Proverbs 6:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת ׀ בְּלִבּ֗וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּכָל־עֵ֑ת *מדנים **מִדְיָנִ֥ים יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃

Transliteration

tahpuḵôt in-libbô ḥōrēš rāʿ in-all-ʿēt midyānîm yəšallēaḥ

Grammar Details

*tahpuḵôt*: noun, feminine plural - perversities/perverse things
*libbô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his heart
*ḥōrēš*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - plowing/devising
*rāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - evil/wickedness
*ʿēt*: noun, feminine singular - time
*midyānîm*: noun, masculine plural - strifes/contentions
*yəšallēaḥ*: verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he sends out/spreads

Word Meanings

*tahpuḵôt*: perversities/perverse things/frowardness
*ḥōrēš*: plowing/devising/plotting
*rāʿ*: evil/wickedness/harm
*midyānîm*: strifes/contentions/disputes

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Referenced Verses

Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Prov 6:18-19 : 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Prov 16:28-30 : 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Prov 26:17-22 : 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? 20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. 21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Isa 32:7 : 7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Isa 57:20 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Ezek 11:2 : 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Hos 8:7 : 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 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.
Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth{H8691)} himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth{H8799)} not evil.
Prov 2:14 : 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Prov 3:29 : 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Prov 6:18-19
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18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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Prov 16:27-30
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Ps 41:6
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Prov 11:20
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