KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 28:24–25
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Proverbs 28:24
24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
24†Who so robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, it is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
- Heb. a man destroying.
Proverbs 28:25
25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
25*He that is of a proud heart, stirreth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD, shalbe made fat.
- Chap.13.10.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 28:24
Robs; takes another's property wrongfully, especially by force or violence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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MEANING IN THIS VERSE
transgression
A passing beyond or violation of God's law, command, covenant, or known duty; an offense or sin.
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One who accompanies, associates, or shares the stated work, condition, or relationship with another.
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One who destroys, or lays waste; one who kills a man, or an animal, or who ruins a country, cities, etc.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 28:25
Having an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughty or self-exalting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Something committed to a person’s care for use or management, and for which an account must be rendered. Confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Rich, well-fed, abundant, or fertile; also the oily substance of an animal.
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From verse 24
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Open the full verse study4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
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Open the full verse study9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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Open the full verse study26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
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Open the full verse study2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.
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Open the full verse study7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
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Open the full verse study20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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Open the full verse study25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
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Open the full verse study6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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Open the full verse study12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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Open the full verse study10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
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Open the full verse study4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
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Open the full verse study25The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.
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Open the full verse study7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.
8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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Open the full verse study18A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
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Open the full verse study24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
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Open the full verse study10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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Open the full verse study22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
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Open the full verse study12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
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Open the full verse study11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
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Open the full verse study30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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