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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If thou sayest
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold, we knew
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
it not; doth not he that pondereth
takan (Hebrew #8505)
to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)
KJV usage: bear up, direct, be ((un-))equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
Pronounce: taw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root
the heart
libbah (Hebrew #3826)
the heart
KJV usage: heart.
Pronounce: lib-baw'
Origin: feminine of 3820
consider
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
it? and he that keepeth
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
thy 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
, doth not he know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
it? and shalle not he render
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
to every 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
according to his works
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
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Jer. 32:19• 19great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: (Jer. 32:19)

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doth not he that.
Prov. 5:21• 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. (Prov. 5:21)
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Prov. 21:2• 2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts. (Prov. 21:2)
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1 Sam. 16:7• 7But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart. (1 Sam. 16:7)
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Psa. 7:9• 9Oh let the wrong of the wicked come to an end, and establish thou the righteous man; even thou that triest the hearts and reins, the righteous God. (Psa. 7:9)
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Psa. 17:3• 3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word. (Psa. 17:3)
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Psa. 44:21• 21Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. (Psa. 44:21)
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Eccl. 5:8• 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)
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Jer. 17:10• 10I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. (Jer. 17:10)
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Rom. 2:16• 16in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my glad tidings, by Jesus Christ. (Rom. 2:16)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 5So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)
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Heb. 4:12‑13• 12For the word of God is living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
 13And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:12‑13)
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Rev. 2:18,23• 18And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass:
 23and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that *I* am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works. (Rev. 2:18,23)
that keepeth.
1 Sam. 2:6• 6Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive; he bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. (1 Sam. 2:6)
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1 Sam. 25:29• 29And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling. (1 Sam. 25:29)
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Psa. 66:9• 9Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. (Psa. 66:9)
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Psa. 121:3,8• 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
 8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore. (Psa. 121:3,8)
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Dan. 5:23• 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:23)
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Acts 17:28• 28for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:28)
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Rev. 1:18• 18and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades. (Rev. 1:18)
and shall.
Job 34:11• 11For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way. (Job 34:11)
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Psa. 62:12• 12And unto thee, O Lord, belongeth loving-kindness; for *thou* renderest to every man according to his work. (Psa. 62:12)
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Jer. 32:19• 19great in counsel and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: (Jer. 32:19)
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Matt. 16:27• 27For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings. (Matt. 16:27)
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Rom. 2:6• 6who shall render to each according to his works: (Rom. 2:6)
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2 Cor. 5:10• 10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body, according to those he has done, whether it be good or evil. (2 Cor. 5:10)
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Rev. 2:23• 23and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that *I* am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works. (Rev. 2:23)
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Rev. 20:12‑15• 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.
 13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works:
 14and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
 15And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:12‑15)
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Rev. 22:12• 12Behold, I come quickly, and my reward with me, to render to every one as his work shall be. (Rev. 22:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weighethf the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

JND Translation Notes

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As 1 Sam. 2.3; "meted," Isa. 40.12.