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Proverbs 24:32

What does Proverbs 24:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 24:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I see--I--I do set my heart, I have seen--I have received instruction,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:

Context

v.31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

v.32This passage

v.33Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 13:11

    And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

  • Jude 1:5

    Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29

    Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

  • Job 7:17

    What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

  • Psalms 4:4

    Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. [Selah

  • Luke 2:19

    But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.

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