Strong's Lexicon Desire תַּאֲוָ֣ה (ta·’ă·wāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8378: 1) desire 1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart 1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense) 1b) thing desired, object of desire fulfilled נִ֭הְיָה (nih·yāh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone is sweet תֶּעֱרַ֣ב (ṯe·‘ĕ·raḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6149: 1) (Qal) to be pleasant, be sweet, be pleasing 1a) (TWOT) sweet, pleasant to the soul, לְנָ֑פֶשׁ (lə·nā·p̄eš) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious but turning ס֣וּר (sūr) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 5493: 1) to turn aside, depart 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn aside, turn in unto 1a2) to depart, depart from way, avoid 1a3) to be removed 1a4) to come to an end 1b) (Polel) to turn aside 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to turn aside, cause to depart, remove, take away, put away, depose 1c2) to put aside, leave undone, retract, reject, abolish 1d) (Hophal) to be taken away, be removed from evil מֵרָֽע׃ (mê·rā‘) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical) is detestable וְתוֹעֲבַ֥ת (wə·ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8441: 1) a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable 1a) in ritual sense (of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages) 1b) in ethical sense (of wickedness etc) to fools. כְּ֝סִילִ֗ים (kə·sî·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3684: 1) fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleDesire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools. Young's Literal Translation A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools [is]: Turn from evil. Holman Christian Standard Bible Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste, but to turn from evil is an abomination to fools. New American Standard Bible Desire realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil. King James Bible The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil. Parallel Verses New International Version A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. New Living Translation It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain them. English Standard Version A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools. New American Standard Bible Desire realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil. King James Bible The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. Holman Christian Standard Bible Desire fulfilled is sweet to the taste, but to turn from evil is an abomination to fools. International Standard Version Fulfilled longing is sweet to the soul, but avoiding evil is detestable to the fool. NET Bible A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil. American Standard Version The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. English Revised Version The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. Young's Literal Translation A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools is: Turn from evil. Cross References Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. Proverbs 13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. 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