Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 14:14
14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.
Context of Proverbs 14:14
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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מִדְּרָכָ֣יו יִ֭שְׂבַּע ס֣וּג לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵעָלָ֗יו אִ֣ישׁ טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 14:14
- Proverbs 1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken Yhwh thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord Yhwh of Armies.
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Yhwh; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Yhwh.
- Hosea 4:16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: Now Yhwh will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
- Zephaniah 1:6And them that are turned back from Yhwh; and those that have not sought Yhwh, nor enquired for him.
- Hebrews 3:12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
- Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
- Ezekiel 22:31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord Yhwh.
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- 2 Corinthians 2:12Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
- Galatians 6:4But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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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