing

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of flow, meaning to move or run continuously as water. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:5

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

accept

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Sense 1: To receive or consent to what is offered; to approve. Sense 2: To regard with favour or partiality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

overthrow

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Sense 1: To throw down, overturn, defeat, destroy, ruin, abolish, make ineffective, or bring to an end. Sense 2: The resulting destruction, downfall, defeat, or reversal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:6

COMBINED MEANING

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:7

COMBINED MEANING

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

snare

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1. Figuratively, something that catches, entangles, endangers, or brings a person into bondage or restraint. 2. A trap, noose, or device for catching.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:8

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

talebearer

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One who goes about spreading reports or revealing private matters, causing harm or strife.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wounds

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1. Bodily injuries, cuts, or sores. 2. Deep inward hurts or afflictions likened to bodily injuries.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

parts

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Sense 1: Portions or divisions of a whole. Sense 2: Divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:9

COMBINED MEANING

slothful

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Lazy, idle, sluggish, negligent, or slow and unwilling to act or labour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:10

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

strong

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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

safe

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1. Free from danger, harm, injury, or loss; secure. 2. Protective or conducive to safety.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:11

COMBINED MEANING

rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wealth

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1. Riches, possessions, or material resources. 2. Prosperity, welfare, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

strong

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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wall

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Sense 1: A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a defense or protection.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 18:12

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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humility

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Sense 1: Lowliness or humbleness of mind, opposed to pride and arrogance. Sense 2: An outward or self-chosen show of lowliness.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

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18:13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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