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Proverbs 20:9–20

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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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From verse 9

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 1 from verse 9
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  2. 1 John 1:8–10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  3. 1 Kings 8:46Rank 3 from verse 9
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    46If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

  4. Job 14:4Rank 4 from verse 9
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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  5. Job 15:14Rank 5 from verse 9
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  6. 1 Corinthians 4:4Rank 6 from verse 9
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    4For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

  7. James 3:2Rank 7 from verse 9
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    2For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

  8. Job 25:4Rank 8 from verse 9
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  9. 2 Chronicles 6:36Rank 9 from verse 9
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    36If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

  10. Psalms 51:5Rank 10 from verse 9
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    5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

From verse 10

  1. Proverbs 11:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

  2. Proverbs 20:23Rank 2 from verse 10
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    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

  3. Deuteronomy 25:13–15Rank 3 from verse 10
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    13¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

    14Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.

    15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  4. Leviticus 19:35Rank 4 from verse 10
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    35¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  5. Micah 6:10–11Rank 5 from verse 10
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    10¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

    11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  6. Proverbs 16:11Rank 6 from verse 10
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    11A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

  7. Amos 8:4–7Rank 7 from verse 10
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    4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

    5Saying, 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?

    6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

    7The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

  8. Revelation 21:8Rank 8 from verse 10
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    8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  9. Deuteronomy 7:25–26Rank 9 from verse 10
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    25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

    26Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

From verse 11

  1. Matthew 7:16Rank 1 from verse 11
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    16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

  2. Luke 6:43–44Rank 2 from verse 11
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    43For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

    44For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

  3. Proverbs 21:8Rank 3 from verse 11
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    8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  4. Luke 2:46–47Rank 4 from verse 11
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    46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

    47And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.

  5. Luke 1:15Rank 5 from verse 11
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    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

  6. Psalms 51:5Rank 6 from verse 11
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    5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  7. Psalms 58:3Rank 7 from verse 11
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    3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

  8. Luke 1:66Rank 8 from verse 11
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    66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

  9. Proverbs 22:15Rank 9 from verse 11
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

From verse 12

  1. Matthew 13:13–16Rank 1 from verse 12
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

    15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

    16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

  2. Psalms 94:9Rank 2 from verse 12
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    9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

  3. Psalms 119:18Rank 3 from verse 12
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    18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

  4. Ephesians 1:17–18Rank 4 from verse 12
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    17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

    18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  5. Exodus 4:11Rank 5 from verse 12
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    11And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

  6. Acts 26:18Rank 6 from verse 12
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    18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

From verse 13

  1. Proverbs 19:15Rank 1 from verse 13
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    15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  2. Romans 12:11Rank 2 from verse 13
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    11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

  3. Proverbs 10:4Rank 3 from verse 13
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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  4. Proverbs 12:11Rank 4 from verse 13
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    11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

  5. Romans 13:11Rank 5 from verse 13
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    11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

  6. 2 Thessalonians 3:10Rank 6 from verse 13
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    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

  7. Ephesians 5:14Rank 7 from verse 13
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    14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

  8. Jonah 1:6Rank 8 from verse 13
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    6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

  9. Proverbs 13:4Rank 9 from verse 13
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  10. Proverbs 6:9–11Rank 10 from verse 13
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    9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

    10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  11. Proverbs 24:30–34Rank 11 from verse 13
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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.

  12. 1 Corinthians 15:34Rank 12 from verse 13
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    34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

From verse 14

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:6Rank 1 from verse 14
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    6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

  2. Hosea 12:7–8Rank 2 from verse 14
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    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

    8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

  3. Ecclesiastes 1:10Rank 3 from verse 14
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    10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

From verse 15

  1. Proverbs 25:12Rank 1 from verse 15
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    12As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  2. Proverbs 8:11Rank 2 from verse 15
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

  3. Proverbs 16:16Rank 3 from verse 15
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  4. Proverbs 16:24Rank 4 from verse 15
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    24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  5. Ecclesiastes 12:9–11Rank 5 from verse 15
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    9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

    11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

  6. Proverbs 15:7Rank 6 from verse 15
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    7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

  7. Proverbs 3:15Rank 7 from verse 15
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    15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

  8. Romans 10:14–15Rank 8 from verse 15
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    14How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

    15And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

  9. Ephesians 4:29Rank 9 from verse 15
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    29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

  10. Job 28:12–19Rank 10 from verse 15
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    12But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

    13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

    14The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

    15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

    16It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.

