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11:30 10 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11
11:31 g Jer. 25:29
11:31 11 rewarded
Proverbs 12
12:3 a (Prov. 10:25)
12:4 b Prov. 31:23; 1 Cor. 11:7
12:4 c Prov. 14:30; Hab. 3:16
12:4 1 Lit. A wife of valor
12:6 d Prov. 1:11, 18
12:6 e Prov. 14:3
12:7 f Ps. 37:35–37; Prov. 11:21; Matt. 7:24–27
12:8 g 1 Sam. 25:17; Prov. 18:3
12:9 h Prov. 13:7
12:9 2 lightly esteemed
12:10 i Deut. 25:4
12:11 j Gen. 3:19
12:11 k Prov. 28:19
12:11 l Prov. 6:32
12:11 3 works or cultivates
12:11 4 Lit. vain things
12:11 5 Lit. heart
12:13 m Prov. 18:7
12:13 n (2 Pet. 2:9)
12:14 o Prov. 13:2; 15:23; 18:20
12:14 p Job 34:11; Prov. 1:31; 24:12; (Is. 3:10, 11); Hos. 4:9
12:15 q Prov. 3:7; Luke 18:11
12:16 r Prov. 11:13; 29:11
12:17 s Prov. 14:5
12:18 t Ps. 57:4; Prov. 4:22; 15:4
12:19 u (Ps. 52:4, 5); Prov. 19:9
12:21 v Ps. 91:10; Prov. 1:33; 1 Pet. 3:13
12:21 6 harm
12:22 w Prov. 6:17; 11:20; Rev. 22:15
12:23 x Prov. 13:16
12:24 y Prov. 10:4
12:25 z Prov. 15:13
12:25 a Is. 50:4
Proverbs 13
13:1 a Is. 28:14, 15
13:2 b Prov. 12:14
13:3 c Ps. 39:1; Prov. 21:23; (James 3:2)
13:4 d Prov. 10:4
13:6 e Prov. 11:3, 5, 6
13:7 f (Prov. 11:24; 12:9; Luke 12:20, 21)
13:9 g Job 18:5, 6; 21:17; Prov. 24:20
13:10 h Prov. 10:12
13:11 i Prov. 10:2; 20:21
13:12 j Prov. 13:19
13:13 k Num. 15:31; 2 Chr. 36:16; Is. 5:24
13:14 l Prov. 6:22; 10:11; 14:27
13:14 m 2 Sam. 22:6
13:15 n Ps. 111:10; Prov. 3:4
13:15 1 gives
13:16 o Prov. 12:23
13:17 p Prov. 25:13
13:18 q Prov. 15:5, 31, 32
13:18 2 Lit. ignores
13:21 r Ps. 32:10; Is. 47:11
13:22 s Job 27:16, 17; Prov. 28:8; (Eccl. 2:26)
13:23 t Prov. 12:11
13:23 3 uncultivated
13:23 4 Lit. what is swept away
13:24 u Prov. 19:18
13:24 5 early
13:25 v Ps. 34:10; Prov. 10:3
Proverbs 14
14:2 a (Rom. 2:4)
14:3 b Prov. 12:6
14:4 1 manger or feed trough
14:5 c Rev. 1:5; 3:14
14:5 d Ex. 23:1; Deut. 19:16; Prov. 6:19; 12:17
14:6 e Prov. 8:9; 17:24
14:7 f Prov. 23:9
14:9 g Prov. 10:23
14:9 2 Lit. guilt
14:11 h Job 8:15
14:12 i Prov. 16:25
14:12 j Rom. 6:21
14:12 k Prov. 12:15
14:13 l Prov. 5:4; Eccl. 2:1, 2
14:14 m Prov. 1:31; 12:15
14:14 n Prov. 13:2; 18:20
14:14 3 Lit. from above himself
14:16 o Job 28:28; Ps. 34:14; Prov. 22:3
14:20 p Prov. 19:7
14:20 q Prov. 19:4
14:20 4 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich
14:21 r Ps. 112:9; (Prov. 19:17)
14:23 5 Lit. talk of the lips
14:25 s (Ezek. 3:18–21)
14:25 6 saves lives
14:27 t Prov. 13:14
14:29 u Prov. 16:32; 19:11; Eccl. 7:9; James 1:19
14:29 7 Lit. short of spirit
14:30 v Ps. 112:10
14:30 w Prov. 12:4; Hab. 3:16
14:31 x Prov. 17:5; Matt. 25:40; 1 John 3:17
14:31 y (Job 31:15; Prov. 22:2)
