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Proverbs 6

Prov. 6:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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δA proud
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
look
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
l, a lying
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
m tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
, and hands
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
n that shed
shaphak (Hebrew #8210)
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
KJV usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Pronounce: shaw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
innocent
naqiy (Hebrew #5355)
from 5352; innocent
KJV usage: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
Pronounce: naw-kee'
Origin: or naqiyi (Joel {SI 10004}4{/SI} : {SI 10019}19{/SI}; Jonah 1 : 1{SI 10004}4{/SI}), {naw-kee'}
blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
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haughty eyes.
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Psa. 18:27• 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. (Psa. 18:27)
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Psa. 120:3‑4• 3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
 4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. (Psa. 120:3‑4)
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Rev. 22:15• 15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
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2 Kings 24:3‑4• 3Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
 4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. (2 Kings 24:3‑4)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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A proud look.
Heb. Haughty eyes.
Prov. 30:13• 13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. (Prov. 30:13)
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Psa. 10:4• 4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. (Psa. 10:4)
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Psa. 18:27• 27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. (Psa. 18:27)
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Psa. 73:6‑8• 6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
 7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
 8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. (Psa. 73:6‑8)
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Psa. 101:5• 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. (Psa. 101:5)
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Psa. 131:1• 1<<A Song of degrees of David.>> Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. (Psa. 131:1)
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Isa. 2:11• 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. (Isa. 2:11)
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Isa. 3:9,16• 9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
 16Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: (Isa. 3:9,16)
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1 Peter 5:5• 5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5)
lying.
Prov. 12:22• 22Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight. (Prov. 12:22)
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Prov. 14:5• 5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. (Prov. 14:5)
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Prov. 26:28• 28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. (Prov. 26:28)
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Psa. 5:6• 6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. (Psa. 5:6)
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Psa. 120:2‑3• 2Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
 3What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? (Psa. 120:2‑3)
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Hos. 4:1‑2• 1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
 2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. (Hos. 4:1‑2)
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John 8:44• 44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. (John 8:44)
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Rev. 22:15• 15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. (Rev. 22:15)
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Prov. 1:11• 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: (Prov. 1:11)
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Deut. 27:25• 25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:25)
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2 Kings 24:4• 4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. (2 Kings 24:4)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:15)
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Isa. 59:3‑6• 3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
 4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
 5They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
 6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. (Isa. 59:3‑6)
• Haughty eyes belong not to the one who has been a learner at His feet who is “meek and lowly in heart.” (“Proverbs Six” by H.A. Ironside)
• A lying tongue! How opposed to Him who is Himself the Truth, and who desireth truth in the inward parts. (“Proverbs Six” by H.A. Ironside)
• He is of one ilk who would with his tongue destroy the good name of another with him who would with wicked hands take his brother’s life. (“Proverbs Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;