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Proverbs 21:17–18
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Proverbs 21:17
17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
17‖He that loueth pleasure, shall be a poore man: hee that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be rich.
- Or, sport.
Proverbs 21:18
18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18*The wicked shalbe a ransome for the righteous; and the transgressour for the vpright.
- Chap. 11.18.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 21:17
Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
Delight, enjoyment, desire, will, or purpose, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
An oily substance used for food, light, anointing, or healing; also to anoint with oil, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 21:18
A price, substitute, or means by which release or deliverance is obtained.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
transgressor
One who breaks or passes beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
Straight or erect; also honest, just, and faithful to what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Open the full verse study6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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Open the full verse study4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
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Open the full verse study10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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Open the full verse study20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
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Open the full verse study13And 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.
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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Open the full verse study24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study8The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
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Open the full verse study3For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
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Open the full verse study4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
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Open the full verse study18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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Open the full verse study8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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