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debts

Meaning of “debts”

1. Obligations or amounts one is bound to pay. 2. Offences or sins for which forgiveness is needed.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 22:26

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “debts”

KJV PCE
Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 22:26 · retained source text

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.1. and 11.15.

Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 6:12 · retained source text

And forgiue vs our debts, as we forgiue our debters.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Proverbs 22:26; Matthew 6:12; Luke 11:4

Proverbs concerns surety and payment; Matthew concerns debts requiring forgiveness in prayer; Luke directly calls the parallel debt sins.

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