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Proverbs 13:19

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Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.	The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.	He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The desire^H8378 accomplished^H1961 is sweet^H6149 to the soul^H5315: but it is abomination^H8441 to fools^H3684 to depart^H5493 from evil^H7451.

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Original Hebrew

תַּאֲוָה נִהְיָה תֶעֱרַב לְנָפֶשׁ וְתֹועֲבַת כְּסִילִים סוּר מֵרָע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
תַּאֲוָ֣ה	ta.'a.Vah	H8378	HNcfsa	a desire
נִ֭הְיָה	Nih.yah	H1961	HVNrfsa	done
תֶּעֱרַ֣ב	ʻârêb	H6149	HVqi3fs
לְ/נָ֑פֶשׁ	le./Na.fesh	H5315	HR/Ncbsa	to/ a person
וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֥ת	ve./to.'a.Vat	H8441	HC/Ncfsc	and/ (is) an abomination of
כְּ֝סִילִ֗ים	ke.si.Lim	H3684	HAampa	fools
ס֣וּר	sur	H5493	HVqc	to turn aside
מֵ/רָֽע	me./Ra'	H7451	HR/Aamsa	from/ evil

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

Strong's References

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
• 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.
• H5493 — סוּר (çûwr, soor): or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative); be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
• H6149 — עָרֵב (ʻârêb, aw-rabe'): a primitive root (rather identical with עָרַב through the idea of close association); to be agreeable; be pleasant(-ing), take pleasure in, be sweet.
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H8378 — תַּאֲוָה (taʼăvâh, tah-av-aw'): from אָוָה (abbreviated); a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm); dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה.
• H8441 — תּוֹעֵבַה (tôwʻêbah, to-ay-baw'): or תֹּעֵבַה; feminine active participle of תַּעָב; properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol; abominable (custom, thing), abomination.

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