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Proverbs 28:14 Interlinear

“Happy is the man that feareth alway but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief”

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Proverbs 28 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אַשְׁרֵ֣י	H835	Happy	happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
2	אָ֭דָם	H120	is the man	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
3	מְפַחֵ֣ד	H6342	that feareth	to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general
4	תָּמִ֑יד	H8548	alway	properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
5	וּמַקְשֶׁ֥ה	H7185	but he that hardeneth	properly, to be dense, i.e., tough or severe (in various applications)
6	לִ֝בּ֗וֹ	H3820	his heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
7	יִפּ֥וֹל	H5307	shall fall	to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
8	בְּרָעָֽה׃	H7451	into mischief	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Proverbs 28:14 (current)Happy is the man that feareth alway but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief