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Proverbs 6:14–15

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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.
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Proverbs 6:14Cross-references · 15 ranked passages

  1. Micah 2:1Rank 1
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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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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Proverbs 6:15

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shall

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

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calamity

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

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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.

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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

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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;

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

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