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Proverbs 24

Prov. 24:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And, lo, it was all grown over
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
with thorns
qimmashown (Hebrew #7063)
a prickly plant
KJV usage: thorn.
Pronounce: kim-maw-shone'
Origin: from the same as 7057
, and nettles
charuwl (Hebrew #2738)
apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed
KJV usage: nettle.
Pronounce: khaw-rool'
Origin: or (shortened) charul {khaw-rool'}
had covered
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
thereof, and the stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
wall
geder (Hebrew #1444)
a circumvallation
KJV usage: wall.
Pronounce: gheh'-der
Origin: from 1443
thereof was broken down
harac (Hebrew #2040)
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV usage: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.
Pronounce: haw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
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More on:

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Nettles,
Stones,
Thorns; Thistles,
Walls

Cross References

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Gen. 3:17‑19• 17And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
 18and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
 19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground: for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen. 3:17‑19)
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Job 31:40• 40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and tares instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:40)
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Jer. 4:3• 3For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. (Jer. 4:3)
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Matt. 13:7,22• 7and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;
 22And he that is sown among the thorns--this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. (Matt. 13:7,22)
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Heb. 6:8• 8but bringing forth thorns and briars, it is found worthless and nigh to a curse, whose end is to be burned. (Heb. 6:8)
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Prov. 19:23• 23The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil. (Prov. 19:23)
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Prov. 20:4• 4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Prov. 20:4)
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Prov. 22:13• 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets! (Prov. 22:13)
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Prov. 23:21• 21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags. (Prov. 23:21)
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Eccl. 10:18• 18By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth. (Eccl. 10:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.