King James Version
Proverbs 24:32 in the King James Version says “Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. considered: Heb. set my heart” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. considered: Heb. set my heart”
Proverbs 24:32 · KJV
I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. considered: Heb. set my heart
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. an: Heb. a man of shield
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then I saw”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“I looked”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“instruction”
H4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
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