Proverbs 22:17–29
17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
17Bow downe thine eare, and heare the words of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
18†For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. in thy belly.
19That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
19‖That thy trust may bee in the LORD, I haue made knowen to thee this day, euen to thee.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, trust thou also.
20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
20Haue not I written to thee excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:
21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
21‖That I might make thee knowe the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answere the words of trueth to them that send vnto thee?
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, to those that send thee.
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
22*Rob not the poore because he is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in the gate.
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- *Cross-referenceZach.7.10
23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
23*For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.
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- *Cross-referenceChap. 23.11. iob.31.21.
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
24Make no friendship with an angrie man: and with a furious man thou shalt not goe;
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
25Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
26*Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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- *Cross-referenceChap.6.1. and 11.15.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
28*‖Remoue not the ancient land marke, which thy fathers haue set.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, bound.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 13.10. deut. 19 14. & 27.7.
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
29†Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse? hee shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before meane men.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. obscure men.
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Proverbs 22:17Cross-references · 13 ranked passages
- Proverbs 23:12Rank 1
- Psalms 90:12Rank 2
- Ecclesiastes 7:25Rank 3
25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
25†I applyed mine heart to know, and to search, and to seeke out wisdome, and the reason of things, aud to know the wickednes of folly, euen of foolishnesse and madnesse.
- Proverbs 2:2–5Rank 4
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
2So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding:
3Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and †liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
4*If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:
5Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
- Proverbs 3:1Rank 5
- Matthew 17:5Rank 6
5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
5*While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud ouershadowed them: and behold a voyce out of the cloude, which saide, This is my beloued sonne, in whom I am well pleased: heare ye him.
- Proverbs 1:3Rank 7
- Ecclesiastes 8:16Rank 8
16¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
16¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisedome, and to see the busines that is done vpon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleepe with his eyes.)
- Ecclesiastes 8:9Rank 9
9All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
9All this haue I seene, and applied my heart vnto euery worke that is done vnder the Sunne: there is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.
- Isaiah 55:3Rank 10
3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
3*Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
- Proverbs 5:1–2Rank 11
- Proverbs 8:33–34Rank 12
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
33Heare instruction, and bee wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me: watching daily at my gates, waiting at the postes of my doores.
- Proverbs 4:4–8Rank 13
4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
4*He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.
5Get wisedome, get vnderstanding: forget it not, neither decline from the wordes of my mouth.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.
7Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedome: and with all thy getting, get vnderstanding.
8Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her.
Proverbs 22:18Cross-references · 20 ranked passages
- Jeremiah 15:16Rank 1
16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.
16*†Thy wordes were found, and I did eate them, and thy word was vnto mee, the ioy and reioycing of mine heart: for I am called by thy Name, O LORD God of hostes.
- Proverbs 2:10Rank 2
- Proverbs 8:6Rank 3
- Proverbs 10:21Rank 5
- Proverbs 15:7Rank 6
- Psalms 119:103Rank 7
- Hebrews 13:15Rank 8
- Job 32:18–19Rank 9
18For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
19Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
18For I am full of †matter, the †spirit within me constraineth me.
19Behold, my belly is as wine, which †hath no vent, it is ready to burst like new bottles.
- Proverbs 10:13Rank 10
- Proverbs 16:21Rank 11
- Proverbs 24:13–14Rank 12
13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
13*†My sonne, eate thou honie, because it is good, and the honie combe, which is sweete to thy taste.
14*So shall the knowledge of wisedome be vnto thy soule: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
- Proverbs 25:11Rank 13
- Proverbs 3:17Rank 14
- Psalms 119:111Rank 15
- Psalms 119:13Rank 16
- Psalms 119:162Rank 17
- Psalms 119:171Rank 18
- Psalms 19:10Rank 19
- Malachi 2:7Rank 20
Proverbs 22:19Cross-references · 6 ranked passages
- Psalms 62:8Rank 1
- Isaiah 12:2Rank 2
- Proverbs 3:5Rank 3
- 1 Peter 1:21Rank 4
- Isaiah 26:4Rank 5
- Jeremiah 17:7Rank 6
Proverbs 22:20Cross-references · 5 ranked passages
- 2 Peter 1:19–21Rank 1
19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
19We haue also a more sure word of prophecie, whereunto yee doe well that ye take heede, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntill the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your hearts:
20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any priuate Interpretation:
21For the prophecie came not ‖in olde time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moued by the holy Ghost.
- Proverbs 8:6Rank 2
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17Rank 3
15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
15And that from a childe thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation through faith which is in Christ Iesus.
16All Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God, & is profitable for doctrine, for reproofe, for correction, for instrution in righteousnesse,
17That the man of God may be perfect, ‖throughly furnished vnto all good workes.
