Proverbs 4:19

Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data

"The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."

Word-by-Word Analysis

The

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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of the

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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is as

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek

H2822

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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they

יָדַע

yâdaʻ

H3045

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...

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not at what they

כָּשַׁל

kâshal

H3782

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

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Key Terms in This Verse

stumble H3782

כָּשַׁל kâshal

to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall

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darkness H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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wicked H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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way H1870

דֶּרֶךְ derek

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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know H3045

יָדַע yâdaʻ

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...

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Cross References

John 12:35 cross-reference

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

Jeremiah 23:12 cross-reference

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:9 cross-reference

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Jeremiah 13:16 cross-reference

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da...

John 11:10 cross-reference

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Job 12:25 cross-reference

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Matthew 15:14 cross-reference

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Proverbs 2:13 cross-reference

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Job 18:18 cross-reference

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Matthew 7:23 cross-reference

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Job 5:14 cross-reference

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

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