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Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

KJV

Viis suis replebitur stultus, et super eum erit vir bonus.

Vulgate

τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὁδῶν πλησθήσεται θρασυκάρδιος, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν διανοημάτων αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθός.

LXX

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.

ASV

מִ/דְּרָכָ֣י/ו יִ֭שְׂבַּע ס֣וּג לֵ֑ב וּ֝/מֵ/עָלָ֗י/ו אִ֣ישׁ טֽוֹב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 591×
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע
yshb'
verb · 96×
יִסֹּ֣גוּ
ysgv
verb · 14×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 28:15 — And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no
  • 2Pet 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them
  • Gal 6:4 — But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
  • Gal 6:8 — For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
  • Gen 19:26 — But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
  • Heb 3:12 — Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
  • Heb 10:39 — But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
  • Hos 11:7 — And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
  • Jer 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear
  • Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
  • Jer 17:5 — Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
  • John 4:14 — But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  • Judg 16:21 — But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
  • Prov 1:31 — Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • Prov 1:31 — Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • Prov 5:23 — He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • Prov 12:14 — A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
  • Prov 12:21 — There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
  • Prov 14:10 — The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • Ps 109:17 — As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
  • Ps 125:5 — As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Zeph 1:6 — And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.