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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The simple
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
believeth
'aman (Hebrew #539)
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (Isa. 30:21; interchangeable with 541) to go to the right hand
KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, + fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Pronounce: aw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
every word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
: but the prudent
`aruwm (Hebrew #6175)
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Pronounce: aw-room'
Origin: passive participle of 6191
man looketh well
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
o to his going
'ashur (Hebrew #838)
from 833 in the sense of going; a step
KJV usage: going, step.
Pronounce: aw-shoor'
Origin: or ashshur {ash-shoor'}
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Prov. 4:26• 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered. (Prov. 4:26)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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simple.
Prov. 4:26• 26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered. (Prov. 4:26)
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Prov. 22:3• 3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. (Prov. 22:3)
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Prov. 27:12• 12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished. (Prov. 27:12)
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Rom. 16:18‑19• 18For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
 19For your obedience has reached to all. I rejoice therefore as it regards you; but I wish you to be wise as to that which is good, and simple as to evil. (Rom. 16:18‑19)
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Eph. 4:14• 14in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error; (Eph. 4:14)
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Eph. 5:17• 17For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord. (Eph. 5:17)
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1 John 4:1• 1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)
the prudent.
Prov. 14:8• 8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit. (Prov. 14:8)
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Amos 5:13• 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time. (Amos 5:13)
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Acts 13:7• 7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to him, desired to hear the word of God. (Acts 13:7)
• The simple are ready with amazing incredulity to believe anything given forth by men as foolish as themselves, while stumbling over the clearest truths of revelation. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• Wise and simple are relative terms, referring not so much to mental condition as to the fear of the Lord on the one hand, and indifferent self-sufficiency on the other. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)
• The prudent man mistrusts himself, and trusts the word of the living God. Ordering his steps in that Word, he looks well to his going. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man heedethh his going.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "discerneth."