- Psalms 12:6Rank 4
- Hosea 8:12Rank 5
Proverbs 22:21Cross-references · 4 ranked passages
- 1 Peter 3:15Rank 1
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
15But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts, & be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and ‖feare:
- Luke 1:3–4Rank 2
3It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
3It seemed good to me also, hauing had perfect vnderstanding of things from the very first, to write vnto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4That thou mightest know the certainetie of those things wherein thou hast bene instructed.
- 1 John 5:13Rank 3
13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
13These things haue I written vnto you that beleeue on the Name of the Sonne of God, that ye may know, that ye haue eternall life, and that yee may beleeue on the Name of the Sonne of God.
- John 20:31Rank 4
Proverbs 22:22Cross-references · 9 ranked passages
- Zechariah 7:10Rank 1
- Malachi 3:5Rank 2
5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
5‖And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will bee a swift witnesse against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppresse the hireling in his wages, the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and that turne aside the stranger from his right, and feare not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Exodus 23:6Rank 3
- Proverbs 22:16Rank 4
- Job 29:12–16Rank 5
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
12Because I deliuered the poore that cried, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
13The blessing of him that was readie to perish, came vpon me: and I caused the widowes heart to sing for ioy.
14I put on righteousnesse, and it clothed me: my iudgement was as a robe and a diademe.
15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.
- Ezekiel 22:29Rank 8
29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
29‖†The people of the land haue vsed oppression, and exercised robbery, and haue vexed the poore and needie: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
- Proverbs 23:10–11Rank 9
10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
10*‖Remoue not the old landmarke; and enter not into the fields of the fatherlesse.
11*For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 22:23Cross-references · 16 ranked passages
- Psalms 12:5Rank 1
5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
5‖For the oppression of the poore, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise (saith the LORD,) I will set him in safetie from him that puffeth at him.
- Psalms 140:12Rank 2
- Jeremiah 51:36Rank 3
- Proverbs 23:11Rank 4
- 1 Samuel 25:39Rank 5
39¶ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
39¶ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproch from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his seruant from euil: for the LORD hath returned the wickednesse of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent, and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
- Psalms 35:10Rank 6
10All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like vnto thee which deliuerest the poore from him that is too strong for him, yea the poore and the needy, from him that spoileth him?
- Psalms 43:1Rank 7
- Jeremiah 50:34Rank 8
34Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
34Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is his Name, he shall throughly pleade their cause, that hee may giue rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Malachi 3:5Rank 9
5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
5‖And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will bee a swift witnesse against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppresse the hireling in his wages, the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and that turne aside the stranger from his right, and feare not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
9I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
9I will beare the indignation of the LORD, because I haue sinned against him, vntill he plead my cause, and execute iudgement for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousnesse.
- 1 Samuel 24:12Rank 11
- Habakkuk 2:8Rank 12
8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
8†Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shal spoile thee: because of mens blood, and for the violence of the land, of the citie, and of all that dwell therein.
- Isaiah 33:1Rank 13
1WOE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
1¶ Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee: when thou shalt cease to spoile, thou shalt bee spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deale treacherously, they shall deale treacherously with thee.
- Psalms 35:1Rank 14
- Psalms 68:5Rank 15
- 1 Samuel 24:15Rank 16
Proverbs 22:24Cross-references · 3 ranked passages
- Proverbs 29:22Rank 1
14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
14Be ye not vnequally yoked together with vnbeleeuers: for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darknesse?
15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that beleeueth, with an infidel?
16And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idoles? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God, as God hath saide, *I will dwell in them, and walke in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17*Wherefore come out from among them, and bee yee separate, saieth the Lord, and touch not the vncleane thing, and I will receiue you,
- Proverbs 21:24Rank 3
Proverbs 22:25Cross-references · 3 ranked passages
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Rank 1
- Proverbs 13:20Rank 2
- Psalms 106:35Rank 3
Proverbs 22:26Cross-references · 4 ranked passages
- Proverbs 11:15Rank 1
- Proverbs 17:18Rank 2
- Proverbs 6:1–5Rank 3
1MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
1¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.
3‖Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.
4Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Proverbs 27:13Rank 4
Proverbs 22:27Cross-references · 3 ranked passages
- Proverbs 20:16Rank 1
- 2 Kings 4:1Rank 2
1NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.
- Exodus 22:26–27Rank 3
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.
26If thou at all take thy neighbors raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sun goeth downe.
27For that is his couering onely, it is his raiment for his skinne: wherein shal he sleepe? and it shal come to passe, when he crieth vnto mee, that I will heare: for I am gracious.
