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Proverbs 6:10–13

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10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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;
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Proverbs 6:10Cross-references · 3 ranked passages

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    33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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    6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

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    33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

    34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Proverbs 6:11Cross-references · 4 ranked passages

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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

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    4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

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    4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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    34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:12Cross-references · 22 ranked passages

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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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    13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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    27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

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    30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

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    4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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    10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

    11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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    12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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    14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

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    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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    28¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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    21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

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    2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

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    8¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

    9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

    10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

Proverbs 6:13Cross-references · 4 ranked passages

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    19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

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    12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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    6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

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Proverbs 6:10

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sleep

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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

folding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of fold, meaning to bend, wrap, or enclose by doubling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:11

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

poverty

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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.

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

COMBINED MEANING

want

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Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:12

COMBINED MEANING

naughty

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1. Morally bad or wicked. 2. Of things, bad, corrupt, or unfit for use.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

froward

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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.

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

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Proverbs 6:13

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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6:12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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