Proverbs 4:16
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →לֹא lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Study H3808 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
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