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1 The kingโ€™s heart is in Yahwehโ€™s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

4 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.

10 The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.

11 When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14 A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

15 It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

16 The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

17 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; the treacherous for the upright.

19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.

23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

24 The proud and haughty man, โ€œscofferโ€ is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and donโ€™t withhold.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

28 A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

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Hebrew interlinear — Proverbs 21:1–31 (233 words)
1
  1. ืคึผึทืœึฐื’ึตื™palgรชpeleg: a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)H6388
  2. ืžึทึฃื™ึดืmayimmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
  3. ืœึถื‘lebleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  4. ืžึถึญืœึถืšึฐmelekmelek: a kingH4428
  5. ื‘ึผึฐื™ึทื“bฤ•yadyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  6. ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึ‘ื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  7. ืขึทึฝืœสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  8. ื›ึผึธืœkฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  9. ืึฒืฉืึถึ–ืจสพฤƒลกeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  10. ื™ึทื—ึฐืคึผึนึฃืฅyaแธฅpลแนฃchaphets: (properly) to incline to; (by implication) (literally but rarely) to bendH2654
  11. ื™ึทื˜ึผึถึฝื ึผื•ึผืƒyaแนญแนญennรปnatah: to stretch or spread out; (by implication) to bend away (including moral deflection)H5186
2
  1. ื›ึผึธึฝืœkฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  2. ื“ึผึถืจึถืšึฐderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  3. ืึดึญื™ืฉืสพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  4. ื™ึธืฉืึธึฃืจyฤลกฤryashar: straightH3477
  5. ื‘ึผึฐืขึตื™ื ึธึ‘ื™ื•bฤ•สฟรชnฤyw`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  6. ื•ึฐืชึนื›ึตึ–ืŸwฤ•tลkฤ“ntakan: to balance, i.e. to measure out (by weight or dimension)H8505
  7. ืœึดื‘ึผึฃื•ึนืชlibbรดtlibbah: the heartH3826
  8. ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึฝื”ืƒyฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
3
  1. ืขึฒึญืฉื‚ึนื”สฟฤƒล›ล`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  2. ืฆึฐื“ึธืงึธึฃื”แนฃฤ•dฤqรขtsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
  3. ื•ึผืžึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึ‘ื˜รปmiลกpฤแนญmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
  4. ื ึดื‘ึฐื—ึธึ–ืจnibแธฅฤrbachar: (properly) to try; (by implication) selectH977
  5. ืœึทื™ื”ื•ึธึฃื”layhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  6. ืžึดื–ึผึธึฝื‘ึทื—ืƒmizzฤbaแธฅzebach: (properly) a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animalH2077
4
  1. ืจื•ึผืrรปmruwm: (literally) elevation or (figuratively) elationH7312
  2. ืขึตึญื™ื ึทื™ึดืสฟรชnayim`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  3. ื•ึผืจึฐื—ึทื‘รปrฤ•แธฅabrachab: roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figurativelyH7342
