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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heh that keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the commandment
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
keepeth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
his own soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
; but he that despiseth
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
his 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
shall die
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
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Luke 10:28• 28{i}And he said to him,{/i} Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. (Luke 10:28)

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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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keepeth the.
Prov. 3:1• 1My son, forget not my teaching,{HR}But let thy heart keep my commandments: (Prov. 3:1)
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Prov. 29:18• 18{i}Where there is no vision the people cast off restraint;{HR}But happy is he that keepeth the law.{/i} (Prov. 29:18)
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Psa. 103:18• 18To those that keep his covenant,{HR}And to those that remember his precepts to do them, (Psa. 103:18)
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Eccl. 8:5• 5Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing;{HR}And a wise man's heart discerneth time and judgment: (Eccl. 8:5)
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Eccl. 12:13• 13[This is] the end of the matter;{HR}All hath been heard:{HR}Fear God, and keep His commandments;{HR}For this [is] the whole [duty] of man. (Eccl. 12:13)
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Jer. 7:23• 23{i}but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.{/i} (Jer. 7:23)
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Luke 10:28• 28{i}And he said to him,{/i} Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. (Luke 10:28)
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Luke 11:28• 28But he said, Yea, rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep [it]. (Luke 11:28)
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John 14:15,21‑23• 15If ye love me, keep my commandments;
 21He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; but he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
 22Judas, not the Iscariot, saith to him, Lord, [and] how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?
 23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:15,21‑23)
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John 15:10‑14• 10I f ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
 11These things have I spoken to you that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.
 12This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I loved you.
 13Greater love no one hath than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
 14Ye are my friends if ye do what [ever] I command you. (John 15:10‑14)
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1 Cor. 7:19• 19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping God's commandments. (1 Cor. 7:19)
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1 John 2:3‑4• 3And herein we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
 4He that saith, I have known him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. (1 John 2:3‑4)
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1 John 3:22• 22and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)
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1 John 5:3• 3For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3)
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Rev. 22:14• 14Blessed {i}are{/i} those that wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in by the gates into the city. (Rev. 22:14)
keepeth his.
Prov. 16:17• 17The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil:{HR}He that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul. (Prov. 16:17)
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Prov. 21:23• 23Whoso guardeth his mouth and his tongue{HR}Guardeth his soul from troubles. (Prov. 21:23)
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Prov. 22:5• 5Thorns, snares, are in the way of a perverse one;{HR}He that guardeth his soul keepeth far from them. (Prov. 22:5)
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Ezek. 33:5• 5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. (Ezek. 33:5)
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Matt. 16:26• 26{i}For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?{/i} (Matt. 16:26)
he that despiseth.
Prov. 13:13• 13Whoso despiseth the word destroyeth himself;{HR}But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. (Prov. 13:13)
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Prov. 15:32• 32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul;{HR}But he that heareth reproof getteth heart. (Prov. 15:32)
• It is, so to speak, a kindness to oneself to obey the commandment of the Lord. The word is a word of life. To forsake it is to die. (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless ofd his ways shall die.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "despiseth."

W. Kelly Translation

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He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;{HR}He that despiseth his ways shall die.