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Proverbs 6:13–16

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13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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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.

  2. Job 15:12Rank 2
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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.

Proverbs 6:14Cross-references · 15 ranked passages

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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.

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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
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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.

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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.

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    14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

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    17He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

    18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

    19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

    20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

    21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

    22The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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    2Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

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    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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    7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

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    20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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    28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

    30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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    8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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    29Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 6:15Cross-references · 8 ranked passages

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    16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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    11And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

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    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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    13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

    14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

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    27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

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    18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

    19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

    20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

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    1HE, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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    22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Proverbs 6:16Cross-references · 25 ranked passages

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    5The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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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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    20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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    16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

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    32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

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    1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

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    4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

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    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

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    11¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

  11. Amos 1:3Rank 11
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    3Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

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    6¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

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    9¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

  14. Amos 2:1Rank 14
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    1THUS saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

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    10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

    11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

    12For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

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    18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

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    21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:

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    4¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

  20. Amos 2:6Rank 20
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    6¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

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    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

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    29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

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    27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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    18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

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    24There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

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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.

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Proverbs 6:14

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

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

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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.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Proverbs 6:15

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

calamity

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A grievous event or condition of ruin, disaster, affliction, misery, or destructive trouble.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

remedy

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A means of cure, relief, correction, or deliverance from an evil or calamity.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 6:16

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

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

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

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.

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

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6:16¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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6:17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

6:19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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