English Standard Version
Proverbs 14:14
14The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
Proverbs 14:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
- New International Version (NIV)The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good rewarded for theirs.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Backsliders get what they deserve; good people receive their reward.
Context of Proverbs 14:14
12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. 13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief. The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways. 15The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps. 16One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:14 word by word
מִדְּרָכָ֣יו יִ֭שְׂבַּע ס֣וּג לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵעָלָ֗יו אִ֣ישׁ טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:14
- Proverbs 1:32For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
- Jeremiah 2:19Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus says the Lord: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.
- Hosea 4:16Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
- Zephaniah 1:6those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him."
- Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
- Proverbs 1:31therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
- Proverbs 12:14From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
- Ezekiel 22:31Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God."
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.
- John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
- 2 Corinthians 2:12When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord,
- Galatians 6:4But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways - Who is the backslider? סוג sug . The man who once walked in the ways of religion, but has withdrawn from them. The man who once fought manfully against the world, the devil, and the flesh; but has retreated from the battle, or joined the enemy. The man who once belonged to the congregation of the saints, but is now removed from them, and is set down in the synagogue of Satan. But who is the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Shall be satisfied - These words are not in the original. Repeat the verb from the first clause, “He who falls away from God in his heart, shall be filled with his own ways; and the good man (shall be filled) with that which belongs to him.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14Verse 14 Of all sinners backsliders will have the most terror when they reflect on their own ways.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Backsliders act foolishly against what they know is good, right, and wise.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. filled ... ways--receive retribution (Pr 1:31). a good man ... himself--literally, "is away from such," will not associate with him.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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