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Proverbs 24:7–20

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Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
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:
So 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.
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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From verse 7

  1. Proverbs 14:6Rank 1 from verse 7
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    6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

  2. 1 Corinthians 2:14Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  3. Psalms 10:5Rank 3 from verse 7
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    5His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

  4. Psalms 92:5–6Rank 4 from verse 7
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    5O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  5. Amos 5:10Rank 5 from verse 7
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  6. Amos 5:12Rank 6 from verse 7
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    12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  7. Amos 5:15Rank 7 from verse 7
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    15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  8. Isaiah 29:21Rank 8 from verse 7
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    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  9. Job 29:7–25Rank 9 from verse 7
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    7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

    8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

    9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

    10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

    11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

    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.

    17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

    18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

    19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

    20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

    21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

    22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

    23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

    24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

    25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

  10. Job 31:21Rank 10 from verse 7
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    21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  11. Job 5:4Rank 11 from verse 7
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    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

  12. Proverbs 15:24Rank 12 from verse 7
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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  13. Proverbs 17:24Rank 13 from verse 7
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    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  14. Proverbs 22:22Rank 14 from verse 7
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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  15. Proverbs 31:8–9Rank 15 from verse 7
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    8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

From verse 8

  1. Psalms 21:11Rank 1 from verse 8
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    11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

  2. Ezekiel 38:10–11Rank 2 from verse 8
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    10Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:

    11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

  3. Nahum 1:11Rank 3 from verse 8
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    11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counseller.

  4. Proverbs 14:22Rank 4 from verse 8
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    22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

  5. Proverbs 6:14Rank 5 from verse 8
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    14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  6. Proverbs 6:18Rank 6 from verse 8
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    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  7. Romans 1:30Rank 7 from verse 8
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    30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

  8. 1 Kings 2:44Rank 8 from verse 8
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    44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

  9. Isaiah 10:7–13Rank 9 from verse 8
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    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

    8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

    9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

    10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

    11Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

    12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

    13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

  10. Proverbs 24:2Rank 10 from verse 8
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    2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  11. Proverbs 24:9Rank 11 from verse 8
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    9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

  12. Isaiah 32:7Rank 12 from verse 8
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    7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

From verse 9

  1. Matthew 15:19Rank 1 from verse 9
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    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  2. 2 Corinthians 10:5Rank 2 from verse 9
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    5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

  3. Isaiah 55:7Rank 3 from verse 9
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    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  4. Acts 8:22Rank 4 from verse 9
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    22Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

  5. Proverbs 29:8Rank 5 from verse 9
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    8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

  6. Matthew 9:4Rank 6 from verse 9
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    4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

  7. Proverbs 24:8Rank 7 from verse 9
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    8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

  8. Genesis 6:5Rank 8 from verse 9
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    5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  9. Jeremiah 4:14Rank 9 from verse 9
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    14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

  10. Matthew 5:28Rank 10 from verse 9
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    28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  11. Proverbs 22:10Rank 11 from verse 9
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    10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  12. Genesis 8:21Rank 12 from verse 9
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    21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

  13. Proverbs 23:7Rank 13 from verse 9
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    7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

  14. Psalms 119:113Rank 14 from verse 9
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    113I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

From verse 10

  1. Isaiah 40:28–31Rank 1 from verse 10
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    28¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

    29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

    30Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

    31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

  2. Ephesians 3:13Rank 2 from verse 10
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    13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

  3. Jeremiah 51:46Rank 3 from verse 10
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    46And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

  4. 1 Samuel 27:1Rank 4 from verse 10
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    1AND David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

  5. Hebrews 12:3–5Rank 5 from verse 10
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    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

    4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

    5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

  6. Job 4:5Rank 6 from verse 10
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    5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  7. 2 Corinthians 4:1Rank 7 from verse 10
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    1THEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

  8. Revelation 2:3Rank 8 from verse 10
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    3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

  9. Revelation 2:13Rank 9 from verse 10
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    13I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.

  10. John 4:8Rank 10 from verse 10
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    8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

From verse 11

  1. Psalms 82:4Rank 1 from verse 11
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    4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

  2. Isaiah 58:6–7Rank 2 from verse 11
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    6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  3. 1 John 3:16–17Rank 3 from verse 11
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    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

  4. Job 29:17Rank 4 from verse 11
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    17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

  5. 1 Samuel 26:8–9Rank 5 from verse 11
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    8Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

    9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?

  6. Luke 10:31–32Rank 6 from verse 11
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    31And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

    32And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

  7. Luke 23:23–25Rank 7 from verse 11
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    23And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.

    24And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.

    25And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

  8. Acts 18:17Rank 8 from verse 11
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    17Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

  9. Acts 21:31–32Rank 9 from verse 11
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    31And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

    32Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.

  10. Acts 23:10Rank 10 from verse 11
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    10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

  11. Acts 23:23–35Rank 11 from verse 11
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    23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;

    24And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

    25And he wrote a letter after this manner:

    26Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.