  4. ืœึตึ‘ื‘lฤ“bleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  5. ื ึดึ–ืจnirniyr: (properly) plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed landH5215
  6. ืจึฐืฉืึธืขึดึฃื™ืrฤ•ลกฤสฟรฎmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  7. ื—ึทื˜ึผึธึฝืืชืƒแธฅaแนญแนญฤtchatta'ah: an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403
5
  1. ืžึทื—ึฐืฉืึฐื‘ึฃื•ึนืชmaแธฅลกฤ•bรดtmachashabah: a contrivance; (concretely) a texture, machineH4284
  2. ื—ึธึญืจื•ึผืฅแธฅฤrรปแนฃcharuwts: (properly) incised or (active) incisiveH2742
  3. ืึทืšึฐสพakak: a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) onlyH389
  4. ืœึฐืžื•ึนืชึธึ‘ืจlฤ•mรดtฤrmowthar: (literally) gain; (figuratively) superiorityH4195
  5. ื•ึฐื›ึธืœwฤ•kฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  6. ืึธึึ—ืฅสพฤแนฃuwts: to press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdrawH213
  7. ืึทืšึฐสพakak: a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) onlyH389
  8. ืœึฐืžึทื—ึฐืกึฝื•ึนืจืƒlฤ•maแธฅsรดrmachcowr: deficiency; (hence) impoverishmentH4270
6
  1. ืคึผึนึฃืขึทืœpลสฟalpo`al: (concretely) an act or workH6467
  2. ืึนึญืฆึธืจื•ึนืชสพลแนฃฤrรดtowtsar: a depositoryH214
  3. ื‘ึผึดืœึฐืฉืึฃื•ึนืŸbilลกรดnlashown: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and...H3956
  4. ืฉืึธึ‘ืงึถืจลกฤqersheqer: an untruth; (by implication, often adverbial) a fraud or deceit (i.e. fraudulently, deceitfully)H8267
  5. ื”ึถึฅื‘ึถืœhebelhebel: emptiness or vanity; (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactoryH1892
  6. ื ึดึื“ึผึธึ—ืฃniddฤpnadaph: to shove asunder, i.e. disperseH5086
  7. ืžึฐื‘ึทืงึฐืฉืึตื™mฤ•baqลกรชbaqash: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer)H1245
  8. ืžึธึฝื•ึถืชืƒmฤwetmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
7
  1. ืฉืึนื“ลกลdshod: violence, ravageH7701
  2. ืจึฐืฉืึธืขึดึฅื™ืrฤ•ลกฤสฟรฎmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  3. ื™ึฐื’ื•ึนืจึตึ‘ืyฤ•gรดrฤ“mgarar: to drag off roughly; (by implication) to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate)H1641
  4. ื›ึผึดึฅื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  5. ืžึตึืึฒื ึ—ื•ึผmฤ“สพฤƒnรปma'en: to refuseH3985
  6. ืœึทืขึฒืฉื‚ึฅื•ึนืชlaสฟฤƒล›รดt`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  7. ืžึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึฝื˜ืƒmiลกpฤแนญmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
8
  1. ื”ึฒืคึทื›ึฐืคึผึทึฌืšึฐhฤƒpakpakhaphakpak: very perverseH2019
  2. ื“ึผึถึฃืจึถืšึฐderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  3. ืึดึฃื™ืฉืสพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  4. ื•ึธื–ึธึ‘ืจwฤzฤrvazar: crimeH2054
  5. ื•ึฐึื–ึทึ—ืšึฐwฤ•zakzak: clearH2134
  6. ื™ึธืฉืึธึฅืจyฤลกฤryashar: straightH3477
  7. ืคึผึธืขึณืœึฝื•ึนืƒpฤสฟลlรดpo`al: (concretely) an act or workH6467
9
  1. ื˜ึ—ื•ึนื‘แนญรดbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  2. ืœึธืฉืึถึฅื‘ึถืชlฤลกebetyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  3. ืขึทืœสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  4. ืคึผึดื ึผึทืชpinnatpinnah: an angle; (by implication) a pinnacleH6438
  5. ื’ึผึธึ‘ื’gฤggag: a roof; by analogy, the top of an altarH1406
  6. ืžึตืึตึฅืฉืึถืชmฤ“สพฤ“ลกetishshah: irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582)H802
  7. ืžึดึื“ึฐื™ึธื ึดึ—ื™ืmidyฤnรฎmmidyan: brawling, contention(-ous)H4079
  8. ื•ึผื‘ึตึฅื™ืชรปbรชtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  9. ื—ึธึฝื‘ึถืจืƒแธฅฤbercheber: a society; also a spellH2267
