Proverbs 16:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: [Though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה כָּל־גְּבַהּ־לֵ֑ב יָ֥ד לְ֝יָ֗ד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃

Transliteration

tôʿăḇat YHWH all-gᵉḇah-lēḇ yād to-yād not yinnāqeh

Grammar Details

*tôʿăḇat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - abomination of
*YHWH*: divine name
*kol*: noun, masculine, singular construct - all/every
*gᵉḇah*: adjective, masculine, singular construct - proud/high/lofty
*lēḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - heart
*yād*: noun, feminine, singular - hand
*lᵉ*: preposition - to
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yinnāqeh*: verb, Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be acquitted/go unpunished

Word Meanings

*gᵉḇah-lēḇ*: proud heart/haughty mind/arrogant person
*yād lᵉyād*: hand to hand/from generation to generation/most assuredly

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:16-17 : 16 There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Prov 11:21 : 21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
Jas 4:6 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Job 40:12 : 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 11:20-21
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20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Prov 6:15-17
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15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
16There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
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Prov 16:18-19
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18Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
19Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Deut 25:16
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16For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
Prov 21:4
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4A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Prov 17:15
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15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Ps 10:2-4
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2In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
4The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Prov 29:27
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27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
Prov 15:9
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Job 40:11-12
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11Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.
12Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
Isa 2:11-12
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11The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
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Prov 16:6
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6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for; And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
Isa 5:15
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15And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
Prov 29:23
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23A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
Prov 8:13
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13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Prov 3:32
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32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Prov 28:25
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Ps 101:5
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Prov 15:26
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Mal 3:15
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Prov 18:12
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12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.
Prov 11:1-2
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1A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
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Ps 15:4
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Isa 9:17
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Hos 5:5
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Ps 26:10
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Prov 14:2
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Prov 21:24
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Prov 17:5
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5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [And] he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Jer 13:15
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15Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.
Num 15:30
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Ps 73:6
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Luke 16:15
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Jas 4:16
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16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Prov 16:12
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Job 41:34
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Prov 24:9
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Ps 5:6
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Ps 36:2
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Prov 29:1
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Ps 58:2
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