Proverbs 14:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 14:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 14:14 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 14:14 — KJV
“The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.”
— Proverbs 14:14 (KJV)
Proverbs 14:14 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 14:14
“And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. very...: Heb. good of countenance”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 14:14: filled, own, good
“And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. only in...: Heb. until he left its stones in Kirharaseth”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 14:14: filled, own, good
“And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. drew...: Heb. filled his hand with a bow sunk: Heb. bowed”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 14:14: heart, filled, own
“And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. had made: Heb. had digged”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 14:14: filled, own, himself
“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 14:14: heart, own, ways
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