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

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Verse 29

Original words

A violent חָ֭מָס H2555 Noun - masculine singular man אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular construct entices יְפַתֶּ֣ה H6601 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular his neighbor רֵעֵ֑הוּ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and leads him וְ֝הוֹלִיכ֗וֹ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular down a path בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ H1870 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular [that is] not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle good טֽוֹב׃ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular

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