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Proverbs 11:17

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A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.	The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.	The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The merciful^H2617 man^H376 doeth good^H1580 to his own soul^H5315: but he that is cruel^H394 troubleth^H5916 his own flesh^H7607.

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Original Hebrew

גֹּמֵל נַפְשֹׁו אִישׁ חָסֶד וְעֹכֵר אֵרֹו אַכְזָרִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
גֹּמֵ֣ל	go.Mel	H1580	HVqrmsa	(is) dealing bountifully with
נַ֭פְשׁ/וֹ	naf.sh/o	H5315	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	self/ his
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsc	a person of
חָ֑סֶד	Cha.sed	H2617	HNcmsa	loyalty
וְ/עֹכֵ֥ר	ve./'o.Kher	H5916	HC/Vqrmsa	and/ (is) troubling
שְׁ֝אֵר֗/וֹ	She.e.R/o	H7607	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	body/ his
אַכְזָרִֽי	'akh.za.Ri	H394	HAamsa	a cruel (person)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H394 — אַכְזָרִי (ʼakzârîy, ak-zawr-ree'): from אַכְזָר; terrible; cruel (one).
• H1580 — גָּמַל (gâmal, gaw-mal'): a primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean; bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.
• H2617 — חֵסֵד (chêçêd, kheh'-sed): from חָסַד; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty; favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
• H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
• H5916 — עָכַר (ʻâkar, aw-kar'): a primitive root; properly, to roil water; figuratively, to disturb or affict; trouble, stir.
• H7607 — שְׁאֵר (shᵉʼêr, sheh-ayr'): from שָׁאַר; flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood; body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• but — Job 20:19-23, Proverbs 15:27, Ecclesiastes 4:8, James 2:13, James 5:1-5
• merciful — Psalms 41:1-4, Psalms 112:4-9, Isaiah 32:7-8, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 58:7-12, Daniel 4:27, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 25:34-40, Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:6-14

Reciprocal references (3): Genesis 34:30, Ecclesiastes 4:5, Ephesians 5:29

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: KINDNESS-CRUELTY, MERCIFULNESS-UNMERCIFULNESS, PROMISES TO THE MERCIFUL AND BENEVOLENT
• Torrey’s: MERCY
• Nave’s: MALICE, MERCY

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