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abound

Meaning of “abound”

To be plentiful, full, or in excess; to increase, overflow, or possess or supply in abundance.

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19 occurrences15 verses7 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Proverbs 28:20

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Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 28:20 · retained source text

A faithfull man shall abound with blessings: but hee that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

1611 marginal noteOr, vnpunished.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.11. and 23.4. 1.tim.6.9

Romans 6:1
WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Romans 6:1 · retained source text

¶ What shall we say then? shall wee continue in sinne: that grace may abound?

Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Romans 15:13 · retained source text

Nowe the God of hope fill you with all ioy and peace in beleeuing, that yee may abound in hope through the power of the holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 8:7
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:7 · retained source text

Therefore (as ye abound in euery thing, in faith, and vtterance, & knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue to vs) see that yee abound in this grace also.

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 9:8 · retained source text

And God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that ye alwayes hauing all sufficiencie in all things, may abound to euery good worke,

Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
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1611 witness · Philippians 1:9 · retained source text

And this I pray, that your loue may abound yet more & more in knowledge, and in all iudgment.

1611 marginal noteOr, sence.

Philippians 4:12
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
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1611 witness · Philippians 4:12 · retained source text

I know both how to bee abased, and I knowe how to abound: euerie where, and in all things I am instructed, both to bee full, and to bee hungrie, both to abound, and to suffer need.

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