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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.

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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.

13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. destroyed: Heb. broken

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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The
desireתַּאֲוָהtaʼăvâh/tah-av-aw'/H8378a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
accomplishedהָיָהhâyâh/haw-yaw/H1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
is
sweetעָרֵבʻârêb/aw-rabe'/H6149to be agreeable
to
the
soul:נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
but
it
is
abominationתּוֹעֵבַהtôwʻêbah/to-ay-baw'/H8441properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
to
foolsכְּסִילkᵉçîyl/kes-eel'/H3684properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
to
departסוּרçûwr/soor/H5493to turn off (literal or figurative)
from
evil.רַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Commentary on Proverbs 13:19

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 13:19
is abomination to fools to depart from evil. This shows the folly of those that refuse instruction, for they might be happy and will not. 1. They might be happy. There are in man strong desires of happiness; God has provided for the accomplishment of those desires, and that would be sweet to the soul, whereas the pleasures of sense are grateful only to the carnal appetite. The desire of good men towards the favour of God and spiritual blessings brings that which is sweet to their souls; we know those that can say so by experience, Ps. iv. 6, 7 . 2. Yet they will not be happy; for it is an abomination to them to depart from evil, which is necessary to their being happy. Never let those expect any thing truly sweet to their souls that will not be persuaded to leave their sins, but that roll them under their tongues as a sweet morsel. 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 13:10

Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

Jeremiah 8:1

At 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 8:2

And 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 14:16

And 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 15:3

And 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 16:4

They 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 25:33

And 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 34:20

I 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 23:35

That 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 8:36

As it is written For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Revelation 11:9

And 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 16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Revelation 17:6

And 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 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 13:19.

Exodus 12:4

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 25:15

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

Genesis 19:19

Behold 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:

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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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