Focused Passage

Proverbs 16:29

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.

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29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

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Verse 29

Original words

A violentחָ֭מָסH2555Noun - masculine singularmanאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular constructenticesיְפַתֶּ֣הH6601Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis neighborרֵעֵ֑הוּH7453Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand leads himוְ֝הוֹלִיכ֗וֹH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singulardown a pathבְּדֶ֣רֶךְH1870Preposition-b | Noun - common singular[that is] notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlegoodטֽוֹב׃H2896Adjective - masculine singular

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