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Proverbs 5:4–13

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But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
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From verse 4

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:26Rank 1 from verse 4
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  2. Psalms 55:21Rank 2 from verse 4
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    21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

  3. Psalms 57:4Rank 3 from verse 4
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    4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  4. Hebrews 4:12Rank 4 from verse 4
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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.

  5. Proverbs 9:18Rank 5 from verse 4
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    18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

From verse 5

  1. Proverbs 7:27Rank 1 from verse 5
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    27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  2. Proverbs 2:18–19Rank 2 from verse 5
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    18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

    19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

From verse 6

  1. Proverbs 4:26Rank 1 from verse 6
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    26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

  2. Proverbs 5:21Rank 2 from verse 6
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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

  3. Psalms 16:11Rank 3 from verse 6
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    11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

  4. Proverbs 30:20Rank 4 from verse 6
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    20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  5. Proverbs 6:12–13Rank 5 from verse 6
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    12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

    13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

From verse 7

  1. Proverbs 4:1Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

  2. Proverbs 22:17–21Rank 2 from verse 7
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    17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

    18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

    19That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

    20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

    21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

  3. Proverbs 7:24Rank 3 from verse 7
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    24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

  4. Hebrews 12:25Rank 4 from verse 7
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  5. Proverbs 3:21Rank 5 from verse 7
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    21¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

From verse 8

  1. Ephesians 5:11Rank 1 from verse 8
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  2. Proverbs 7:25Rank 2 from verse 8
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    25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

  3. Matthew 6:13Rank 3 from verse 8
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    13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

  4. Proverbs 4:15Rank 4 from verse 8
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    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  5. Proverbs 6:27–28Rank 5 from verse 8
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    27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

    28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

From verse 9

  1. Nehemiah 13:26Rank 1 from verse 9
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    26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

  2. Hosea 4:13–14Rank 2 from verse 9
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    13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

    14I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

  3. Genesis 38:23–26Rank 3 from verse 9
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    23And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

    24¶ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

    25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

    26And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

  4. Judges 16:19–21Rank 4 from verse 9
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    19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

    20And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

    21¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

  5. Proverbs 6:29–35Rank 5 from verse 9
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    29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

    31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

    32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

    33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

    34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

    35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

From verse 10

  1. Hosea 7:9Rank 1 from verse 10
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    9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

  2. Proverbs 6:35Rank 2 from verse 10
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    35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

  3. Proverbs 31:3Rank 3 from verse 10
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    3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

  4. Luke 15:30Rank 4 from verse 10
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    30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

From verse 11

  1. Romans 6:21Rank 1 from verse 11
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    21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

  2. Revelation 22:15Rank 2 from verse 11
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    15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  3. Hebrews 13:4Rank 3 from verse 11
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    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  4. Numbers 5:27Rank 4 from verse 11
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    27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

  5. 1 Corinthians 5:4–5Rank 5 from verse 11
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    4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

    5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

From verse 12

  1. Proverbs 12:1Rank 1 from verse 12
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    1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  2. Proverbs 1:22Rank 2 from verse 12
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  3. Proverbs 1:25Rank 3 from verse 12
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    25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

  4. Proverbs 1:7Rank 4 from verse 12
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    7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  5. Proverbs 15:5Rank 5 from verse 12
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    5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

From verse 13

  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:8Rank 1 from verse 13
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    8He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

  2. Hebrews 13:7Rank 2 from verse 13
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    7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

  3. Luke 15:18Rank 3 from verse 13
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    18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

  4. 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13Rank 4 from verse 13
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    12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

    13And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:4

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

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

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

COMBINED MEANING

bitter

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Having a sharp, unpleasant taste opposed to sweet; grievous, harsh, painful, sorrowful, resentful, or severe in condition, feeling, speech, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wormwood

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1. A bitter substance or plant. 2. Figuratively, bitterness, poison, corrupt judgment, or calamity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sharp

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Having a keen edge or point; cutting, piercing, severe, intense, or forceful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:5

COMBINED MEANING

steps

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Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hold

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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.

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

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hell

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Sense 1: A place beneath, associated with the dead, destruction, and confinement. Sense 2: The place of punishment and torment, described as hell fire and fire that never shall be quenched. Sense 3: By figure, the depths, pains, or destructive power of death and overwhelming affliction.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:6

COMBINED MEANING

lest

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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

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

know

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:7

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

depart

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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

COMBINED MEANING

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:8

COMBINED MEANING

remove

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To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

nigh

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Near or close in place, time, relationship, kinship, condition, access, or degree; approaching, drawing close, at hand, or almost.

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

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:9

COMBINED MEANING

lest

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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

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

honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cruel

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Disposed to inflict pain or suffering; without pity or compassion; fierce or severe.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:10

COMBINED MEANING

lest

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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

filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wealth

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1. Riches, possessions, or material resources. 2. Prosperity, welfare, or well-being.

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

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

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:11

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

mourn

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Sense 1: To grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

last

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At the end or after all others; latest or final.

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

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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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

COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

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

COMBINED MEANING

consumed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of consume. Sense 1: To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. Sense 2: To waste away or be exhausted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:12

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hated

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hate, meaning to feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

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

COMBINED MEANING

instruction

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Teaching or information that directs understanding and conduct; correction, discipline, or an instructive warning.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 5:13

COMBINED MEANING

obeyed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of obey (to comply with a command, heed authority, or submit).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

inclined

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Bent or turned toward something; disposed or moved in will, heart, attention, or direction.

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

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

instructed

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Taught, trained, informed, directed, counselled, warned, or corrected concerning a matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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