14:32 z Gen. 49:18; Job 13:15; (Ps. 16:11; 73:24); 2 Cor. 1:9; 5:8; (2 Tim. 4:18)
14:33 a Prov. 12:16
14:34 b Prov. 11:11
14:34 8 shame or disgrace
14:35 c Matt. 24:45–47
Proverbs 15
15:1 a Prov. 25:15
15:1 b 1 Sam. 25:10
15:2 c Prov. 12:23
15:3 d 2 Chr. 16:9; Job 34:21; Prov. 5:21; Jer. 16:17; 32:19; Zech. 4:10; Heb. 4:13
15:4 1 Lit. healing
15:5 e Prov. 10:1
15:5 f Prov. 13:18
15:5 2 Lit. keeps
15:7 3 spread
15:8 g Prov. 21:27; Eccl. 5:1; Is. 1:11; Jer. 6:20; Mic. 6:7
15:9 h Prov. 21:21
15:10 i 1 Kin. 22:8
15:10 j Prov. 5:12
15:11 k Job 26:6; Ps. 139:8
15:11 l 1 Sam. 16:7; 2 Chr. 6:30; Ps. 44:21; Acts 1:24
15:11 4 Or Sheol
15:11 5 Heb. Abaddon
15:12 m Prov. 13:1; Amos 5:10; 2 Tim. 4:3
15:13 n Prov. 12:25
15:13 o Prov. 17:22
15:13 6 face
15:15 p Prov. 17:22
15:16 q Ps. 37:16; Prov. 16:8; Eccl. 4:6; 1 Tim. 6:6
15:17 r Prov. 17:1
15:17 7 Or vegetables
15:18 s Prov. 26:21
15:19 t Prov. 22:5
15:20 u Prov. 10:1
15:21 v Prov. 10:23
15:21 w Eph. 5:15
15:21 8 Lit. heart
15:22 x Prov. 11:14
15:23 y Prov. 25:11; Is. 50:4
15:23 9 Lit. in its time
15:24 z Phil. 3:20; (Col. 3:1, 2)
15:24 a Prov. 14:16
15:24 10 Or Sheol
15:25 b Prov. 12:7; Is. 2:11
15:25 c Ps. 68:5, 6
15:26 d Prov. 6:16, 18
15:26 e Ps. 37:30
15:27 f Is. 5:8; (Jer. 17:11)
15:28 g 1 Pet. 3:15
15:29 h Ps. 10:1; 34:16
15:29 i Ps. 145:18; (James 5:16)
15:30 11 Lit. fat
15:33 j Prov. 1:7
15:33 k Prov. 18:12
Proverbs 16
16:1 a Jer. 10:23
16:1 b Matt. 10:19
16:1 1 plans
16:2 c Prov. 21:2
16:3 d Ps. 37:5; Prov. 3:6; (1 Pet. 5:7)
16:3 2 Lit. Roll
16:4 e Is. 43:7; Rom. 11:36
16:4 f Job 21:30; (Rom. 9:22)
16:4 3 Lit. evil
16:5 g Prov. 6:17; 8:13
16:5 4 Lit. hand to hand
16:6 h Dan. 4:27; Luke 11:41
16:6 i Prov. 8:13; 14:16
16:8 j Ps. 37:16; Prov. 15:16
16:9 k Prov. 19:21
16:9 l Ps. 37:23; Prov. 20:24; Jer. 10:23
16:11 m Lev. 19:36
16:11 5 concern
16:12 n Prov. 25:5
16:13 o Prov. 14:35
16:14 p Prov. 25:15
16:15 q Zech. 10:1
16:16 r Prov. 8:10, 11, 19
16:18 6 stumbling
16:19 7 plunder
16:20 s Ps. 34:8; Jer. 17:7
16:25 t Prov. 14:12
16:26 u (Eccl. 6:7; John 6:35)
16:27 v (James 3:6)
16:27 8 Lit. A man of Belial
16:28 w Prov. 17:9
16:30 9 Lit. compresses
16:31 x Prov. 20:29
16:32 y Prov. 14:29; 19:11
Proverbs 17
17:1 a Prov. 15:17
17:1 1 Or sacrificial meals
17:2 b Prov. 10:5
17:3 c 1 Chr. 29:17; Ps. 26:2; Prov. 15:11; Jer. 17:10; (Mal. 3:3)
17:4 2 Lit. destructive
17:5 d Prov. 14:31
17:5 e Job 31:29; Prov. 24:17; Obad. 12; 1 Cor. 13:6
17:6 f (Ps. 127:3; 128:3)
17:9 g (Prov. 10:12; 1 Cor. 13:5–7; James 5:20)
17:9 h Prov. 16:28
17:10 i Prov. 10:17; (Mic. 7:9)
17:12 j 2 Sam. 17:8; Hos. 13:8
17:13 k Ps. 109:4, 5; Jer. 18:20; Rom. 12:17; 1 Thess. 5:15; (1 Pet. 3:9)
17:14 l (Prov. 20:3; 1 Thess. 4:11)
17:15 m Ex. 23:7; Prov. 24:24; Is. 5:23
17:17 n Ruth 1:16; Prov. 18:24