10
  1. ื ึถึฃืคึถืฉืnepeลกnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  2. ืจึธึญืฉืึธืขrฤลกoสฟrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  3. ืึดื•ึผึฐืชึธื”สพiwwฤ•tรขavah: to wish forH183
  4. ืจึธึ‘ืขrฤสฟra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  5. ืœึนืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. ื™ึปื—ึทึ–ืŸyuแธฅanchanan: (properly) to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603
  7. ื‘ึผึฐืขึตื™ื ึธึฃื™ื•bฤ•สฟรชnฤyw`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  8. ืจึตืขึตึฝื”ื•ึผืƒrฤ“สฟฤ“hรปrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
11
  1. ื‘ึผึทืขึฐื ึธืฉืbaสฟnoลก`anash: (properly) to urge; (by implication) to inflict a penaltyH6064
  2. ืœึตึญืฅlฤ“แนฃluwts: (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoffH3887
  3. ื™ึถื—ึฐื›ึผึทืyeแธฅkamchakam: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiserH2449
  4. ืคึผึถึ‘ืชึดื™petรฎpthiy: silly (i.e. seducible)H6612
  5. ื•ึผื‘ึฐื”ึทืฉื‚ึฐื›ึผึดึฅื™ืœรปbฤ•haล›kรฎlsakal: to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919
  6. ืœึฐึื—ึธื›ึธึ—ืlฤ•แธฅฤkฤmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  7. ื™ึดืงึผึทื—yiqqaแธฅlaqach: to take (in the widest variety of applications)H3947
  8. ื“ึผึธึฝืขึทืชืƒdฤสฟatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
12
  1. ืžึทืฉื‚ึฐื›ึผึดึฃื™ืœmaล›kรฎlsakal: to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919
  2. ืฆึทึญื“ึผึดื™ืงแนฃaddรฎqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  3. ืœึฐื‘ึตึฃื™ืชlฤ•bรชtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  4. ืจึธืฉืึธึ‘ืขrฤลกฤสฟrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  5. ืžึฐืกึทืœึผึตึ–ืฃmฤ•sallฤ“pcalaph: (properly) to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvertH5557
  6. ืจึฐืฉืึธืขึดึฃื™ืrฤ•ลกฤสฟรฎmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  7. ืœึธืจึธึฝืขืƒlฤrฤสฟra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
13
  1. ืึนื˜ึตึฃืสพลแนญฤ“matam: to close (the lips or ears); by analology to contract (a window by bevelled jambs)H331
  2. ืึธึญื–ึฐื ื•ึนสพฤzฤ•nรดozen: broadness; (concretely) the ear (from its form in man)H241
  3. ืžึดื–ึผึทืขึฒืงึทืชmizzaสฟฤƒqatza`aq: a shriek or outcryH2201
  4. ื“ึผึธึ‘ืœdฤldal: (properly) dangling; (by implication) weak or thinH1800
  5. ื’ึผึทึฝืgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  6. ื”ึฅื•ึผืhรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. ื™ึดึืงึฐืจึธึ—ืyiqrฤสพqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  8. ื•ึฐืœึนึฃืwฤ•lลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. ื™ึตืขึธื ึถึฝื”ืƒyฤ“สฟฤne`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
14
  1. ืžึทืชึผึธึฃืŸmattฤnmattan: a presentH4976
  2. ื‘ึผึทึญืกึผึตืชึถืจbassฤ“tercether: a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)H5643
  3. ื™ึดื›ึฐืคึผึถื”yikpekaphah: (properly) to bend, i.e. (figuratively) to tame or subdueH3711
  4. ืึธึ‘ืฃสพฤpaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
  5. ื•ึฐืฉืึนึฅื—ึทื“wฤ•ลกลแธฅadshachad: a donation (venal or redemptive)H7810
  6. ื‘ึผึทึื—ึตึ—ืงbaแธฅฤ“qcheyq: the bosom (literally or figuratively)H2436
  7. ื—ึตืžึธึฅื”แธฅฤ“mรขchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  8. ืขึทื–ึผึธึฝื”ืƒสฟazzรข`az: strong, vehement, harshH5794
15
  1. ืฉื‚ึดืžึฐื—ึธึฃื”ล›imแธฅรขsimchah: blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)H8057
