Proverbs 13:19
13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
KJV
Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
What does Proverbs 13:19 mean?
Proverbs 13:19 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include תַּאֲוָה (taʼăvâh), הָיָה (hâyâh), עָרֵב (ʻârêb). It connects to 14 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Jeremiah 8:1At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
Jeremiah 8:2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 14:16And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Jeremiah 15:3And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. kinds: Heb. families
Jeremiah 16:4They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah 25:33And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Jeremiah 34:20I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Romans 8:36As it is written For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Revelation 11:9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Revelation 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Revelation 18:24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 13:19.
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus 25:15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
Genesis 19:19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Frequently asked questions
What does Proverbs 13:19 say?
Proverbs 13:19 (King James Version) reads: "The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil."
Is Proverbs 13:19 in the Old or New Testament?
Proverbs 13:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.
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