    17The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.

    18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

    19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.

  11. Proverbs 10:20–21Rank 11 from verse 15
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    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  12. Proverbs 16:21Rank 12 from verse 15
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    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

  13. Proverbs 15:23Rank 13 from verse 15
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    23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

From verse 16

  1. Proverbs 27:13Rank 1 from verse 16
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    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  2. Exodus 22:26–27Rank 2 from verse 16
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    26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

    27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

  3. Proverbs 11:15Rank 3 from verse 16
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    15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

  4. Proverbs 22:26–27Rank 4 from verse 16
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    26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  5. Proverbs 2:16Rank 5 from verse 16
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

  6. Proverbs 23:27Rank 6 from verse 16
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    27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

  7. Proverbs 5:3Rank 7 from verse 16
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    3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  8. Proverbs 7:10Rank 8 from verse 16
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    10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

  9. Proverbs 7:5Rank 9 from verse 16
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

From verse 17

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:9Rank 1 from verse 17
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    9¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

  2. Proverbs 9:17–18Rank 2 from verse 17
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    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

    18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

  3. Job 20:12–20Rank 3 from verse 17
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

    13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

    14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

    15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

    16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

    17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

    18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

    19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

  4. Lamentations 3:15–16Rank 4 from verse 17
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    15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

    16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

  5. Hebrews 11:25Rank 5 from verse 17
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    25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

  6. Genesis 3:6–7Rank 6 from verse 17
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    6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

    7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

  7. Proverbs 4:17Rank 7 from verse 17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

From verse 18

  1. Luke 14:31Rank 1 from verse 18
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    31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

  2. Proverbs 15:22Rank 2 from verse 18
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    22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

  3. Proverbs 24:6Rank 3 from verse 18
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    6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

  4. Judges 1:1–2Rank 4 from verse 18
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    1NOW after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

    2And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

  5. Proverbs 11:14Rank 5 from verse 18
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    14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

  6. Judges 20:18Rank 6 from verse 18
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    18¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.

  7. 2 Samuel 2:26–27Rank 7 from verse 18
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    26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

    27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

  8. Judges 20:7Rank 8 from verse 18
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    7Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

  9. 2 Chronicles 25:17–23Rank 9 from verse 18
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    17¶ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.

    18And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

    19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

    20But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

    21So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

    22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.

    23And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

  10. Judges 20:26–28Rank 10 from verse 18
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    26¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

    27And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

    28And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

  11. Judges 9:29Rank 11 from verse 18
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    29And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

  12. Proverbs 25:8Rank 12 from verse 18
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    8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

  13. Judges 20:23Rank 13 from verse 18
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    23(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.)

From verse 19

  1. Proverbs 11:13Rank 1 from verse 19
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    13A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

  2. Proverbs 13:3Rank 2 from verse 19
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    3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

  3. Proverbs 18:8Rank 3 from verse 19
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    8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

  4. Romans 16:18Rank 4 from verse 19
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    18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

  5. Leviticus 19:16Rank 5 from verse 19
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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.

  6. Proverbs 24:21Rank 6 from verse 19
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    21My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

  7. Proverbs 16:29Rank 7 from verse 19
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    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

  8. Proverbs 26:20–22Rank 8 from verse 19
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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.

