Proverbs 7:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.”
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BSBPD
“For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 7:19 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 16:32You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
- Matthew 20:11On receiving their pay, they began to grumble against the landowner.
- Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
- Mark 13:34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
- Luke 12:39But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
- Luke 12:45But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
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