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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Aa wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
man feareth
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
, and departeth
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
from evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
: but the fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
rageth
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and is confident
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 16:6• 6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. (Prov. 16:6)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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feareth.
Prov. 3:7• 7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. (Prov. 3:7)
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Prov. 16:6,17• 6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
 17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. (Prov. 16:6,17)
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Prov. 22:3• 3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. (Prov. 22:3)
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Gen. 33:9• 9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. (Gen. 33:9)
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Gen. 42:18• 18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: (Gen. 42:18)
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Neh. 5:15• 15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (Neh. 5:15)
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Job 31:21‑23• 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
 22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
 23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. (Job 31:21‑23)
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Psa. 119:120• 120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. (Psa. 119:120)
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1 Thess. 5:22• 22Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1 Thess. 5:22)
the fool.
Prov. 7:22• 22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; (Prov. 7:22)
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Prov. 28:14• 14Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. (Prov. 28:14)
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Prov. 29:9• 9If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. (Prov. 29:9)
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1 Kings 19:2• 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. (1 Kings 19:2)
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1 Kings 20:10‑11,18• 10And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
 11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
 18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. (1 Kings 20:10‑11,18)
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Eccl. 10:13• 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. (Eccl. 10:13)
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Mark 6:17‑19,24‑25• 17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
 18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
 19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
 24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
 25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. (Mark 6:17‑19,24‑25)
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John 9:40• 40And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? (John 9:40)
• The fool, heeding no one, led by his lustful desires, rushes on in vainglorious self-confidence to his own destruction. (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.