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Proverbs 18:9–12

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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 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

man

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

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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.

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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.

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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

COMBINED MEANING

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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18:8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

18:9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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18:10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

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18:11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

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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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