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Proverbs 6:13–14

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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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From verse 13

  1. Psalms 35:19Rank 1 from verse 13
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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.

  2. Job 15:12Rank 2 from verse 13
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    12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  3. Proverbs 10:10Rank 3 from verse 13
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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  4. Proverbs 5:6Rank 4 from verse 13
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    6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

From verse 14

  1. Micah 2:1Rank 1 from verse 14
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    1WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  2. Romans 16:17Rank 2 from verse 14
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    17Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

  3. Hosea 8:7Rank 3 from verse 14
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    7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

  4. Proverbs 6:18–19Rank 4 from verse 14
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    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

    19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  5. Proverbs 2:14Rank 5 from verse 14
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    14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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Proverbs 6:13

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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.

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Proverbs 6:14

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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.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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continually

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1. Repeatedly, habitually, or at every appointed recurrence. 2. Without pause or cessation during the period stated.

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soweth

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Sense 1: Third-person singular present form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.

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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;

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

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

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