Proverbs 22:28Cross-references · 4 ranked passages
- Deuteronomy 19:14Rank 1
14¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
14¶ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours land-marke, which they of old time haue set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherite, in the land that the LORD thy God giueth thee to possesse it.
- Deuteronomy 27:17Rank 2
- Proverbs 23:10Rank 3
Proverbs 22:29Cross-references · 10 ranked passages
- 1 Kings 11:28Rank 1
28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
28And the man Ieroboam was a mightie man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he †was industrious, hee made him ruler ouer all the †charge of the house of Ioseph.
- Matthew 25:21Rank 2
21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
21His lord said vnto him, Well done, thou good and faithfull seruant, thou hast been faithfull ouer a few things, I wil make thee ruler ouer many things: enter thou into the ioy of thy lord.
- Proverbs 12:24Rank 3
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Rank 4
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
10Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to doe, doe it with thy might: for there is no worke, nor deuice, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue, whither thou goest.
- Matthew 25:23Rank 5
23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
23His lord said vnto him, Well done, good and faithfull seruant, thou hast beene faithfull ouer a few things, I wil make thee ruler ouer many things: enter thou into the ioy of thy lord.
- Proverbs 10:4Rank 6
- Genesis 41:46Rank 7
46¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
46( And Ioseph was thirtie yeeres old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt) and Ioseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went thorowout all the land of Egypt.
- Romans 12:11Rank 8
- 1 Kings 10:8Rank 9
- 2 Timothy 4:2Rank 10
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Proverbs 22:17
Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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To direct or devote oneself; to make use of, request, or have recourse to.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
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Proverbs 22:18
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.
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Pleasing, agreeable, desirable, or delightful.
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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
To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: With, by, or for use with the thing stated; by that means or instrument. Sense 2: Together with it, at the same time, or in addition.
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Made suitable or ready for a place or purpose.
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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.
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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:19
Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.
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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.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:20
Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).
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Of surpassing worth, goodness, or quality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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.
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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:21
Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
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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
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Sure truth, fixed fact, definite knowledge, or freedom from doubt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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
Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:22
To take away by oppression or by violence.
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1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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To burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.
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Troubled, oppressed, chastened, or made to suffer.
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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.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:23
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.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: To argue, appeal, or speak in support of a cause before one who may decide it. Sense 2: To contend, judge, vindicate, or maintain a cause.
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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.
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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of spoil, meaning to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:24
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
friendship
A relation of attachment or fellowship.
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Feeling or showing anger; wrathful or provoked.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Full of intense anger, fury, rage, or violent indignation; expressing or executing severe rebuke or vengeance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
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
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:25
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
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
To gain knowledge, receive instruction, or come to know.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.
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1. Figuratively, something that catches, entangles, endangers, or brings a person into bondage or restraint. 2. A trap, noose, or device for catching.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:26
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
1. To hit, smite, or make forceful contact, including striking off or through. 2. To apply something by a striking motion. 3. To strike hands: to clasp hands in pledge or surety.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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Persons who pledge to answer for another's debt.
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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.
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1. Obligations or amounts one is bound to pay. 2. Offences or sins for which forgiveness is needed.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:27
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
Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: A place for rest or sleep. Sense 2: The marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:28
To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.
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1. Belonging to very early or former times; very old or long established. 2. An aged or senior person. 3. As part of the title Ancient of days, the one enthroned in judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
A fixed mark showing the boundary of land.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:29
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
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Steady, earnest, and careful in effort; or performed with persistent, attentive care.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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.
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Work, duty, occupation, or an affair requiring attention.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
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Sense 1: To intend, purpose, signify, or have in view; lowly, common, or of little worldly distinction, with ‘no mean’ indicating the opposite; middle or intervening, as in the mean time. Sense 2: A means, instrument, method, or agency by which something is done.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase his riches, and he that giueth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
22:17Bow downe thine eare, and heare the words of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
Selected passage22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
22:18†For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes.
Selected passage22:19That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
22:19‖That thy trust may bee in the LORD, I haue made knowen to thee this day, euen to thee.
Selected passage22:20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
22:20Haue not I written to thee excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:
Selected passage22:21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22:21‖That I might make thee knowe the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answere the words of trueth to them that send vnto thee?
Selected passage22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
22:22*Rob not the poore because he is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in the gate.
Selected passage22:23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
22:23*For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.
Selected passage22:24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
22:24Make no friendship with an angrie man: and with a furious man thou shalt not goe;
Selected passage22:25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
22:25Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.
Selected passage22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
22:26*Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Selected passage22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?
Selected passage22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
22:28*‖Remoue not the ancient land marke, which thy fathers haue set.
Selected passage22:29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
22:29†Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse? hee shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before meane men.
Selected passage23:1WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
23:1¶ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.