KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 3:17–18
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Proverbs 3:17
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
17Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.
Proverbs 3:18
18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
18She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 3:17
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
pleasantness
State of being pleasant or agreeable.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ways, tracks, or courses followed in travel or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 3:18
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Place or set down; also rested or remained in a recumbent position, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Blessed, favoured, prosperous, fortunate, or experiencing joy and well-being.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Open the full verse study3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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Open the full verse study8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
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Open the full verse study10¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
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Open the full verse study165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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Open the full verse study28¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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Open the full verse study18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
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Open the full verse study14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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Open the full verse study10More 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.
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Open the full verse study19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.
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Open the full verse study7When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
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Open the full verse study103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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Open the full verse study174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
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Open the full verse study47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
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Open the full verse study10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
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Open the full verse study11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
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Open the full verse study3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
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Open the full verse study1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
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Open the full verse study4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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Open the full verse study7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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Open the full verse study9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Open the full verse study22¶ And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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Open the full verse study12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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Open the full verse study2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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