Proverbs 4:19–22
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.
¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
†For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. medicine.
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From verse 19
- John 12:35Rank 1 from verse 19
35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
35Then Iesus said vnto them, Yet a little while is the light with you: walke while ye haue the light, lest darkdesse come vpon you: For he that walketh in darkenesse, knoweth not whither he goeth.
- Isaiah 59:9–10Rank 2 from verse 19
9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
9¶ Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake vs: we waite for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightnesse, but we walke in darknesse.
10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eies: we stumble at noone day as in the night, we are in desolate places as dead men.
- Jeremiah 23:12Rank 3 from verse 19
12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
12Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
- Job 18:5–6Rank 4 from verse 19
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.
5Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shalbe darke in his tabernacle, and his ‖candle shalbe put out with him.
- 1 Samuel 2:9Rank 5 from verse 19
- Jeremiah 13:16Rank 6 from verse 19
16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
16*Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.
- John 11:10Rank 10 from verse 19
- Matthew 7:23Rank 11 from verse 19
- Proverbs 2:13Rank 12 from verse 19
- 1 John 2:11Rank 13 from verse 19
11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
11But he that hateth his brother, is in darknesse, and walketh in darknesse, and knoweth not whither hee goeth, because that darknesse hath blinded his eyes.
- Matthew 15:14Rank 14 from verse 19
From verse 20
- Proverbs 5:1Rank 1 from verse 20
- Isaiah 55:3Rank 2 from verse 20
3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
3*Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
- Proverbs 6:20–21Rank 3 from verse 20
20¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
20¶ *My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
21Binde them continually vpon thine heart, and tie them about thy necke.
- Proverbs 7:1Rank 4 from verse 20
- Psalms 78:1Rank 5 from verse 20
- Psalms 90:12Rank 6 from verse 20
- Matthew 17:5Rank 7 from verse 20
5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
5*While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud ouershadowed them: and behold a voyce out of the cloude, which saide, This is my beloued sonne, in whom I am well pleased: heare ye him.
From verse 21
- Proverbs 3:21Rank 1 from verse 21
- Proverbs 3:3Rank 2 from verse 21
- Proverbs 7:1–2Rank 3 from verse 21
- Psalms 40:8Rank 4 from verse 21
- Proverbs 2:1Rank 5 from verse 21
From verse 22
- Proverbs 12:18Rank 1 from verse 22
- Jeremiah 33:6Rank 2 from verse 22
- Proverbs 4:10Rank 3 from verse 22
- Proverbs 3:8Rank 4 from verse 22
- Proverbs 4:4Rank 5 from verse 22
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Proverbs 4:19
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Sense 1: To trip, lose footing, or fall by striking against something. Sense 2: To err, fall, or be hindered figuratively. Sense 3: To cause another to trip, fall, err, or be hindered.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 4:20
1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.
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1. To give heed, listen, or direct attention toward. 2. To wait upon, serve, or devote oneself to.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Proverbs 4:21
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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
The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Proverbs 4:22
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.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
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Sense 1: Soundness or well-being of body. Sense 2: Healing, cure, or restoration to soundness. Sense 3: Saving help or deliverance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
18But the path of the iust is as the shining light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
19The way of the wicked is as darknes: they know not at what they stumble.
Selected passage20¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.
Selected passage21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
21Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.
Selected passage22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
22†For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Selected passage23¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
23¶ †Keepe thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life.