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Proverbs 6

Prov. 6:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Frowardness
tahpukah (Hebrew #8419)
a perversity or fraud
KJV usage: (very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.
Pronounce: tah-poo-kaw'
Origin: from 2015
is in 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
, hef deviseth
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
mischief
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
continually
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
; he βsoweth
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
discord
mdan (Hebrew #4090)
a form of 4066
KJV usage: discord, strife.
Pronounce: med-awn'
madown (Hebrew #4066)
a contest or quarrel
KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
Pronounce: maw-dohn'
Origin: from 1777
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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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casteth forth.
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Rom. 16:17• 17But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which *ye* have learnt, and turn away from them. (Rom. 16:17)

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Sower; Sowing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Frowardness.
Prov. 2:14• 14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; (Prov. 2:14)
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Prov. 16:28‑30• 28A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.
 29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into a way that is not good.
 30He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things; biting his lips, he bringeth evil to pass. (Prov. 16:28‑30)
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Prov. 21:8• 8Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright. (Prov. 21:8)
he deviseth.
Prov. 6:18• 18a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; (Prov. 6:18)
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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. 32:7• 7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. (Isa. 32:7)
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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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Ezek. 11:2• 2And he said unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and give wicked counsel in this city: (Ezek. 11:2)
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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)
soweth.
Heb. casteth forth.
Prov. 6:19• 19a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:19)
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Prov. 16:28• 28A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends. (Prov. 16:28)
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Prov. 22:8• 8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end. (Prov. 22:8)
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Prov. 26:17‑22• 17He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
 18As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
 19so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
 20Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
 21As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
 22The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. (Prov. 26:17‑22)
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Hos. 8:7• 7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up. (Hos. 8:7)
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Rom. 16:17• 17But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which *ye* have learnt, and turn away from them. (Rom. 16:17)
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Gal. 6:7‑8• 7Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.
 8For he that sows to his own flesh, shall reap corruption from the flesh; but he that sows to the Spirit, from the Spirit shall reap eternal life: (Gal. 6:7‑8)
• He becomes thus a sower of discord, scattering evil words as one might scatter thistledown, to bring forth a harvest of sorrow that can never be fully destroyed. (“Proverbs Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he sowethk discords.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "sendeth out" -- intensive -- so ver. 19, ch. 16.28.