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Proverbs 19

Prov. 19:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hea that getteth
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
γwisdom
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
loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
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
: he 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
understanding
tabuwn (Hebrew #8394)
or towbunah {to-boo-naw'}; from 995; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
KJV usage: discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: taw-boon'
Origin: and (feminine) tbuwnah {teb-oo-naw'}
shall find
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
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Prov. 2:10‑12• 10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
 11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
 12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; (Prov. 2:10‑12)
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an heart.

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Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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wisdom.
Heb. an heart.
Prov. 17:16• 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? (Prov. 17:16)
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Ezek. 36:26• 26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. (Ezek. 36:26)
loveth.
Prov. 8:35‑36• 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord.
 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (Prov. 8:35‑36)
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John 12:25• 25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. (John 12:25)
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1 Peter 3:10• 10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: (1 Peter 3:10)
he that keepeth.
Prov. 2:1‑9• 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
 6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
 8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. (Prov. 2:1‑9)
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Prov. 3:18,21• 18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
 21My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: (Prov. 3:18,21)
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Prov. 4:4,6,21• 4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
 21Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (Prov. 4:4,6,21)
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Prov. 16:20• 20He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. (Prov. 16:20)
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Prov. 22:18• 18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. (Prov. 22:18)
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Psa. 19:11• 11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. (Psa. 19:11)
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John 14:21• 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. (John 14:21)
• The A. V. reads “wisdom” where we have used the literal rendering, “heart.” The word so used is a Hebraism, standing for sound judgment, or common sense. See Proverbs 15:21. To follow after moral probity, and to cleave to understanding, bring true peace and lasting happiness. See Timotheus (2 Tim. 3:14, 15). (“Proverbs Nineteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that getteth sensek loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

JND Translation Notes

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See chs. 15.32; 17.18.