KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 9:16–17
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Proverbs 9:16
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
16Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him;
Proverbs 9:17
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
17†Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Hebr. of secrecies.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 9:16
Without guile; sincere or harmless; in other contexts, lacking wisdom or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Lack or need; poverty or deficiency; as a verb, to lack or be without.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
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understanding
Discernment, intelligence, comprehension, or the faculty of knowing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 9:17
Taken or carried away without right or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Chewed and swallowed; also consumed or corroded.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Cheerful; enlivening. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Open the full verse study31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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Open the full verse study14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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Open the full verse study20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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Open the full verse study24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
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Open the full verse study12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
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Open the full verse study6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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Open the full verse study18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
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Open the full verse study8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
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