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Proverbs 15

Prov. 15:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of the slothful
`atsel (Hebrew #6102)
indolent
KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Pronounce: aw-tsale'
Origin: from 6101
l man is as an hedge
msuwkah (Hebrew #4881)
from 7753; a hedge
KJV usage: hedge.
Pronounce: mes-oo-kaw'
Origin: or msukah {mes-oo-kaw'}
of thorns
chedeq (Hebrew #2312)
a prickly plant
KJV usage: brier, thorn.
Pronounce: khay'-dek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sting
: butm the way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
of the righteous
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
is δmade plain
calal (Hebrew #5549)
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
KJV usage: cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.
Pronounce: saw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Prov. 22:5,13• 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
 13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. (Prov. 22:5,13)
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Psa. 27:11• 11Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. (Psa. 27:11)
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Isa. 35:8• 8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. (Isa. 35:8)
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raised up as a causey.

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Hedge,
Plain,
Righteousness,
Thorns; Thistles

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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way of the slothful.
Prov. 22:5,13• 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
 13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. (Prov. 22:5,13)
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Prov. 26:13• 13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. (Prov. 26:13)
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Num. 14:1‑3,7‑9• 1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
 2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
 3And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
 7And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
 8If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
 9Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not. (Num. 14:1‑3,7‑9)
the way of the righteous.
Prov. 3:6• 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Prov. 3:6)
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Prov. 8:9• 9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. (Prov. 8:9)
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Psa. 5:8• 8Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. (Psa. 5:8)
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Psa. 25:8‑9,12• 8Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
 9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
 12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. (Psa. 25:8‑9,12)
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Psa. 27:11• 11Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. (Psa. 27:11)
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Isa. 30:21• 21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. (Isa. 30:21)
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Isa. 35:8• 8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. (Isa. 35:8)
made plain.
Heb. raised up as a causey.
Isa. 57:14• 14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. (Isa. 57:14)
• Difficulties abound in the mind of the slothful man. His way seems hedged up by thorns, and he has all manner of excuses for not acting at once according to what he knows is right and suited. The upright, learning his duty, presses on, and finds his way made plain before him as he takes one step after another. (“Proverbs Fifteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plaina.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "raised up as a causeway." see ch. 16.17. As "cast up." Isa. 57.14.