  2. ืœึทึญืฆึผึทื“ึผึดื™ืงlaแนฃแนฃaddรฎqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  3. ืขึฒืฉื‚ึฃื•ึนืชสฟฤƒล›รดt`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  4. ืžึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึ‘ื˜miลกpฤแนญmishpat: (properly) a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree...H4941
  5. ื•ึผึืžึฐื—ึดืชึผึธึ—ื”รปmฤ•แธฅittรขmchittah: (properly) a dissolution; (concretely) a ruinH4288
  6. ืœึฐืคึนึฃืขึฒืœึตื™lฤ•pลสฟฤƒlรชpa`al: to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practiseH6466
  7. ืึธึฝื•ึถืŸืƒสพฤwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
16
  1. ืึธื“ึธึ—ืสพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  2. ืชึผึญื•ึนืขึถื”tรดสฟeta`ah: to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively)H8582
  3. ืžึดื“ึผึถึฃืจึถืšึฐmidderekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  4. ื”ึทืฉื‚ึฐื›ึผึตึ‘ืœhaล›kฤ“lsakal: to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligentH7919
  5. ื‘ึผึดืงึฐื”ึทึ–ืœbiqhalqahal: (usually concretely) assemblageH6951
  6. ืจึฐืคึธืึดึฃื™ืrฤ•pฤสพรฎmrapha': (properly) lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as deadH7496
  7. ื™ึธื ึฝื•ึผื—ึทืƒyฤnรปaแธฅnuwach: to rest, i.e. settle downH5117
17
  1. ืึดึฃื™ืฉืสพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  2. ืžึทึญื—ึฐืกื•ึนืจmaแธฅsรดrmachcowr: deficiency; (hence) impoverishmentH4270
  3. ืึนื”ึตึฃื‘สพลhฤ“bahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  4. ืฉื‚ึดืžึฐื—ึธึ‘ื”ล›imแธฅรขsimchah: blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)H8057
  5. ืึนื”ึตึฅื‘สพลhฤ“bahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  6. ื™ึทึฝื™ึดืŸyayinyayin: wine (as fermented); (by implication) intoxicationH3196
  7. ื•ึธึืฉืึถึ—ืžึถืŸwฤลกemenshemen: grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed)H8081
  8. ืœึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  9. ื™ึทืขึฒืฉืึดึฝื™ืจืƒyaสฟฤƒลกรฎr`ashar: (properly) to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) richH6238
18
  1. ื›ึผึนึฃืคึถืจkลperkopher: (properly) a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in)H3724
  2. ืœึทืฆึผึทื“ึผึดึฃื™ืงlaแนฃแนฃaddรฎqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  3. ืจึธืฉืึธึ‘ืขrฤลกฤสฟrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  4. ื•ึฐืชึทึ–ื—ึทืชwฤ•taแธฅattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
  5. ื™ึฐืฉืึธืจึดึฃื™ืyฤ•ลกฤrรฎmyashar: straightH3477
  6. ื‘ึผื•ึนื’ึตึฝื“ืƒbรดgฤ“dbagad: to cover (with a garment); (figuratively) to act covertlyH898
19
  1. ื˜ึ—ื•ึนื‘แนญรดbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  2. ืฉืึถึฅื‘ึถืชลกebetyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  3. ื‘ึผึฐืึถึฝืจึถืฅbฤ•สพereแนฃerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  4. ืžึดื“ึฐื‘ึผึธึ‘ืจmidbฤrmidbar: a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven)H4057
  5. ืžึตืึตึ–ืฉืึถืชmฤ“สพฤ“ลกetishshah: irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as H0582)H802
  6. ืžึดื“ึฐื•ึธื ึดึฃื™ืmidwฤnรฎmmadown: a contest or quarrelH4066
  7. ื•ึธื›ึธึฝืขึทืกืƒwฤkฤสฟaska`ac: vexationH3708
20
  1. ืื•ึนืฆึธึคืจื€สพรดแนฃฤrowtsar: a depositoryH214
  2. ื ึถื—ึฐืžึธึฃื“neแธฅmฤdchamad: to delight inH2530
  3. ื•ึธึญืฉืึถืžึถืŸwฤลกemenshemen: grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed)H8081
  4. ื‘ึผึดื ึฐื•ึตึฃื”binwฤ“naveh: (adjectively) at home; (by implication of satisfaction) lovelyH5116