    27This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

    28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:

    29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

    30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

    31Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.

    32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:

    33Who, when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.

    34And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

    35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

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.

From verse 14

  1. James 1:25Rank 1 from verse 14
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    25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  2. Proverbs 2:10Rank 2 from verse 14
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    10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

  3. Jeremiah 15:16Rank 3 from verse 14
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    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.

  4. Proverbs 23:18Rank 4 from verse 14
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    18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

  5. Psalms 119:103Rank 5 from verse 14
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    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  6. Proverbs 2:1–5Rank 6 from verse 14
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    1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    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.

  7. Proverbs 22:18Rank 7 from verse 14
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    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  8. Proverbs 3:13–18Rank 8 from verse 14
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    13¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

    14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

    15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

    18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

  9. Psalms 119:111Rank 9 from verse 14
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    111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  10. Psalms 19:10–11Rank 10 from verse 14
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    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  11. Matthew 19:21Rank 11 from verse 14
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    21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

From verse 15

  1. Acts 9:24Rank 1 from verse 15
    Open

    24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

  2. Jeremiah 11:19Rank 2 from verse 15
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    19But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  3. 1 Samuel 22:18–19Rank 3 from verse 15
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    18And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

    19And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

  4. 1 Samuel 23:20–23Rank 4 from verse 15
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    20Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.

    21And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have compassion on me.

    22Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.

    23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

  5. 1 Samuel 9:11Rank 5 from verse 15
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    11And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

  6. Isaiah 32:18Rank 6 from verse 15
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    18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

  7. Matthew 26:4Rank 7 from verse 15
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    4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

  8. Psalms 140:5Rank 8 from verse 15
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    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  9. Acts 23:16Rank 9 from verse 15
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    16And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

  10. Acts 25:3Rank 10 from verse 15
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    3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

  11. Proverbs 1:11Rank 11 from verse 15
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    11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

  12. Proverbs 22:28Rank 12 from verse 15
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    28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

  13. Psalms 37:32Rank 13 from verse 15
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    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  14. Psalms 56:6Rank 14 from verse 15
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    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  15. Psalms 59:3Rank 15 from verse 15
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    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.

  16. Psalms 10:8–10Rank 16 from verse 15
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    8He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

    9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

    10He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

From verse 16

  1. Psalms 34:19Rank 1 from verse 16
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    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

  2. Psalms 37:24Rank 2 from verse 16
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    24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

  3. Micah 7:8–10Rank 3 from verse 16
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    8¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

    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.

    10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

  4. Job 5:19Rank 4 from verse 16
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    19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

  5. 2 Corinthians 4:8–12Rank 5 from verse 16
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    8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

    9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

    10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

    11For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

    12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

  6. 2 Corinthians 11:23–27Rank 6 from verse 16
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    23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

    24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

    25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

    26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

    27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

  7. Proverbs 14:32Rank 7 from verse 16
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    32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  8. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 8 from verse 16
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    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  9. Revelation 18:20–21Rank 9 from verse 16
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    20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

    21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

  10. 2 Corinthians 1:8–10Rank 10 from verse 16
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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  11. Proverbs 13:17Rank 11 from verse 16
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    17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

  12. 1 Samuel 26:10Rank 12 from verse 16
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    10David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

  13. Amos 5:2Rank 13 from verse 16
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    2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

  14. Proverbs 28:14–18Rank 14 from verse 16
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    14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

    15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.

    16The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

    17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

    18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  15. Psalms 52:5Rank 15 from verse 16
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    5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  16. Esther 7:10Rank 16 from verse 16
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    10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  17. Psalms 7:16Rank 17 from verse 16
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    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  18. 1 Samuel 31:4Rank 18 from verse 16
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    4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

  19. Acts 12:23Rank 19 from verse 16
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    23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  20. Amos 8:14Rank 20 from verse 16
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    14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

From verse 17

  1. Obadiah 1:12Rank 1 from verse 17
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    12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

  2. Job 31:29Rank 2 from verse 17
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    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:6–7Rank 3 from verse 17
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    6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

    7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

  4. Proverbs 17:5Rank 4 from verse 17
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    5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  5. 2 Samuel 16:5–14Rank 5 from verse 17
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    5¶ And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

    6And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

    7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

    8The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

    9¶ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

    10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

    11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.

