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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The backslider
cuwg (Hebrew #5472)
properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
KJV usage: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
Pronounce: soog
Origin: a primitive root
l in heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
shall be filled
saba` (Hebrew #7646)
a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
Pronounce: saw-bah'
Origin: or sabeay {saw-bay'-ah}
with his own ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
: and a good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: 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. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
shall be satisfied from himself.
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Prov. 1:31• 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way,{HR}And be filled with their own devices. (Prov. 1:31)
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Jer. 2:19• 19Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 2:19)

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Prov. 1:32• 32For the turning back of the simple shall slay them,{HR}And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. (Prov. 1:32)
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Jer. 2:19• 19Thine own wickedness chastiseth thee, and thy backslidings reprove thee: know then and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Jer. 2:19)
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Jer. 8:5• 5Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. (Jer. 8:5)
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Jer. 17:5• 5Thus saith Jehovah; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. (Jer. 17:5)
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Hos. 4:16• 16For Israel is refractory as an intractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture. (Hos. 4:16)
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Zeph. 1:6• 6And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:6)
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Heb. 3:12• 12See, brethren, lest haply there shall be in anyone of you a wicked heart of unbelief in falling away from a living God. (Heb. 3:12)
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2 Peter 2:20‑22• 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire. (2 Peter 2:20‑22)
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Prov. 1:31• 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way,{HR}And be filled with their own devices. (Prov. 1:31)
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Prov. 12:14• 14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of the mouth;{HR}And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered to him. (Prov. 12:14)
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Ezek. 22:31• 31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath; their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:31)
a good.
Prov. 14:10• 10The heart knoweth its own bitterness,{HR}And a stranger intermeddleth not with its joy. (Prov. 14:10)
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John 4:14• 14but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall in no way thirst forever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into life eternal. (John 4:14)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
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Gal. 6:4,8• 4But let each prove his own work, and then he will have his boast as to himself alone, and not as to the other;
 8for he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life eternal. (Gal. 6:4,8)
• A backslider is one who has given up ground once taken for God. Many a soul gives up in heart long before it is manifested in the life. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• It is important, however, to carefully distinguish between backsliding and apostasy. The backslider is one who fails in practically carrying out the truth. The apostate, on the other hand, gives up the truth entirely, even denying the Lord that bought him; thus proving his unreality. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• The good man—that is, the man who is real for God—shall be filled from what is in himself. The testimony of the Lord controls the reins of his being. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.

W. Kelly Translation

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The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways,{HR}And the good man from himself.