Proverbs 19:23

American Standard Version (1901)

The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life; And he [that hath it] shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה לְחַיִּ֑ים וְשָׂבֵ֥עַ יָ֝לִ֗ין בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד רָֽע׃

Transliteration

yirʾat YHWH to ḥayyîm and śābēaʿ yālîn not yippāqed rāʿ.

Grammar Details

• *yirʾat*: noun, feminine singular construct - fear of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
• *śābēaʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - satisfied/full
• *yālîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will lodge/spend the night
• *yippāqed*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be visited
• *rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad

Word Meanings

• *yirʾat*: fear of/reverence of/awe of
• *ḥayyîm*: life/lifetime/living
• *śābēaʿ*: satisfied/full/abounding
• *yālîn*: will lodge/spend the night/abide
• *yippāqed*: will be visited/be punished/be attended to
• *rāʿ*: evil/bad/distress

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
• Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. 6 So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
• Phil 4:11-12 : 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. 12 I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.
• 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.
• Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
• Prov 14:26-27 : 26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
• Ps 90:14 : 14 Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
• Ps 145:18-20 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; He also will hear their cry and will save them. 20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
• Isa 58:10-11 : 10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday; 11 and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
• Prov 12:21 : 21 There shall no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
• 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain: 7 for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; 8 but having food and covering we shall be therewith content. 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
• Ps 85:9 : 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.
• 2 Tim 4:18 : 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will save me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 So the church throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified; and, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
• Mal 3:16-17 : 16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will I satisfy him, And show him my salvation.
• Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.
• Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing. 11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
• Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, [and] righteous altogether.
• Ps 33:18-19 : 18 Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness; 19 To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.