TBESH · H9004
/כ · k · like/as
Prefix kaph: like, as
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/כ (k) means “like/as” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: k STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/כ · k · like/as
Prefix kaph: like, as
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Page 33 of 49. 2419 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
Read word by wordA worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Read word by wordThe words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Read word by wordA rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
Read word by wordAn offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
Read word by wordA king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Read word by wordThe terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
Read word by wordWhen you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Read word by wordLike a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Read word by wordIn the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Read word by wordYou will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
Read word by wordIf you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Read word by wordDo not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Read word by wordand poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Read word by wordLike the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Read word by wordLike snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Read word by wordLike a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Read word by wordDo not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Read word by wordAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Read word by wordLike binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Read word by wordAs a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Read word by wordLike a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Read word by wordThe words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
Read word by wordLike a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Read word by wordAs water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
Read word by wordThe wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Read word by wordShe is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
Read word by wordAnd I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
Read word by wordSo I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
Read word by wordFor the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
Read word by wordGuard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.17
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.3
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.14
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
Read word by wordFor like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
Read word by wordWho is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.
Read word by wordSince no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
Read word by wordYet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Read word by wordThere is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Read word by wordWhen I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Read word by wordIt is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
Read word by wordFor surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
Read word by wordEven as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
Read word by wordThere is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
Read word by wordI have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
Read word by wordAs you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Read word by wordSow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Read word by wordbefore the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Read word by wordThe words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
Read word by wordI am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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