  5. ื—ึธื›ึธึ‘ืแธฅฤkฤmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  6. ื•ึผื›ึฐืกึดึ–ื™ืœรปkฤ•sรฎlkciyl: (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or sillyH3684
  7. ืึธื“ึธึฃืสพฤdฤmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  8. ื™ึฐื‘ึทืœึผึฐืขึถึฝื ึผื•ึผืƒyฤ•ballฤ•สฟennรปbala`: to make away with; (specifically) to take by swallowing, to devourH1104
21
  1. ืจึนึญื“ึตืฃrลdฤ“pradaph: to run after (usually with hostile intentH7291
  2. ืฆึฐื“ึธืงึธึฃื”แนฃฤ•dฤqรขtsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
  3. ื•ึธื—ึธึ‘ืกึถื“wฤแธฅฤsedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
  4. ื™ึดืžึฐืฆึธึฅืyimแนฃฤสพmatsa': (properly) to come forth to, i.e. appear or existH4672
  5. ื—ึทึื™ึผึดึ—ื™ืแธฅayyรฎmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  6. ืฆึฐื“ึธืงึธึฅื”แนฃฤ•dฤqรขtsdaqah: rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively...H6666
  7. ื•ึฐื›ึธื‘ึฝื•ึนื“ืƒwฤ•kฤbรดdkabowd: (properly) weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519
22
  1. ืขึดึฃื™ืจสฟรฎr`iyr: a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)H5892
  2. ื’ึผึดึญื‘ึผึนืจึดื™ืgibbลrรฎmgibbowr: powerful; (by implication) a warrior, tyrantH1368
  3. ืขึธืœึธึฃื”สฟฤlรข`alah: to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)H5927
  4. ื—ึธื›ึธึ‘ืแธฅฤkฤmchakam: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)H2450
  5. ื•ึทึื™ึผึนึ—ืจึถื“wayyลredyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
  6. ืขึนึฃื–สฟลz`oz: strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)H5797
  7. ืžึดื‘ึฐื˜ึถื—ึธึฝื”ืƒmibแนญeแธฅรขmibtach: (properly) a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assuranceH4009
23
  1. ืฉืึนืžึตึฃืจลกลmฤ“rshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  2. ืคึผึดึญื™ื•pรฎwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  3. ื•ึผืœึฐืฉืื•ึนื ึ‘ื•ึนรปlฤ•ลกรดnรดlashown: the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and...H3956
  4. ืฉืึนืžึตึ–ืจลกลmฤ“rshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  5. ืžึดืฆึผึธืจึฃื•ึนืชmiแนฃแนฃฤrรดttsarah: tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rivalH6869
  6. ื ึทืคึฐืฉืึฝื•ึนืƒnapลกรดnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
24
  1. ื–ึตึฃื“zฤ“dzed: arrogantH2086
  2. ื™ึธึญื”ึดื™ืจyฤhรฎryahiyr: elated; (hence) arrogantH3093
  3. ืœึตึฃืฅlฤ“แนฃluwts: (properly) to make mouths at, i.e. to scoffH3887
  4. ืฉืึฐืžึ‘ื•ึนลกฤ•mรดshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
  5. ืขึื•ึนืฉื‚ึถึ—ื”สฟรดล›e`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  6. ื‘ึผึฐืขึถื‘ึฐืจึทึฅืชbฤ•สฟebrat`ebrah: an outburst of passionH5678
  7. ื–ึธื“ึฝื•ึนืŸืƒzฤdรดnzadown: arroganceH2087
25
  1. ืชึผึทืึฒื•ึทึฃืชtaสพฤƒwatta'avah: a longing; (by implication) a delightH8378
  2. ืขึธืฆึตึฃืœสฟฤแนฃฤ“l`atsel: indolentH6102
  3. ืชึผึฐืžึดื™ืชึถึ‘ื ึผื•ึผtฤ•mรฎtennรปmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  4. ื›ึผึดึฝื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  5. ืžึตืึฒื ึ–ื•ึผmฤ“สพฤƒnรปma'en: to refuseH3985
  6. ื™ึธื“ึธึฃื™ื•yฤdฤywyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  7. ืœึทืขึฒืฉื‚ึฝื•ึนืชืƒlaสฟฤƒล›รดt`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
26
  1. ื›ึผึธืœkฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  2. ื”ึทึญื™ึผื•ึนืhayyรดmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. ื”ึดืชึฐืึทื•ึผึธึฃื”hitสพawwรขavah: to wish forH183
  4. ืชึทืึฒื•ึธึ‘ื”taสพฤƒwรขta'avah: a longing; (by implication) a delightH8378
