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Proverbs 4

Prov. 4:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For they sleep
yashen (Hebrew #3462)
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
KJV usage: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Pronounce: yaw-shane'
Origin: a primitive root
not, except they have done mischief
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
; and their sleep
shehah (Hebrew #8142)
from 3462; sleep
KJV usage: sleep.
Pronounce: shay-naw'
Origin: or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}
is taken away
gazal (Hebrew #1497)
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
KJV usage: catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
Pronounce: gaw-zal'
Origin: a primitive root
, unless they cause some to fall
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Prov. 1:16• 16for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. (Prov. 1:16)
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Psa. 36:4• 4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:4)
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Isa. 57:20• 20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, which cannot rest, and whose waters cast up mire and dirt. (Isa. 57:20)
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Mic. 2:1• 1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. (Mic. 2:1)
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Luke 22:66• 66And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying, (Luke 22:66)
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John 18:28• 28They lead therefore Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium; and it was early morn. And *they* entered not into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but eat the passover. (John 18:28)
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2 Peter 2:14• 14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse; (2 Peter 2:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.