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Proverbs 13:19

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

KJV

Desiderium si compleatur delectat animam ; detestantur stulti eos qui fugiunt mala.

Vulgate

ἐπιθυμίαι εὐσεβῶν ἡδύνουσιν ψυχήν, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν μακρὰν ἀπὸ γνώσεως.

LXX

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

ASV

תַּאֲוָ֣ה נִ֭הְיָה תֶּעֱרַ֣ב לְ/נָ֑פֶשׁ וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֥ת כְּ֝סִילִ֗ים ס֣וּר מֵ/רָֽע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 752×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עָרַ֣בְתְּ
'rbt
verb · 7×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
תַּאֲוַ֣ת
t'vt
verb · 21×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
  • Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Prov 13:12 — Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
  • Prov 16:17 — The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
  • Prov 29:27 — An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
  • Ps 34:14 — Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
  • Rev 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.