  5. ื•ึฐืฆึทื“ึผึดึฅื™ืงwฤ•แนฃaddรฎqtsaddiyq: justH6662
  6. ื™ึดึืชึผึตึ—ืŸyittฤ“nnathan: to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)H5414
  7. ื•ึฐืœึนึฃืwฤ•lลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. ื™ึทื—ึฐืฉื‚ึนึฝืšึฐืƒyaแธฅล›ลkchasak: to restrain; (reflexively) refrainH2820
27
  1. ื–ึถึฃื‘ึทื—zebaแธฅzebach: (properly) a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animalH2077
  2. ืจึฐึญืฉืึธืขึดื™ืrฤ•ลกฤสฟรฎmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  3. ืชึผื•ึนืขึตื‘ึธึ‘ื”tรดสฟฤ“bรขtow`ebah: (properly) something disgusting; (morally, as noun) an abhorrenceH8441
  4. ืึทึึ—ืฃสพapaph: meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction)H637
  5. ื›ึผึดึฝื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. ื‘ึฐื–ึดืžึผึธึฅื”bฤ•zimmรขzimmah: a plan, especially a bad oneH2154
  7. ื™ึฐื‘ึดื™ืึถึฝื ึผื•ึผืƒyฤ•bรฎสพennรปbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
28
  1. ืขึตื“สฟฤ“d`ed: concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimonyH5707
  2. ื›ึผึฐื–ึธื‘ึดึฅื™ืkฤ•zฤbรฎmkazab: falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)H3577
  3. ื™ึนืื‘ึตึ‘ื“yลสพbฤ“dabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
  4. ื•ึฐืึดึฅื™ืฉืwฤ•สพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  5. ืฉืึื•ึนืžึตึ—ืขึทลกรดmฤ“aสฟshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  6. ืœึธื ึถึฅืฆึทื—lฤneแนฃaแธฅnetsach: (properly) a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towardsH5331
  7. ื™ึฐื“ึทื‘ึผึตึฝืจืƒyฤ•dabbฤ“rdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
29
  1. ื”ึตืขึตึฌื–hฤ“สฟฤ“z`azaz: to be stout (literally or figuratively)H5810
  2. ืึดึฃื™ืฉืสพรฎลกiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  3. ืจึธืฉืึธึฃืขrฤลกฤสฟrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  4. ื‘ึผึฐืคึธื ึธึ‘ื™ื•bฤ•pฤnฤywpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. ื•ึฐึื™ึธืฉืึธึ—ืจwฤ•yฤลกฤryashar: straightH3477
  6. ื”ึคื•ึผืื€hรปสพhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. ื™ึธื›ึดึฌื™ืŸyฤkรฎnkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  8. ื“ึผึทืจึฐื›ึผึนึฝื™ื•ืƒdarkรดywderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
30
  1. ืึตึฃื™ืŸสพรชnayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  2. ื—ึธึญื›ึฐืžึธื”แธฅฤkฤ•mรขchokmah: wisdom (in a good sense)H2451
  3. ื•ึฐืึตึฃื™ืŸwฤ•สพรชnayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  4. ืชึผึฐื‘ื•ึผื ึธึ‘ื”tฤ•bรปnรขtabuwn: intelligence; (by implication) an argumentH8394
  5. ื•ึฐืึตึฅื™ืŸwฤ•สพรชnayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  6. ืขึตึืฆึธึ—ื”สฟฤ“แนฃรข`etsah: advice; (by implication) planH6098
  7. ืœึฐื ึถึฃื’ึถื“lฤ•negedneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
  8. ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึฝื”ืƒyฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
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  1. ืกึ—ื•ึผืกsรปscuwc: a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)H5483
  2. ืžึญื•ึผื›ึธืŸmรปkonkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  3. ืœึฐื™ึฃื•ึนืlฤ•yรดmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  4. ืžึดืœึฐื—ึธืžึธึ‘ื”milแธฅฤmรขmilchamah: a battle (i.e. the engagement); (generally) war (i.e. warfare)H4421
  5. ื•ึฐึืœึทึฝื™ื”ื•ึธึ—ื”wฤ•layhwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  6. ื”ึทืชึผึฐืฉืื•ึผืขึธึฝื”ืƒhattฤ•ลกรปสฟรขtshuw`ah: rescue (literal or figurative, pers., national or spir.)H8668

