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Proverbs 14:14
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The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves,and a good one, what his deeds deserve.
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; Likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
One with a wayward heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good person will be satisfied with his.
Evil people will be paid back for their evil ways, and good people will be rewarded for their good ones.
The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; Likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
The heart that declineth, shall be saciate with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from him.
The one who turns back in his heart will be satisfied with his ways,But a good man will be satisfied with his.
The backslider in heart will have the fill of his own ways, but a good man will be rewarded for his.
You harvest what you plant, whether good or bad.
A backslider is filled up with his own ways, but a good person gets satisfaction from himself.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.
Evil people will be paid back for the wrong they do, and good people will be rewarded for the good they do.
The insolent in heart shall be filled with the fruit of his ways; and a good man shall be satisfied with the respect he receives.
Bad people will get what they deserve. Good people will be rewarded for their deeds.
From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and from his own, so shall a good man.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man from himself.
An vnfaithfull personne shal be fylled with his owne wayes, but a good ma wyl bewarre of soch.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
The dissembler in heart shall have his fill from his own ways; and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his owne wayes: and a good man shall be satisfied from himselfe.
A backe slydyng heart shalbe fylled with his owne wayes: but a good man shall depart from hym.
A stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal be aboue hym.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways,But a good man will be satisfied from above. [fn]
The man who has gone back into sin will get the fruit of his ways, and a good man will get the fruit of what he does.
The perverse get what their ways deserve, and the good, what their deeds deserve.
With his own ways, shall be filled the backslider in heart, and, from himself, shall a good man be satisfied .
A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.
A perverse man will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man with the fruit of his deeds.
From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
A mean person gets paid back in meanness, a gracious person in grace.
The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
backslider: Proverbs 1:32, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 17:5, Hosea 4:16, Zephaniah 1:6, Hebrews 3:12, 2 Peter 2:20-22
filled: Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 12:14, Ezekiel 22:31
a good: Proverbs 14:10, John 4:14, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Galatians 6:4, Galatians 6:8
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:26 - looked Exodus 32:20 - made the Deuteronomy 30:17 - heart Judges 16:21 - and put out 1 Samuel 28:15 - I am sore Psalms 109:17 - General Psalms 125:5 - As for such Proverbs 5:23 - in the Proverbs 12:21 - filled Jeremiah 17:13 - they that Hosea 11:7 - are bent Acts 11:24 - he was Hebrews 10:39 - we are
Cross-References
He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
Finally Abram said to Lot, "Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!
About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
fought against King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
This second group of kings joined forces in Siddim Valley (that is, the valley of the Dead Sea).
One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.
They also captured Lot—Abram's nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways,.... One that is a backslider at heart, whose heart departeth from the Lord; in whom there is an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; and indeed apostasy begins at the heart, and shows itself in the life and conversation: there may be a backsliding when the heart does not wickedly depart from God; but is through the infirmity of the flesh and the force of temptation; from which backslidings the Lord's people are recovered, and which are healed by his grace; but here such an one is meant who willingly and heartily backslides; and such shall have the reward of their hands and actions given them, or the full and due punishment of their sins; they shall have their bellyful of their own wicked ways and works, the just recompense of reward for them;
and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself; shall eat the fruit of his own doings, shall be blessed in his deeds, and have peace and satisfaction therein; though not salvation by them, or for them: he shall be satisfied with the grace of God bestowed on him and wrought in him; and, from a feeling experience of the grace of God within him, shall be satisfied that he has in heaven a better and an enduring substance; or he shall be satisfied "from above himself" m, from the grace that is in Christ, out of the fulness which is in him; and shall be filled with all the fulness of God he is capable of; and especially in the other world, when he shall awake in his likeness. The Targum is,
"a good man shall be satisfied with his fear;''
and so the Syriac version, with the fear of his soul; it may be rendered, as by the Vulgate Latin version, "a good man shall be above him" n; that is, above the backslider; shall be better tilled, and be more happy than he.
m מעליו "de super eo", Montanus; "de super semet", Schultens. n "Et super cum erit vir bonus", V. L. De Dieu.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Shall be satisfied - These words are not in the original. Repeat the verb from the first clause, “He who falls away from God in his heart, shall be filled with his own ways; and the good man (shall be filled) with that which belongs to him.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:14. The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways —
1. Who is the backslider? סוג sug.
1) The man who once walked in the ways of religion, but has withdrawn from them.
2) The man who once fought manfully against the world, the devil, and the flesh; but has retreated from the battle, or joined the enemy.
3) The man who once belonged to the congregation of the saints, but is now removed from them, and is set down in the synagogue of Satan.
2. But who is the backslider in HEART?
1) Not he who was surprised and overcome by the power of temptation, and the weakness of his own heart.
2) But he who drinks down iniquity with greediness.
3) Who gives cheerful way to the bent of his own nature, and now delights in fulfilling the lusts of the flesh and of the mind.
4) Who loves sin as before he loved godliness.
3. What are his own ways? Folly, sin, disappointment, and death; with the apprehension of the wrath of God, and the sharp twingings of a guilty conscience.
4. What is implied in being filled with his own ways? Having his soul saturated with folly, sin, and disappointment. At last ending here below in death, and then commencing an eternal existence where the fire is not quenched, and under the influence of that worm that never dieth. Alas, alas! who may abide when God doeth this?
And a good man shall be satisfied from himself. —
1. Who is the good man? (איש טוב ish tob.)
1) The man whose heart is right with God, whose tongue corresponds to his heart, and whose actions correspond to both.
2) The man who is every thing that the sinner and backslider are not.
2. He shall be satisfied from himself - he shall have the testimony of his own conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, he has his conversation among men.
3. He shall have God's Spirit to testify with his spirit that he is a child of God. He hath the witness in himself that he is born from above. The Spirit of God in his conscience, and the testimony of God in his Bible, show him that he belongs to the heavenly family. It is not from creeds or confessions of faith that he derives his satisfaction: he gets it from heaven, and it is sealed upon his heart.
