KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 7:15–22
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Proverbs 7:15
15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
15Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
Proverbs 7:16
16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
16I haue deckt my bed with couerings of tapestrie, with carued workes, with fine linnen of Egypt.
Proverbs 7:17
17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
17I haue perfumed my bed with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.
Proverbs 7:18
18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
18Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning, let vs solace our selues with loues.
Proverbs 7:19
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
19For the good-man is not at home, he is gone a long iourney.
Proverbs 7:20
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
20†‖He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
- Heb. in his hand.
- Or, the New moone.
Proverbs 7:21
21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
21With much faire speech she caused him to yeeld, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Proverbs 7:22
22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
22†He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,
- Heb. suddenly.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:15
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Fit, suitable, proper, or appropriate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
diligently
With steady care, earnest effort, or close attention.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:16
Covered; adorned; furnished with a deck.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A place for rest or sleep; also the marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Woven or ornamental fabric used as a covering, especially for a bed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cut, shaped, or engraved into a form, figure, image, or ornamental work.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Acts, deeds, labours, or things produced; also acts or operates.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:17
Scented; impregnated with fragrant odors.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A place for rest or sleep; also the marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A bitter, strongly fragrant gum-resin used as a spice, perfume, medicinal mixture, gift, or burial preparation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A fragrant wood or aromatic substance named with myrrh and other spices; the KJV does not identify its exact botanical source.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The fragrant aromatic bark or spice called cinnamon in the KJV.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:18
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To make full, supply to capacity, satisfy, occupy, or complete what is lacking, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Comfort, relief, or consolation in sorrow or distress.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to the speaker together with others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care; or instances and objects of such affection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:19
The master or head of a household.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One's dwelling or native place; toward or at that place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Travel by land to any distance and for any time, indefinitely.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:20
Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A flexible container or pouch used to carry or hold something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Coin or another medium of payment; wealth in spendable form.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
One's dwelling or native place; toward or at that place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fixed; set; established; decreed; ordained; constituted; allotted; Furnished; equipped with things necessary.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:21
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Produced; effected; brought about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To produce or give forth; to give, surrender, submit, grant, or allow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
flattering
Pleasing to pride or vanity; gratifying to self-love.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Compelled, driven, constrained, pressed, or carried out by force.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:22
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
straightway
Immediately and without delay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The killing of persons or animals, especially in great number; as a verb, to kill or slay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
correction
Discipline or chastening intended to correct.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A restraining frame or instrument in which the feet or body of a prisoner are fastened.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 16
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Open the full verse study9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
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Open the full verse study7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
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Open the full verse study28¶ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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Open the full verse study22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
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Open the full verse study22Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
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Open the full verse study7Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
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Open the full verse study7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.
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Open the full verse study23Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
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Open the full verse study6¶ Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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Open the full verse study13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
From verse 19
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Open the full verse study45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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Open the full verse study11And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
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Open the full verse study39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
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Open the full verse study34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
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Open the full verse study43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
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Open the full verse study48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
From verse 20
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Open the full verse study4Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Open the full verse study5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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Open the full verse study8¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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Open the full verse study29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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Open the full verse study2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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Open the full verse study14For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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Open the full verse study15¶ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
17That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
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Open the full verse study24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study23But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
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Open the full verse study15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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Open the full verse study23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
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Open the full verse study13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
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Open the full verse study24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
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Open the full verse study2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
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