Proverbs 16:5
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”
לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
תּוֹעֵבַה
is the abomination of
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תּוֹעֵבַה
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
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נָקָה
he will go unpunished
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נָקָה
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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יָד
hand
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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גָּבֹהַּ
person haughty of
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גָּבֹהַּ
elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
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