Proverbs 13:19
17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
- KJV
- The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- WEB
- Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
- ASV
- The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- DARBY
- The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; but it is abomination to the foolish to depart from evil.
- BLB
- A desire coming to pass is pleasant to the soul, and turning aside from evil [is] an abomination to fools.
- ÅB
- Oppfylt ønske er søtt for sjelen, men å holde seg fra det onde er en styggedom for dårer.
- OTB
- Et oppfylt ønske er søtt for sjelen, men dårer avskyr å vende seg bort fra det onde.
- B1930
- Opfylt ønske er søtt for sjelen, men å holde sig fra det onde er en vederstyggelighet for dårer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 13:12
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Read in contextRevelation 7:14–17
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Read in contextProverbs 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Read in contextProverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Read in contextPsalms 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Read in contextJob 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Read in contextProverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
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