Proverbs 16:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גְּבַהּ־לֵ֑ב יָ֥ד לְ֝יָ֗ד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃

Transliteration

tôʿăḇat YHWH all-gᵉḇah-lēḇ yād to-yād not yinnāqeh

Grammar Details

*tôʿăḇat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - abomination of
*YHWH*: divine name
*kol*: noun, masculine, singular construct - all/every
*gᵉḇah*: adjective, masculine, singular construct - proud/high/lofty
*lēḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - heart
*yād*: noun, feminine, singular - hand
*lᵉ*: preposition - to
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yinnāqeh*: verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be acquitted/go unpunished

Word Meanings

*gᵉḇah-lēḇ*: proud heart/haughty mind/arrogant person
*yād lᵉyād*: hand to hand/from generation to generation/most assuredly

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:16-17 : 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Prov 11:21 : 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Job 40:12 : 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 11:20-21
2 verses
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20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Prov 6:15-17
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74%
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Prov 16:18-19
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74%
18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Deut 25:16
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16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Prov 21:4
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4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Prov 17:15
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15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Ps 10:2-4
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2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
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Prov 29:27
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27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Prov 15:9
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9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Job 40:11-12
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11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Isa 2:11-12
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11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
12For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Prov 16:6
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Isa 5:15
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15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Prov 29:23
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23A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Prov 8:13
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13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Prov 3:32
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32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Prov 28:25
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Ps 101:5
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Prov 15:26
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26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Mal 3:15
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Prov 18:12
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12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Prov 11:1-2
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1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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Ps 15:4
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Isa 9:17
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17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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Prov 14:2
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Prov 21:24
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Prov 17:5
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Jer 13:15
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15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
Num 15:30
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Ps 73:6
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6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain{H8804)}; violence covereth{H8799)} them as a garment.
Luke 16:15
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Jas 4:16
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Prov 16:12
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Job 41:34
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Ps 5:6
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Ps 36:2
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Prov 29:1
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Ps 58:2
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