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Proverbs 16

Pr. 16:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Righteous
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
lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
are the delight
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
of kings
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
; and they love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
him that speaketh
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
right
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
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Cross References

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Pr. 14:35• 35La benevolencia del rey es para con el ministro entendido: Mas su enojo contra el que lo avergüenza. (Pr. 14:35)
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Pr. 22:11• 11El que ama la limpieza de corazón, Por la gracia de sus labios su amigo será el rey. (Pr. 22:11)
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Sal. 101:5‑7• 5Al que solapadamente infama á su prójimo, yo le cortaré; No sufriré al de ojos altaneros, y de corazón vanidoso.
 6Mis ojos pondré en los fieles de la tierra, para que estén conmigo: El que anduviere en el camino de la perfección, éste me sevirá.
 7No habitará dentro de mi casa el que hace fraude: El que habla mentiras no se afirmará delante de mis ojos. (Sal. 101:5‑7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaketh aright.