Proverbs 24:15

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So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.	Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:	For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Lay not wait^H693, O wicked^H7563 man, against the dwelling^H5116 of the righteous^H6662; spoil^H7703 not his resting place^H7258:

Original Hebrew

אַל־תֶּאֱרֹב רָשָׁע לִנְוֵה צַדִּיק אַל־תְּשַׁדֵּד רִבְצֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב	te.'e.Ro	H693	HVqj2ms	you lie in wait
רָ֭שָׁע	Ra.sho'	H7563	HAamsa	wicked (person)
לִ/נְוֵ֣ה	li/n.Veh	H5116	HR/Ncbsc	to/ (the) habitation of
צַדִּ֑יק	tza.Dik	H6662	HAamsa	a righteous (person)
אַֽל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד	te.sha.Ded	H7703	HVpj2ms	you devastate
רִבְצ/וֹ	riv.Tz/o	H7258	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	resting place/ his

Strong's References

H693 — אָרַב (ʼârab, aw-rab'): a primitive root; to lurk; (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
H5116 — נָוֶה (nâveh, naw-veh'): or (feminine) נָוָה (nâvâh); from נָוָה (nâvâh) H5115; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den); comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק (tsâdaq) H6663; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
H7258 — רֵבֶץ (rêbets, reh'-bets): from רָבַץ (râbats) H7257; a couch or place of repose; where each lay, lie down in, resting place.
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע (râshaʻ) H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
H7703 — שָׁדַד (shâdad, shaw-dad'): a primitive root; properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage; dead, destroy(-er), oppress, robber, spoil(-er), [idiom] utterly, (lay) waste.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Lay — 1 Samuel 9:11, 1 Samuel 22:18-19, 1 Samuel 23:20-23, Psalms 10:8-10, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 56:6, Psalms 59:3, Psalms 140:5, Proverbs 1:11, Jeremiah 11:19, Matthew 26:4, Acts 9:24, Acts 23:16, Acts 25:3
spoil — Proverbs 22:28, Isaiah 32:18

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