    12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

    13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

    14And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

  6. Psalms 35:15Rank 6 from verse 17
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    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

  7. Psalms 35:19Rank 7 from verse 17
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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  8. Psalms 42:10Rank 8 from verse 17
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    10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

  9. Judges 16:25Rank 9 from verse 17
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    25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

From verse 18

  1. Lamentations 4:21–22Rank 1 from verse 18
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    21¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

    22¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  2. Zechariah 1:15–16Rank 2 from verse 18
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    15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

    16Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

From verse 19

  1. Proverbs 13:20Rank 1 from verse 19
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    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  2. Proverbs 23:17Rank 2 from verse 19
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    17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

  3. Proverbs 24:1Rank 3 from verse 19
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    1BE not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

  4. Psalms 1:1Rank 4 from verse 19
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    1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  5. Psalms 119:115Rank 5 from verse 19
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    115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

  6. Psalms 37:1Rank 6 from verse 19
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    1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

  7. Psalms 73:3Rank 7 from verse 19
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    3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  8. 2 Timothy 3:2–5Rank 8 from verse 19
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    2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

    3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

    4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

  9. Psalms 26:4–5Rank 9 from verse 19
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    4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

    5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

  10. Ephesians 5:11Rank 10 from verse 19
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  11. Numbers 16:26Rank 11 from verse 19
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    26And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

  12. Revelation 18:4Rank 12 from verse 19
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    4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

  13. 2 Corinthians 6:17Rank 13 from verse 19
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    17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

From verse 20

  1. Proverbs 13:9Rank 1 from verse 20
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    9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  2. Job 18:5–6Rank 2 from verse 20
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    5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  3. Job 21:17Rank 3 from verse 20
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    17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

  4. Proverbs 20:20Rank 4 from verse 20
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    20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  5. Psalms 11:6Rank 5 from verse 20
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    6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

  6. Isaiah 3:11Rank 6 from verse 20
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    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  7. Jude 1:13Rank 7 from verse 20
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    13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

  8. Matthew 25:8Rank 8 from verse 20
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    8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

  9. Matthew 8:12Rank 9 from verse 20
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    12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  10. Proverbs 23:18Rank 10 from verse 20
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    18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

  11. Psalms 9:17Rank 11 from verse 20
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    17The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:7

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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

COMBINED MEANING

for

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

openeth

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Third-person singular present form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:8

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:9

COMBINED MEANING

thought

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:10

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

faint

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1. Weak or failing in heart, spirit, or mind; to lose courage or cease to persevere. 2. Weak, weary, or exhausted in bodily strength; to become weak or exhausted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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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

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

small

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1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:11

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

forbear

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1. To refrain, cease, or leave something undone. 2. To restrain oneself, endure, or wait without acting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

drawn

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1. Pulled or dragged. 2. Brought, led, or attracted. 3. Taken out or extracted. 4. Marked out in a line.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

↗

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:14

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · 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

thou

↗

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

hast

↗

Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reward

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Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

expectation

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1. A looking or waiting for something anticipated; hope. 2. That which is looked to or relied upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:15

COMBINED MEANING

lay

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Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: As the past tense of lie, to recline, rest, be situated, or remain in a state. Sense 3: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 4: To press or bear upon. Sense 5: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 6: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 7: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.

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

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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

against

↗

Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

dwelling

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Sense 1: Residing, remaining, or abiding. Sense 2: A habitation, home, resting place, or territory.

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

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

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

COMBINED MEANING

spoil

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

resting

↗

Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.

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

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:16

COMBINED MEANING

for

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

↗

1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

falleth

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1. Comes or goes down, drops, collapses, bows, or is overthrown. 2. Comes upon or enters a state or condition. 3. Of a lot or portion, is assigned or belongs. 4. In ‘falleth out,’ happens or occurs. 5. In ‘falleth to,’ yields or goes over to another side.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

fall

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Sense 1: To descend, drop, or lose an upright position. Sense 2: To be slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or brought down. Sense 3: To come upon or attack. Sense 4: To pass into a specified place, condition, power, or course, or to depart from a former standing. Sense 5: To happen, turn out, or be allotted. Sense 6: As a noun, descent, overthrow, ruin, or loss of standing.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:17

COMBINED MEANING

rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

falleth

↗

1. Comes or goes down, drops, collapses, bows, or is overthrown. 2. Comes upon or enters a state or condition. 3. Of a lot or portion, is assigned or belongs. 4. In ‘falleth out,’ happens or occurs. 5. In ‘falleth to,’ yields or goes over to another side.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

glad

↗

Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stumbleth

↗

1. Trips or strikes against an obstacle. 2. By figure, falters, falls, or is brought into weakness or offence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:18

COMBINED MEANING

lest

↗

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

COMBINED MEANING

see

↗

Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

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

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

↗

Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:19

COMBINED MEANING

fret

↗

1. To become irritated, angry, envious, or distressed. 2. To eat, wear, or corrode inwardly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

evil

↗

Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

↗

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

↗

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

envious

↗

Feeling envy at another's prosperity or advantage; resentfully desiring what another possesses.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 24:20

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

reward

↗

Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

↗

Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

↗

1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

put

↗

To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

↗

Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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24:6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

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24:8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

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24:9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

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24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

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

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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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24:15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

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24:16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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24:17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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24:18Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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24:19Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

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24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

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24:21My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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