KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 22:26–29
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Proverbs 22:26
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.
- Chap.6.1. and 11.15.
Proverbs 22:27
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?
Proverbs 22:28
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
28*‖Remoue not the ancient land marke, which thy fathers haue set.
- Or, bound.
- Chap. 13.10. deut. 19 14. & 27.7.
Proverbs 22:29
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.
- Heb. obscure men.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 22:26
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To clasp hands in pledge or surety.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who pledge themselves for another's debt or duty; guarantees or assurances.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay or perform to another.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Proverbs 22:27
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
No thing; not anything; of no value or effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
A place for rest or sleep; also the marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Very old; as a noun, an elder or ruler.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A fixed mark showing the boundary of land.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe; also fixed or determined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Proverbs 22:29
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Steady, earnest, careful, and persistent in the effort or duty named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Work, duty, occupation, or an affair requiring attention.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To be upright, remain, endure, take a position, or present oneself.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To intend or signify; also common, low in rank, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 26
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Open the full verse study15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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Open the full verse study18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Open the full verse study1MY 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.
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Open the full verse study13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
From verse 27
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Open the full verse study16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study1NOW 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.
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Open the full verse study26If 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.
From verse 28
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Open the full verse study14¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Open the full verse study10Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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Open the full verse study2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study28And 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.
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Open the full verse study21His 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.
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Open the full verse study24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
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Open the full verse study10Whatsoever 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.
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Open the full verse study23His 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.
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Open the full verse study4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Open the full verse study46¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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Open the full verse study8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
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Open the full verse study2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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