'Proceed' in the Bible
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now please, sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
But Joshua commanded the people, “You shall not shout [the battle cry] nor let your voice be heard nor let a word come out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout!”
“I have spoken once, but I will not reply again—Indeed, twice [I have answered], and I will add nothing further.”
“They bend their tongue like their bow;[Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land;For they proceed from evil to evil,And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
Is it not from the mouth of the Most HighThat both adversity (misfortune) and good (prosperity, happiness) proceed?
“The Chaldeans are dreaded and feared;Their justice and authority originate with themselves and are defined only by their decree.
“From them (Judah) shall come the Cornerstone,From them the tent peg,From them the bow of battle,From them every ruler, all of them together.