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Proverbs 1

Pr. 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Tod receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the instruction
muwcar (Hebrew #4148)
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
KJV usage: bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
Pronounce: moo-sawr'
Origin: from 3256
of wisdom
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
, justice
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, and judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, and βequity
meyshar (Hebrew #4339)
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
KJV usage: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: may-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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 Instruction of wisdom: intelligence; circumspection. Justice: righteousness. Judgment: the ability to arrive at a verdict. Equity: evenness; to judge without bias. (Proverbs by N. Simon)
 “Understanding” in the 3rd verse (“wisdom” in the A. V.) is a word seldom found in Scripture, and has the force of “to bereave,” or “to miscarry.” The “sayings of bereavement” might not exactly express the thought; but it conveys the idea of learning through the unhappy experiences of others, or of oneself. (Bible Questions for December)
 “Righteousness” of verse 3 (“justice,” A. V.) refers to conduct, and might be rendered “right behavior.” “Judgment” is equivalent to “decisions.” It is the ability to “try the things that differ.” (Bible Questions for December)
 “Equity” refers to principles, rather than conduct. It is uprightness, or moral integrity. (Bible Questions for December)

J. N. Darby Translation

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to receive the instruction of wisdomk, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

JND Translation Notes

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Sachal, it means "intelligence," "circumspection," and "understanding," as in ch. 3.4, also "success," "good esteem." see "succeeded better," 1 Sam. 18.30.