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Pro 11:27 — He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

diligently		"Shochair, properly, ""rising early to seek"" what is greatly desired."
he that seeketh		Pro 17:11; Est 7:10; Psa 7:15,16; Psa 9:15,16; Psa 10:2; Psa 57:6

Correlating Passages

he that seeketh

	Pro 17:11	An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
	Est 7:10	So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
	Psa 7:15	He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.
	Psa 7:16	His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
	Psa 9:15	The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
	Psa 9:16	The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
	Psa 10:2	The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
	Psa 57:6	They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 11:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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