Proverbs 3:7

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Be not

חָכָם

châkâm

H2450

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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in thine own

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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and

סוּר

çûwr

H5493

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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from

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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Key Terms in This Verse

depart H5493

סוּר çûwr

to turn off (literal or figurative)

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wise H2450

חָכָם châkâm

wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

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fear H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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eyes H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Job 28:28 cross-reference

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Romans 12:16 cross-reference

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Proverbs 26:12 cross-reference

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 16:6 cross-reference

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Job 1:1 cross-reference

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 cross-reference

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Isaiah 5:21 cross-reference

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Proverbs 14:27 cross-reference

The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Romans 11:25 cross-reference

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be c...

Nehemiah 5:15 cross-reference

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop...

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