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cause

Meaning of “cause”

Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

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328 occurrences317 verses51 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:4

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Job 23:4
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 23:4 · retained source text

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:7 · retained source text

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they haue no couering in the cold.

Job 24:10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:10 · retained source text

They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 29:16 · retained source text

I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.

Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:13 · retained source text

If I did despise the cause of my man-seruant, or of my mayd-seruant, when they contended with me:

Job 34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:11 · retained source text

For the worke of a man shall he render vnto him, and cause euery man to finde according to his wayes.

1611 marginal notePsal. 62.12. pro. 24.12. iere. 2.32,19. eze. 33.20. mat. 16.27. rom. 26.2. 2.cor. 5.10. 1.pet. 1.17. apoc. 22.12.

Job 34:28
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 34:28 · retained source text

So that they cause the cry of the poore to come vnto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 38:26
To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 38:26 · retained source text

To cause it to raine on the earth, where no man is: on the wildernesse wherein there is no man?

Psalms 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 7:4 · retained source text

If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that was at peace with me: (yea I haue deliuered him that without cause is mine enemie.)

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