From verse 20

  1. Exodus 21:17Rank 1 from verse 20
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    17¶ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  2. Proverbs 30:11Rank 2 from verse 20
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    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

  3. Proverbs 30:17Rank 3 from verse 20
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    17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  4. Deuteronomy 27:16Rank 4 from verse 20
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    16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  5. Jude 1:13Rank 5 from verse 20
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    13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  6. Leviticus 20:9Rank 6 from verse 20
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    9¶ For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  7. Matthew 15:4Rank 7 from verse 20
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    4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  8. Proverbs 24:20Rank 8 from verse 20
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    20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

  9. Exodus 20:12Rank 9 from verse 20
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    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  10. Matthew 25:8Rank 10 from verse 20
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    8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

  11. Job 18:18Rank 11 from verse 20
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    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

  12. Job 18:5–6Rank 12 from verse 20
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  13. Matthew 22:13Rank 13 from verse 20
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    13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  14. Proverbs 13:9Rank 14 from verse 20
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    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  15. Mark 7:10–13Rank 15 from verse 20
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    10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

    11But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.

    12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

    13Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:9

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:10

COMBINED MEANING

weights

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Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

measures

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Sense 1: Standards, vessels, or amounts used in measuring. Sense 2: Determines, allots, or proportions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:11

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

child

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1. A son or daughter; an offspring or descendant. 2. A young person or infant, considered by age or development. 3. In 'with child,' pregnant or carrying an unborn child. 4. One described as belonging to, derived from, characterized by, or dependent upon another person, group, or condition.

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

pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:12

COMBINED MEANING

hearing

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Sense 1: The act or faculty of perceiving sound. Sense 2: Audience, attention, or an opportunity to be heard. Sense 3: The range within which sound can be heard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

seeing

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1. As a connective, because, since, or in view of a stated fact. 2. Perceiving with the eyes; observing. 3. Recognizing, discerning, understanding, or foreseeing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eye

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Sense 1: The bodily organ of sight; by extension, sight or seeing. Sense 2: Regard, judgment, disposition, or watchful attention, expressed figuratively by the eye. Sense 3: A small opening, as the eye of a needle. Sense 4: To watch or regard.

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

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:13

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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

COMBINED MEANING

sleep

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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

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

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

poverty

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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.

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

COMBINED MEANING

open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

satisfied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of satisfy (to fill, content, supply sufficiently, or meet what is required).

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:14

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:15

COMBINED MEANING

multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · 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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:16

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

garment

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1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.

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

COMBINED MEANING

surety

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1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.

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

COMBINED MEANING

strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

surity

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1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:17

COMBINED MEANING

deceit

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Falsehood, guile, fraud, trickery, or a purpose, word, or act intended to mislead.

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

COMBINED MEANING

sweet

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Sense 1: Pleasing to the taste or smell. Sense 2: Pleasant, agreeable, or delightful to the senses or mind.

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

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:18

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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

COMBINED MEANING

purpose

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Sense 1 (noun): An intention, plan, resolution, or determination; the reason for which something is done, or the object or end intended. Sense 2 (noun): Use, effect, or result, especially in ‘to what purpose’ or ‘to no purpose.’ Sense 3 (in ‘of purpose’): Intentionally. Sense 4 (verb): To intend, resolve, or determine to do or accomplish something.

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

COMBINED MEANING

established

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Set firmly; founded, made stable, ordained, enacted, ratified, or confirmed.

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

COMBINED MEANING

counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

advice

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Counsel or an opinion offered for consideration; deliberate consultation or judgment.

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

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

war

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Sense 1: Armed conflict. Sense 2: As a verb, to fight or contend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:19

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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

flattereth

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Third-person singular present form of flatter (to praise insincerely or deceitfully in order to please, influence, or mislead).

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 20:20

COMBINED MEANING

curseth

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Third-person singular present form of curse (to utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lamp

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Sense 1: An oil vessel and burning wick used for light. Sense 2: By figure, a source, bearer, continuance, or sign of light.

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

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

↗

Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20:8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

20:9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

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20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

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20:11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

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20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

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20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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20:18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

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20:19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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20:21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

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