Proverbs 14:14 · KJV
“The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.”
— Proverbs 14:14
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent {man} looketh well to his going.
Proverbs 14 — Context
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth {is} heaviness.
14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man {shall be satisfied} from himself.
15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent {man} looketh well to his going.
16A wise {man} feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Cross References
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.
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 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.
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 2:20-22
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.
Proverbs 1:31-32
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.