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Proverbs 19:16 Interlinear

“He that keepeth the commandment He that keepeth his own soul but he that despiseth his ways shall die”

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Proverbs 19 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שֹׁמֵ֣ר	H8104	He that keepeth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
2	מִ֭צְוָה	H4687	the commandment	a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
3	שֹׁמֵ֣ר	H8104	He that keepeth	properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
4	נַפְשׁ֑וֹ	H5315	his own soul	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
5	בּוֹזֵ֖ה	H959	but he that despiseth	to disesteem
6	דְרָכָ֣יו	H1870	his ways	a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
7	יָוֽמּת׃	H4191	shall die	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

Proverbs 19:16 (current)He that keepeth the commandment He that keepeth his own soul but he that despiseth his ways shall die