Topic
Ponder
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 4:26ISBE
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
- Proverbs 5:6ISBE
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
- Proverbs 21:2ISBE
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
- Luke 2:19ISBE
But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
pon'-der: Occurs in the King James Version 5 times in the Book of Proverbs and nowhere else in the Old Testament. In each case it means "to consider carefully," "to weigh mentally." In Pr 4:26 and 5:21, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "make level." In Pr 5:6, it drops out entirely in the Revised Version (British and American). In Pr 21:2 and 24:12, "weigh" is substituted for "ponder." The one New Testament passage is Lu 2:19; here the Revised Version (British and American) has "pondering" where the King James Version has "and pondered."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.