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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The foolishness
'ivveleth (Hebrew #200)
silliness
KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Pronounce: iv-veh'-leth
Origin: from the same as 191
of man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
perverteth
calaph (Hebrew #5557)
properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
KJV usage: overthrow, pervert.
Pronounce: saw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
his way
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 his 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
fretteth
za`aph (Hebrew #2196)
properly, to boil up, i.e. (figuratively) to be peevish or angry
KJV usage: fret, sad, worse liking, be wroth.
Pronounce: zaw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
against the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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foolishness.
Gen. 3:6‑12• 6When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that [it was] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree [was] desirable to make wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; and they joined together fig-leaves, and made themselves aprons .
8And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.
9And Jehovah called to the man and said to him, Where art thou?
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and was afraid because I [was] naked, and hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou [art] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?
12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
(Gen. 3:6‑12)
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Gen. 4:5‑14• 5but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect: And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7If thou doest well, will it not be lifted up ? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and to thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8And Cain said to Abel his brother… And it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [am] I the keeper of my brother?
10And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11And now cursed [be] thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength to thee; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be on the earth.
13And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment [is] greater than to be borne.
14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day on the face of the ground, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth; and it will come to pass [that] every one finding me shall slay me.
(Gen. 4:5‑14)
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Num. 16:19‑41• 19{i}And Korah gathered the whole assembly against them to the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the assembly.{/i}
20{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,{/i}
21{i}Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.{/i}
22{i}And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh! shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly?{/i}
23{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,{/i}
24{i}Speak unto the assembly, saying, Get you up from about the habitation of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.{/i}
25{i}And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.{/i}
26{i}And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins.{/i}
27{i}And they got up from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.{/i}
28{i}And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:{/i}
29{i}if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;{/i}
30{i}but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.{/i}
31{i}And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.{/i}
32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
35And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
36{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying{/i},
37speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
38The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
39And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
40to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah said to him by the hand of Moses.
41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.
(Num. 16:19‑41)
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Num. 17:12‑13• 12{i}And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo,{/i} we die, we perish; we all perish.
13{i}Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?{/i}
(Num. 17:12‑13)
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1 Sam. 13:13• 13{i}And{/i} Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel forever. (1 Sam. 13:13)
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1 Sam. 15:23• 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.{HR}And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.{HR}Because thou hast rejected the word, of Jehovah,{HR}He hath also rejected thee from being king. (1 Sam. 15:23)
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1 Sam. 22:13‑23• 13{i}And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day?{/i}
14{i}And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?{/i}
15{i}Was it today that I began to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king charge anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.{/i}
16{i}And the king said, Thou shalt certainly die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.{/i}
17{i}And the king said to the couriers that stood about him, Turn and put the priests of Jehovah to death; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not inform me. But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.{/i}
18{i}And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and fell on the priests, and put to death that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.{/i}
19{i}And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.{/i}
20And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
21{i}And Abiathar informed David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.{/i}
22{i}And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul: I am accountable for all the lives of thy father's house.{/i}
23{i}Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.{/i}
(1 Sam. 22:13‑23)
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1 Kings 20:42‑43• 42And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.
43And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
(1 Kings 20:42‑43)
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2 Kings 3:9‑10• 9{i}And the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that followed them.{/i}
10{i}And the king of Israel said,{/i} Alas! that Jehovah hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
(2 Kings 3:9‑10)
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2 Kings 6:33• 33{i}And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. And the king said,{/i} Behold this evil is of Jehovah; what should I wait for Jehovah any longer. (2 Kings 6:33)
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2 Chron. 16:9‑10• 9{i}For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.{/i}
10{i}And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.{/i}
(2 Chron. 16:9‑10)
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Acts 13:45‑46• 45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, For you it was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken; but since ye thrust it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn unto the Gentiles.
(Acts 13:45‑46)
fretteth.
 His foolishness leads him astray, and his deceitful heart is irritated against the Lord. He is bent on his own way, and can brook no correction. Compare Jonah when acting in self-will (Jonah 1:3; 4:8, 9). (Proverbs Nineteen by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.

W. Kelly Translation

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The folly of a man perverteth his way;{HR}And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.