KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 7:23–24
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Proverbs 7:23
23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
23Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Proverbs 7:24
24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24¶ Hearken vnto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:23
Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A pointed missile weapon thrown by the hand; anything that pierces or wounds like such a missile.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To hit, smite, or pierce.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A large organ of the body that forms part of the inward parts.
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To haste: to hurry, act quickly, or make speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A device or stratagem used to catch or entangle; figuratively, a cause of danger, sin, or ruin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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Proverbs 7:24
To listen attentively, give heed, or obey.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To give heed or attention; to be present; to wait upon or accompany.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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Open the full verse study18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Open the full verse study8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
9And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
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Open the full verse study17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
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Open the full verse study1MY little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
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Open the full verse study19My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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Open the full verse study32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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Open the full verse study14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
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