{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3868",
  "lemma": "לוּז",
  "transliteration": "lûwz",
  "definition": "to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse",
  "kjv": "depart, froward, perverse(-ness).",
  "occurrences": 6,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[לוּז] vb. (poet., mostly WsdLt) turn aside, depart",
    "Qal let them not (i.e. sound wisdom) depart from thine eyes",
    "Niph. fig., devious, crooked",
    "Hiph. let them [my words] not depart from thine eyes (strictly, let them not practice, exhibit, deviation)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 30:12",
      "text": "Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 2:15",
      "text": "who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 3:21",
      "text": "My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/3?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 3:32",
      "text": "For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/3?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 4:21",
      "text": "Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the center of your heart.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/4?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 14:2",
      "text": "He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/14?v=2"
    }
  ],
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}