17:18 o Prov. 6:1
17:18 3 Lit. heart
17:18 4 Lit. strikes the hands
17:18 5 guaranty or collateral
17:19 p Prov. 16:18
17:20 q James 3:8
17:20 6 crooked
17:22 r Prov. 12:25; 15:13, 15
17:22 7 Or makes medicine even better
17:23 8 Under cover, lit. from the bosom
17:24 s Eccl. 2:14
17:25 t Prov. 10:1; 15:20; 19:13
17:27 u Prov. 10:19; James 1:19
17:28 v Job 13:5
Proverbs 18
18:1 1 sound wisdom
18:2 a Eccl. 10:3
18:4 b Prov. 10:11
18:4 c (James 3:17)
18:5 d Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:17; 16:19; Ps. 82:2; Prov. 17:15
18:7 e Ps. 64:8; 140:9; Prov. 10:14
18:7 f Eccl. 10:12
18:8 g Prov. 12:18
18:8 2 gossip or slanderer
18:8 3 A Jewish tradition wounds
18:8 4 Lit. rooms of the belly
18:10 h 2 Sam. 22:2, 3, 33; Ps. 18:2; 61:3; 91:2; 144:2
18:10 5 secure, lit. set on high
18:12 i Prov. 15:33; 16:18
18:16 j Gen. 32:20, 21; 1 Sam. 25:27; Prov. 17:8; 21:14
18:18 k (Prov. 16:33)
18:20 l Prov. 12:14; 14:14
18:21 m Prov. 12:13; 13:3; Matt. 12:37
18:22 n Gen. 2:18; (Prov. 12:4; 19:14)
18:23 o James 2:3, 6
18:24 p Prov. 17:17; (John 15:14, 15)
18:24 6 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin
Proverbs 19
19:1 a Prov. 28:6
19:4 b Prov. 14:20
19:5 c Ex. 23:1; Deut. 19:16–19; Prov. 6:19; 21:28
19:7 d Prov. 14:20
19:7 e Ps. 38:11
19:7 1 Lit. are not
19:8 f Prov. 16:20
19:8 2 Lit. heart
19:10 g Prov. 30:21, 22
19:11 h James 1:19
19:11 i Prov. 16:32; (Matt. 5:44); Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13
19:12 j Prov. 16:14
19:12 k Gen. 27:28; Deut. 33:28; Ps. 133:3; Hos. 14:5; Mic. 5:7
19:13 l Prov. 10:1
19:13 m Prov. 21:9, 19
19:13 3 Irritation
19:14 n 2 Cor. 12:14
19:14 o Prov. 18:22
19:15 p Prov. 6:9
19:15 q Prov. 10:4
19:16 r Prov. 13:13; 16:17; Luke 10:28; 11:28
19:16 4 Is reckless, lit. despises
19:17 s Deut. 15:7, 8; Job 23:12, 13; Prov. 28:27; Eccl. 11:1; Matt. 10:42; 25:40; (2 Cor. 9:6–8); Heb. 6:10
19:18 t Prov. 13:24
19:18 5 Lit. to put him to death; a Jewish tradition on his crying
19:20 u Ps. 37:37
19:21 v Ps. 33:10, 11; Prov. 16:9; Is. 46:10; Heb. 6:17
19:22 6 Lit. lovingkindness
19:23 w Prov. 14:27; (1 Tim. 4:8)
19:24 x Prov. 15:19
19:24 7 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit
19:25 y Deut. 13:11
19:25 z Prov. 9:8
19:26 a Prov. 17:2
19:28 b Job 15:16
19:28 8 Lit. witness of Belial, worthless witness
19:29 c Prov. 26:3
Proverbs 20
20:1 a Gen. 9:21; Prov. 23:29–35; Is. 28:7; Hos. 4:11
20:2 1 Lit. fear or terror, produced by the king’s wrath
20:3 b Prov. 17:14
20:4 c Prov. 10:4
20:4 d Prov. 19:15
20:6 2 Lit. mercy
20:7 e 2 Cor. 1:12
20:7 f Ps. 37:26
20:9 g (1 Kin. 8:46; 2 Chr. 6:36); Job 9:30, 31; 14:4; (Ps. 51:5; Eccl. 7:20; Rom. 3:9; 1 John 1:8)
20:10 h Deut. 25:13
