Parallel Verses
King James Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
New American Standard Bible
But a good man will
Holman Bible
and a good man, what his deeds deserve.
International Standard Version
The faithless one will pay for his behavior, but a good man will be rewarded for his.
A Conservative Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.
American Standard Version
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man'shall be satisfied from himself.
Amplified
The backslider in heart will have his fill with his own [rotten] ways,
But a good man will be satisfied with his ways [the godly thought and action which his heart pursues and in which he delights].
Bible in Basic English
He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
Darby Translation
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man from what is in himself.
Julia Smith Translation
He drawing back the heart shall be filled from his ways: and a good man from above him.
King James 2000
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above himself.
Lexham Expanded Bible
From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.
Modern King James verseion
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man from himself.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An unfaithful person shall be filled with his own ways; but a good man will beware of such.
NET Bible
The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
New Heart English Bible
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
The Emphasized Bible
With his own ways, shall be filled the backslider in heart, and, from himself, shall a good man be satisfied .
Webster
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
World English Bible
The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
Youngs Literal Translation
From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
Themes
Backsliding » Results of » Selfish absorption
Backsliding » Brings its own punishment
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Cross References
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.
Proverbs 1:31-32
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
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.
Jeremiah 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
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.
Ezekiel 22:31
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Hosea 4:16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Zephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.
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.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Galatians 6:4
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
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.
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
2 Peter 2:20-22
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.