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Proverbs 7:19
Proverbs 7:19 is verse 19 of Proverbs chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
King James Version
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
World English Bible
For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
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Proverbs 7:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
21 With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
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.
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.
Mark 13:35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
Mark 13:36Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.
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.
Luke 12:46The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.