KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 8:31–32
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Proverbs 8:31
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
31Reioycing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sonnes of men.
Proverbs 8:32
32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
32*Nowe therefore hearken vnto me, O yee children: for blessed are they that keepe my wayes.
- Psal.119.1, 2. and 128.1. luc.11.28.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 8:31
Fit or able to be inhabited.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828
A portion or division of a whole; also to divide, separate, depart, or share.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Great pleasures, joys, or things that give pleasure; as a verb, gives great pleasure.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Proverbs 8:32
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)
Favored by God; happy or spiritually prosperous; or praised, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 31
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Open the full verse study3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
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Open the full verse study1NOW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
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Open the full verse study6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Open the full verse study9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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Open the full verse study34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
From verse 32
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Open the full verse study28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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Open the full verse study1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
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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 study24¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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