KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 5:5–6
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Proverbs 5:5
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
5*Her feete goe downe to death: her steps take hold on hell.
- Chap.7.27.
Proverbs 5:6
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 5:5
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Movements or paces of the feet; footsteps, courses, degrees, or stages in going.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 5:6
That not; for fear that.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To weigh in the mind; to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A way, track, course, or manner of going, whether literal or figurative.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 5
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Open the full verse study27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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Open the full verse study18For 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
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Open the full verse study26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
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Open the full verse study21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
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Open the full verse study11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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Open the full verse study20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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Open the full verse study12¶ 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;
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Open the full verse study59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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Open the full verse study9Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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Open the full verse study19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
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Open the full verse study10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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