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'Own' in the Bible

And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

Verse ConceptsRetributionAmbush

And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinMore Than EnoughMaking DecisionsSin Producing Afflictionsconsequences

A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

Verse ConceptsUnkindnessGood ReboundingHurt

Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

Verse ConceptsLast ThingsSin, God's Judgment OnPursuingresilience

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartFamily ProblemsBitternessGrateful HeartA Broken Heartcancergrieving

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceMisersRich, TheWallsRiches, Dangers OfFigurative WallsSatisfied With Richesimagination

Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstDo Not Be RashPerspectiveexams

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsFalse WisdomAnsweringFoolsanswers

Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.

Verse ConceptsSluggardsSeven PeopleFalse Wisdomsloth

Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Verse ConceptsCommendationBraggingCommending OneselfLoving YourselfBeing YourselfBoasting

Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

Verse ConceptsApostasy, Personal WarningsRetributionTrapEnticersDigging Pits

A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryNetsMan Trapping

Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

Verse ConceptsStealingWitnesses, LegalComplicityNot Maintaining Lifethievespartnership

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