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Proverbs 24:12–13

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If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
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From verse 12

  1. Job 34:11Rank 1 from verse 12
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    11For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

  2. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 2 from verse 12
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  3. Revelation 2:23Rank 3 from verse 12
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  4. 1 Samuel 16:7Rank 4 from verse 12
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    7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

  5. Proverbs 21:2Rank 5 from verse 12
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

  6. Psalms 121:8Rank 6 from verse 12
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    8The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  7. Romans 2:6Rank 7 from verse 12
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    6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

  8. Ecclesiastes 5:8Rank 8 from verse 12
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    8¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

  9. Psalms 121:3Rank 9 from verse 12
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    3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

  10. 1 Corinthians 4:5Rank 10 from verse 12
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    5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  11. Daniel 5:23Rank 11 from verse 12
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    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  12. Hebrews 4:12–13Rank 12 from verse 12
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  13. Proverbs 5:21Rank 13 from verse 12
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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

  14. Psalms 17:3Rank 14 from verse 12
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    3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  15. Psalms 44:21Rank 15 from verse 12
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    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  16. Psalms 62:12Rank 16 from verse 12
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    12Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.

  17. 1 Samuel 2:6Rank 17 from verse 12
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    6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

  18. 1 Samuel 25:29Rank 18 from verse 12
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    29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

  19. 2 Corinthians 5:10Rank 19 from verse 12
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    10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

  20. Acts 17:28Rank 20 from verse 12
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    28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

  21. Jeremiah 32:19Rank 21 from verse 12
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    19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  22. Matthew 16:27Rank 22 from verse 12
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    27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

  23. Psalms 66:9Rank 23 from verse 12
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    9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

  24. Psalms 7:9Rank 24 from verse 12
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  25. Revelation 1:18Rank 25 from verse 12
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    18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  26. Revelation 2:18Rank 26 from verse 12
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    18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

  27. Revelation 20:12–15Rank 27 from verse 12
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    12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

    13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

    14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

    15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

  28. Revelation 22:12Rank 28 from verse 12
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    12And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

  29. Romans 2:16Rank 29 from verse 12
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    16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

From verse 13

  1. Isaiah 7:15Rank 1 from verse 13
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    15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

  2. Song of Solomon 5:1Rank 2 from verse 13
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    1I AM come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

  3. Proverbs 25:16Rank 3 from verse 13
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    16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

  4. Matthew 3:4Rank 4 from verse 13
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    4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

  5. Psalms 119:103Rank 5 from verse 13
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  6. Song of Solomon 4:11Rank 6 from verse 13
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    11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

  7. Proverbs 25:27Rank 7 from verse 13
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    27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

  8. Psalms 19:10Rank 8 from verse 13
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:12

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

sayest

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Second-person singular present form of say. To speak, declare, tell, or express.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

knew

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Perceived, understood, recognized, or was acquainted with.

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

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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

consider

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1. To think upon attentively; to examine or weigh. 2. To regard, observe, or take notice of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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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

COMBINED MEANING

render

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To give, deliver, present, offer, return, repay, yield, perform, or award what is due, required, produced, deserved, or entrusted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:13

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

honeycomb

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The waxen structure of cells made by bees to hold honey and their young.

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

COMBINED MEANING

which

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

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taste

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Sense 1: To perceive flavor by the mouth, or to eat or drink. Sense 2: Figuratively, to experience or partake of. As a noun, the sensation, flavor, or discernment received by tasting.

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

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24:11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

24:12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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24:13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

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24:14So 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.

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