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Strong's words in Proverbs 21 (6)
Strong's H7563 — ืจึฐืฉืึธืขึดึฃื™ื (rฤ•ลกฤสฟรฎm)
rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person [from H7561] KJV: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. Root(s): H7561. Appears 8 times in Proverbs 21.
Strong's H3068 — ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึ‘ื” (yฤ•hwรข)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 21.
Strong's H376 — ืึดึญื™ืฉื (สพรฎลก)
iysh (eesh) n-m. 1. a man as an individual or a male person 2. often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) [contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)] KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Root(s): H582 Compare: H802. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 21.
Strong's H6213 — ืขึฒึญืฉื‚ึนื” (สฟฤƒล›ล)
`asah (aw-saw') v. 1. to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) [a primitive root] KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.. Appears 5 times in Proverbs 21.
Strong's H1870 — ื“ึผึถืจึถืšึฐ (derek)
derek (deh'-rek) n-m. 1. a road (as trodden) 2. (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverb [from H1869] KJV: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever). Root(s): H1869. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 21.
Strong's H3477 — ื™ึธืฉืึธึฃืจ (yฤลกฤr)
yashar (yaw-shawr') adj. 1. straight {literally or figuratively} [from H3474] KJV: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness). Root(s): H3474. Appears 4 times in Proverbs 21.

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“Thou shalt not be double-minded nor double-tongued; for to be double-tongued is a snare of death. Thy speech shall not be false, nor empty, but fulfilled by deed.”

— Didache (1st century) on Proverbs 21:6
What the Early Church wrote about Proverbs 21 (3)

  • “Look at the situation of the kingdoms and empires as arranged by God, in whose hand the heart of the king lies. Every day they plan for future income, from the registration of property, taxes in kind, gifts and taxes payable in money.”

    — Tertullian (3rd century) on Proverbs 21:1

  • “He will not be able to merit the mercy of God who himself has not been merciful, nor will [he] gain any request from the divine love by his prayers who has not been humane toward the prayer of the poor.”

    — Cyprian (3rd century) on Proverbs 21:13

  • “โ€œThe wise person assaults strong cities and demolishes the fortifications in which the ungodly trusted.โ€ Do you think when Solomon said this he wanted to teach us that the wise person seized cities and demolished fortifications built from stones? Or, rather, is he indicating t...”

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