Proverbs 14:14
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.”Proverbs 14:14
What Does Proverbs 14:14 Mean?
Proverbs 14:14 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 14, verse 14 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Self-Control.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 14:14 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 1:31“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”Galatians 6:8“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”Proverbs 12:14“A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.”Hebrews 3:12“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.”Genesis 19:26“But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.”Psalms 109:17“As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.”Jeremiah 8:5“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”Judges 16:21“But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.”1 Samuel 28:15“And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.”Jeremiah 2:19“Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.”Proverbs 12:21“There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.”John 4:14“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”Galatians 6:4“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”2 Peter 2:20“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.”Psalms 125:5“As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.”Proverbs 5:23“He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.”Proverbs 14:10“The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.”Jeremiah 17:5“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.”Hosea 11:7“And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.”Zephaniah 1:6“And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.”
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