Proverbs 6:15

6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. soweth: Heb. casteth forth

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. ¶

6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul

What does Proverbs 6:15 mean?

Proverbs 6:15 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֵיד (ʼêyd), בּוֹא (bôwʼ), פִּתְאוֹם (pithʼôwm). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Therefore

shall

his

calamityאֵידʼêyd/ade/H343oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin

comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

suddenly;פִּתְאוֹםpithʼôwm/pith-ome'/H6597instantly

suddenlyפֶּתַעpethaʻ/peh'-thah/H6621a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly

shall

brokenשָׁבַרshâbar/shaw-bar'/H7665to burst (literally or figuratively)

without

remedy.מַרְפֵּאmarpêʼ/mar-pay'/H4832properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity

Commentary on Proverbs 6:15

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 6:15

se they meet with in their declining years; for this psalm, above any other, is fitted for the use of the old disciples of Jesus Christ. I. He begins the psalm with believing prayers, with prayers that God would deliver him and save him ( ver. 2 , 4 ), and not cast him off ( ver. 9 ) or be far from him ( ver. 12 ), and that his enemies might be put to shame, ver. 13 . He pleads his confidence in God ( ver. 1 , 3 , 5, , 7 ), the experience he had had of help from God ( ver. 6 ), and the malice of his enemies against him, ver. 10, 11 . II. He concludes the psalm with believing praises ( ver. 14 , &c.). Never was his hope more established, ver. 16 , 18 , 20, , 21 . Never were his joys and thanksgivings more enlarged, ver. 15 , 19 , 22-24 . He is in an ecstasy of joyful praise; and, in the singing of it, we too should have our faith in God encouraged and our hearts raised in blessing his holy name. David Professes His Confidence in God; Believing Prayers. 1 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. erreth: or, causeth to err

Proverbs 10:18

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

Proverbs 31:1

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

Daniel 9:16

O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. common: or, moderate

Topics

Afflictions of the Wicked, the Malice Wicked Young Men

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 6:15.

Isaiah 29:5

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Isaiah 30:13

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

Numbers 6:9

And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

Proverbs 24:22

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Proverbs 29:1

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. He: Heb. A man of reproofs

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What does Proverbs 6:15 say?

Proverbs 6:15 (King James Version) reads: "Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy."

Is Proverbs 6:15 in the Old or New Testament?

Proverbs 6:15 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.

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