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Proverbs 20:24
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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 20:24
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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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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