Proverbs 14:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּ֭יָשְׁרוֹ יְרֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּנְל֖וֹז דְּרָכָ֣יו בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

hōlēḵ in yāšrō yərēʾ YHWH and nəlōz dərāḵāyw bōzēhû

Grammar Details

• *hōlēḵ*: masculine singular active participle - one walking
• *yāšrō*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his uprightness
• *yərēʾ*: masculine singular construct - fearer of
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *nəlōz*: masculine singular Niphal participle - one who is perverted
• *dərāḵāyw*: noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ways
• *bōzēhû*: masculine singular active participle + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - despises Him

Word Meanings

• *hōlēḵ*: walks/goes/lives
• *yāšrō*: uprightness/straightness/integrity
• *yərēʾ*: fears/respects/reveres
• *nəlōz*: perverted/devious/crooked
• *bōzēhû*: despises/disdains/shows contempt for

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
• 1 Kgs 3:6 : 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
• Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
• Job 12:4 : 4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
• Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
• Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
• Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled With the scoffing of those that are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud.
• Prov 2:15 : 15 Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:
• Prov 11:12 : 12 He that despiseth his neighbor is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
• Prov 16:17 : 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
• Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
• Mal 2:5-6 : 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
• Luke 10:16 : 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
• Luke 16:14 : 14 And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
• 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.
• Acts 10:22 : 22 And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned [of God] by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.
• Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.
• Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• 2 Tim 3:2-3 : 2 For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
• Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.