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Proverbs 20:22–24
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Proverbs 20:22
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.
22*Say not thou, I will recompence euil: but wait on the LORD, and he shall saue thee.
- Deut.32.35. cha.17.13. and 24.29. rom.12.17. 1.thess. 5.15. 1.pet. 3.9.
Proverbs 20:23
23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
23††Diuers waights are an abomination vnto the LORD: and a false ballance is not good.
- Verse 10.
- Hebr. ballances of deceit.
Proverbs 20:24
24Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
24*Mans goings are of the LORD; how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
- Psal. 37.23. cha. 16.9. iere.10.23.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:22
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
recompense
Compensation, reward, repayment, or amends given in return for something done, given, or suffered.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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 rescue, preserve, deliver, or keep from loss or danger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:23
Different, various, or several.
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Measures or objects used to determine heaviness; also the standards by which things are weighed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
abomination
An object that excites loathing; hence, an idol.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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
Not solid or sound; deceiving expectations. Not faithful or loyal; treacherous; perfidious; deceitful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A scale or weighing instrument by which weight, worth, or equality is tested.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:24
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
understand
To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 22
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Open the full verse study17Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
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Open the full verse study29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
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Open the full verse study13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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Open the full verse study9Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
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Open the full verse study35To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
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Open the full verse study23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
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Open the full verse study39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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Open the full verse study19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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Open the full verse study12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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Open the full verse study25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
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Open the full verse study34Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
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Open the full verse study31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
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Open the full verse study7¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
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Open the full verse study10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
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Open the full verse study1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
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Open the full verse study5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study9A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
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Open the full verse study23¶ O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Open the full verse study12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
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Open the full verse study23The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
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Open the full verse study4Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
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Open the full verse study8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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Open the full verse study23But 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:
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Open the full verse study28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
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Open the full verse study6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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