the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 28:14
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Happy is the one who is always reverent,but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
How blessed is the person who fears always, But one who hardens his heart will fall into disaster.
Those who are always respectful will be happy, but those who are stubborn will get into trouble.
Blessed and favored by God is the man who fears [sin and its consequence] at all times, But he who hardens his heart [and is determined to sin] will fall into disaster.
Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shal fall into euill.
How blessed is the man who is always in dread,But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
The Lord blesses everyone who is afraid to do evil, but if you are cruel, you will end up in trouble.
Happy the person who is never without fear, but he who hardens his heart will fall into misfortune.
Happy is the man that feareth always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.
People who respect others will be blessed, but stubborn people will have plenty of troubles.
Blessed is the man who is reverent always; but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Always obey the Lord and you will be happy. If you are stubborn, you will be ruined.
Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.
Blessed is a man who is in awe constantly! But he who hardens his heart falls into evil.
Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe.
Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.
Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.
Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into mischiefe.
Well is hym that standeth alway in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischiefe.
As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.
Happy is [the] man that fears always; But he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Happy [is] the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
Happy is the man who is always reverent, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Blessed are those who fear to do wrong, but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.
Happy is the man who always fears the Lord, but he who makes his heart hard will fall into trouble.
Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.
How happy the man who is ever circumspect, whereas, he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into calamity.
Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil.
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD always; but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
A tenderhearted person lives a blessed life; a hardhearted person lives a hard life.
How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Happy: Proverbs 23:17, Psalms 2:11, Psalms 16:8, Psalms 112:1, Isaiah 66:2, Jeremiah 32:40, Romans 11:20, Hebrews 4:1, 1 Peter 1:17
but: Proverbs 29:1, Exodus 7:22, Exodus 14:23, Job 9:4, Romans 2:4
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:16 - the fool Proverbs 19:26 - wasteth Proverbs 21:29 - hardeneth Proverbs 24:16 - but Jeremiah 44:10 - neither Matthew 26:35 - Though 1 Corinthians 10:12 - General 2 Corinthians 7:11 - fear Hebrews 3:8 - Harden
Cross-References
And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'
And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered;
and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.'
and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth;
and he toucheth at a [certain] place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh [them] his pillows, and lieth down in that place.
And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it;
and Thou -- Thou hast said, I certainly do good with thee, and have set thy seed as the sand of the sea, which is not numbered because of the multitude.'
Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Happy [is] the man that feareth alway,.... Not men, but the Lord; there is a fear and reverence due to men, according to the stations in which they are; but a slavish fear of man, and which deters from the worship of God and obedience to him, is criminal, and brings a snare; and a man, under the influence of it, cannot be happy: nor is a servile fear of God intended, a fear of wrath and damnation, or a distrust of his grace, a continual calling in question his love, and an awful apprehension of his displeasure and vengeance; for in such fear is torment, and with it a man can never be happy; but it is a reverence and godly fear, a filial one, a fear of God and his goodness, which he puts into the hearts of his people; a fear, indeed, of offending him, of sinning against him, by which a man departs from evil, and forsakes it, as well as confesses it; but is what arises from a sense of his goodness: and it is well when such a fear of God is always before the eyes and on the hearts of men; in their closets and families, in their trade and commerce, in all companies into which they come, as, well as in the house of God and the assembly of his saints, where he is to be feared; as also in prosperity and adversity, even throughout the whole course of life, passing the time of their sojourning here in fear: and such a man is happy; the eye of God is on him, his heart is towards him, and he delights it, him; his secret is with him, he sets a guard of angels about him, has laid up goodness for him, and communicates largely to him;
but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief; that hardens his heart from the fear of the Lord; neither confesses his sin, nor forsakes it; bids, as it were, defiance to heaven, strengthens and hardens himself in his wickedness, and by his hard and impenitent heart treasures up to himself wrath against the day of wrath; he falls "into evil" k, as it may be rendered, into the evil of sin yet more and more, which the hardness of his heart brings him into, and so into the evil of punishment here and hereafter.
k ברעה "in malum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The “fear” here is not so much reverential awe, as anxious, or “nervous” sensitiveness of conscience. To most men this temperament seems that of the self-tormentor. To him who looks deeper it is a condition of blessedness, and the callousness which is opposed to it ends in misery.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 28:14. Happy is the man that feareth alway — That ever carries about with him that reverential and filial fear of God, which will lead him to avoid sin, and labour to do that which is lawful and right in the sight of God his Saviour.
