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Proverbs 23:19
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Proverbs 23:19
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
19Heare thou, my sonne, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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Proverbs 23:19
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course; a conductor. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 19
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Open the full verse study26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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Open the full verse study12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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Open the full verse study10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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Open the full verse study6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Open the full verse study6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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