20:11 i Matt. 7:16
20:12 j Ex. 4:11; Ps. 94:9
20:13 k Rom. 12:11
20:14 3 Lit. evil, evil
20:15 l (Job 28:12–19; Prov. 3:13–15)
20:16 m Prov. 22:26
20:17 n Prov. 9:17
20:18 o Prov. 24:6
20:18 p Luke 14:31
20:19 q Prov. 11:13
20:19 r Rom. 16:18
20:20 s Ex. 21:17; Lev. 20:9; Prov. 30:11; Matt. 15:4
20:20 t Job 18:5, 6; Prov. 24:20
20:21 u Prov. 28:20
20:21 v Hab. 2:6
20:22 w (Deut. 32:35); Prov. 17:13; 24:29; (Rom. 12:17–19); 1 Thess. 5:15; (1 Pet. 3:9)
20:22 x 2 Sam. 16:12
20:22 4 repay
20:26 y Ps. 101:8
20:27 z 1 Cor. 2:11
20:27 5 Lit. rooms of the belly
20:28 a Ps. 101:1; Prov. 21:21
20:28 6 mercy
20:29 b Prov. 16:31
20:30 7 Lit. rooms of the belly
Proverbs 21
21:1 1 channels
21:2 a Prov. 16:2
21:2 b Prov. 24:12; Luke 16:15
21:3 c 1 Sam. 15:22; Prov. 15:8; Is. 1:11, 16, 17; Hos. 6:6; (Mic. 6:7, 8)
21:4 d Prov. 6:17
21:4 2 Or lamp
21:5 e Prov. 10:4
21:6 f 2 Pet. 2:3
21:6 3 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death
21:7 4 Lit. drag them away
21:8 5 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;
21:9 g Prov. 19:13
21:10 h James 4:5
21:11 i Prov. 19:25
21:13 j (Matt. 7:2; 18:30–34); James 2:13; 1 John 3:17
21:14 6 Under cover, lit. in the bosom
21:16 k Ps. 49:14
21:19 7 Lit. in the land of the desert
21:20 l Ps. 112:3; Prov. 8:21
21:21 m Prov. 15:9; Matt. 5:6; (Rom. 2:7); 1 Cor. 15:58
21:22 n 2 Sam. 5:6–9; Prov. 24:5; Eccl. 7:19; 9:15, 16
21:22 8 Climbs over the walls of
21:23 o Prov. 12:13; 13:3; 18:21; (James 3:2)
21:25 p Prov. 13:4
21:26 q (Prov. 22:9; Eph. 4:28)
21:27 r Prov. 15:8; Is. 66:3; Jer. 6:20; Amos 5:22
21:29 9 Qr., LXX understands
21:30 s Is. 8:9, 10; (Jer. 9:23, 24); Acts 5:39; 1 Cor. 3:19, 20
21:31 t Ps. 3:8; Jer. 3:23; (1 Cor. 15:57)
Proverbs 22
22:1 a (Prov. 10:7); Eccl. 7:1
22:2 b Prov. 29:13
22:2 c Job 31:15; (Prov. 14:31)
22:3 d Prov. 27:12; Is. 26:20
22:6 e Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:15
22:6 1 Even
22:7 f Prov. 18:23; James 2:6
22:8 g Job 4:8
22:8 2 trouble
22:9 h 2 Cor. 9:6
22:9 i (Prov. 19:17)
22:9 3 Lit. good
22:10 j Ps. 101:5
22:11 k Ps. 101:6
22:13 l Prov. 26:13
22:14 m Prov. 2:16; 5:3; 7:5
22:14 n Eccl. 7:26
22:15 o Prov. 13:24; 23:13, 14
22:21 p Luke 1:3, 4
22:21 q Prov. 25:13; 1 Pet. 3:15
22:21 4 Or send you
22:22 r Ex. 23:6; Job 31:16–21; Zech. 7:10
22:23 s 1 Sam. 24:12; Ps. 12:5; 140:12
22:24 t Prov. 29:22
22:26 u Prov. 11:15
22:26 5 Lit. strikes
22:26 6 guaranty
22:28 v Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:2; Prov. 23:10
22:28 7 boundary
22:29 8 is prompt in his business
22:29 9 obscure
Proverbs 23
23:4 a (Prov. 28:20; Matt. 6:19; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:5)
23:4 b Rom. 12:16
23:5 1 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?
