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Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

KJV

Cum prophetia defecerit, dissipabitur populus ; qui vero custodit legem beatus est.

Vulgate

οὐ μὴ ὑπάρξῃ ἐξηγητὴς ἔθνει παρανόμῳ, ὁ δὲ φυλάσσων τὸν νόμον μακαριστός.

LXX

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

ASV

בְּ/אֵ֣ין חָ֭זוֹן יִפָּ֣רַֽע עָ֑ם וְ/שֹׁמֵ֖ר תּוֹרָ֣ה אַשְׁרֵֽ/הוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
חָז֖וֹן
chzvn
noun · 35×
י
y
noun · 1849×
י
y
noun · 221×
פּוֹרֵ֣עַ
pvr'
verb · 16×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

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

Summa Theologica · 2 passages
Is prophecy natural? Is it from God by means of the angels? Is a natural disposition requisite for prophecy? Is a good life requisite? Is any prophecy from the demons? Do prophets of the demons ever tell what is true? Article 1. Whether prophecy can be natural? Objection 1. It would seem that prophecy can be natural. For Gregory says (Dial. iv, 26) that "sometimes the mere stre…
The division of prophecy into its species Is the more excellent prophecy that which is without imaginative vision? The various degrees of prophecy Was Moses the greatest of the prophets? Can a comprehensor be a prophet? Did prophecy advance in perfection as time went on? Article 1. Whether prophecy is fittingly divided into the prophecy of divine predestination, of foreknowledg…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 3:1 — And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
  • 2Chr 28:19 — For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
  • Amos 8:11 — Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
  • Exod 32:25 — And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
  • Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
  • Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
  • John 13:17 — If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
  • Luke 11:28 — But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
  • Matt 9:36 — But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  • Prov 19:16 — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
  • Prov 19:16 — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
  • Ps 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
  • Ps 19:11 — Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
  • Ps 19:11 — Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
  • Ps 74:9 — We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
  • Ps 119:2 — Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • Ps 147:20 — He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Rev 22:14 — Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
  • Rom 10:13 — For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.