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Proverbs 19:23
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Proverbs 19:23
23The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
23The feare of the LORD tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall abide satisfied: he shall not be visited with euill.
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Proverbs 19:23
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
Meaning drawn from: 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
To watch; to guard; to accompany as an assistant or protector.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · KJV usage (PCE)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To remain, continue, or endure.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To satisfy: to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Waited on; attended; inspected; subjected to sufferings; favored with relief or mercy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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Open the full verse study26In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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Open the full verse study10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
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Open the full verse study21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
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Open the full verse study8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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Open the full verse study5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Open the full verse study11Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
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Open the full verse study14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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Open the full verse study27The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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Open the full verse study17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
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Open the full verse study18The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
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Open the full verse study18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
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Open the full verse study9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
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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 study2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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Open the full verse study9O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Open the full verse study9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
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Open the full verse study13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
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Open the full verse study16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
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Open the full verse study18And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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Open the full verse study31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
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