23:6 c Deut. 15:9; Prov. 28:22
23:6 2 Lit. one who has an evil eye
23:7 d Prov. 12:2
23:9 e Prov. 9:8; Matt. 7:6
23:10 3 boundary
23:11 f Prov. 22:23
23:13 g Prov. 13:24
23:14 4 Or Sheol
23:16 5 Lit. kidneys
23:17 h Ps. 37:1; Prov. 24:1, 19
23:17 i Prov. 28:14
23:18 j (Ps. 37:37)
23:18 6 Future, lit. latter end
23:20 k Prov. 20:1; 23:29, 30; Is. 5:22; Matt. 24:49; (Luke 21:34); Rom. 13:13; (Eph. 5:18)
23:22 l Prov. 1:8; Eph. 6:1
23:23 m Prov. 4:7; 18:15; (Matt. 13:44)
23:24 n Prov. 10:1
23:27 o Prov. 22:14
23:28 p Prov. 7:12; Eccl. 7:26
23:29 q Is. 5:11, 22
23:29 r Gen. 49:12
23:30 s 1 Sam. 25:36; Prov. 20:1; 21:17; Is. 5:11; 28:7; (Eph. 5:18)
23:30 t Ps. 75:8
23:31 7 goes around
23:34 8 Lit. heart
23:35 u Prov. 27:22; Jer. 5:3
23:35 v Eph. 4:19
Proverbs 24
24:1 a Ps. 1:1; 37:1; Prov. 23:17
24:5 b Prov. 21:22; Eccl. 9:16
24:6 c Luke 14:31
24:7 d Ps. 10:5; Prov. 14:6
24:8 e Prov. 6:14; 14:22; Rom. 1:30
24:8 1 Lit. master of evil plots
24:10 f Deut. 20:8; Job 4:5; Jer. 51:46; Heb. 12:3
24:11 g Ps. 82:4; Is. 58:6, 7; 1 John 3:16
24:12 h 1 Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2
24:12 i Job 34:11; Ps. 62:12; Rev. 2:23; 22:12
24:13 j Ps. 19:10; 119:103; Prov. 25:16; Song 5:1
24:14 k Ps. 19:10; 58:11; Prov. 23:18
24:14 2 Lit. latter end
24:16 l Job 5:19; (Ps. 34:19; 37:24; Mic. 7:8)
24:16 m Esth. 7:10; Amos 5:2
24:17 n Job 31:29; Ps. 35:15, 19; (Prov. 17:5); Obad. 12
24:18 3 Lit. it be evil in His eyes
24:19 o Ps. 37:1
24:21 p (Rom. 13:7; 1 Pet. 2:17)
24:23 q Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:17; 16:19; (John 7:24)
24:23 4 Lit. recognize faces
24:24 r Prov. 17:15; Is. 5:23
24:25 s Prov. 28:23
24:27 t 1 Kin. 5:17; Prov. 27:23–27
24:28 u Lev. 6:2, 3; 19:11; Eph. 4:25
24:28 5 LXX, Vg. Do not deceive
24:29 v (Prov. 20:22; Matt. 5:39–44; Rom. 12:17–19)
24:31 w Gen. 3:18
24:33 x Prov. 6:9, 10
24:34 y Prov. 6:9–11
24:34 6 Lit. one who walks about
24:34 7 Lit. a man with a shield
Proverbs 25
25:1 a 1 Kin. 4:32
25:2 b Deut. 29:29; Rom. 11:33
25:4 c 2 Tim. 2:21
25:5 d Prov. 16:12; 20:8
25:7 e Luke 14:7–11
25:8 f Prov. 17:14; Matt. 5:25
25:8 1 Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit
25:9 g (Matt. 18:15)
25:10 2 the evil report concerning you not pass away
25:11 h Prov. 15:23; Is. 50:4
25:13 i Prov. 13:17
25:14 j Prov. 20:6
25:14 k Jude 12
