THEOSISProverbs 11:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things, shall be oppressed by them.
שֹׁ֣חֵֽר ט֭וֹב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 7:15Behold he hath been in labour with injustice: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.
- Ps 7:16He hath opened a pit and dug it: and he is fallen into the hole he made.
- Prov 17:11An evil man always seeketh quarrels: but a cruel angel shall be sent against him.
- Esth 7:10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.
- Ps 9:15Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death, that I may declare all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
- Ps 9:16I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
- Ps 57 (56):6
- Ps 10 (9):2