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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Understanding
sekel (Hebrew #7922)
from 7919; intelligence; by implication, success
KJV usage: discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.
Pronounce: seh'-kel
Origin: or sekel {say'-kel}
is a wellspring
maqowr (Hebrew #4726)
from 6979; properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)
KJV usage: fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).
Pronounce: maw-kore'
Origin: or maqor {maw-kore'}
of life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
unto him that hath
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
it: but 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 fools
'eviyl (Hebrew #191)
(figuratively) silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Pronounce: ev-eel'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
is folly
'ivveleth (Hebrew #200)
silliness
KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Pronounce: iv-veh'-leth
Origin: from the same as 191
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Cross References

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a well-spring.
Prov. 10:11• 11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. (Prov. 10:11)
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Prov. 13:14• 14The teaching of the wise man is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death. (Prov. 13:14)
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Prov. 14:27• 27The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death. (Prov. 14:27)
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Prov. 18:4• 4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook. (Prov. 18:4)
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John 5:24• 24Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life. (John 5:24)
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John 6:63,68• 63It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal; (John 6:63,68)
the instruction.
Prov. 15:2,28• 2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.
 28The heart of a righteous man studieth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. (Prov. 15:2,28)
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Matt. 15:14• 14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch. (Matt. 15:14)
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Matt. 23:16‑26• 16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
 17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
 19Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
 20He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
 21And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
 22And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
 23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
 24Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
 25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
 26Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean. (Matt. 23:16‑26)
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Luke 6:39‑40• 39And he spoke also a parable to them: Can a blind man lead a blind man? shall not both fall into the ditch?
 40The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher. (Luke 6:39‑40)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wisdomc is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

JND Translation Notes

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Sachal. ch. 1.3.