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Proverbs 15:19 - Way

Proverbs 15:19 - The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
The way	H1870	דֶּרֶךְ	[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially
of the slothful	H6102	עָצֵל	[Adjective] indolent
man is as an hedge	H4881	מְשׂוּכָה	[Noun Feminine] a hedge
of thorns	H2312	חֵדֶק	[Noun Masculine] a prickly plant
but the way	H1870	דֶּרֶךְ	[Noun Masculine] a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially
of the righteous	H3477	יָשָׁר	[Adjective] straight (literally or figuratively)
is made plain	H5549	סָלַל	[Verb] to mound up (especially a turnpike); figuratively to exalt; reflexively to oppose (as by a dam)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.