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diligently

Meaning of “diligently”

With steady care, earnest effort, or close attention.

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First occurrence: Exodus 15:26

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Deuteronomy 28:1
AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:1 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe, if thou shalt hearken diligently vnto the voyce of the LORD thy God, to obserue and to doe all his Commandements which I command thee this day; that the LORD thy God will set thee on high aboue all nations of the earth.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.3.

1 Kings 20:33
Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:33 · retained source text

Now the men did diligently obserue whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they saide, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Goe ye, bring him: then Benhadad came forth to him: and hee caused him to come vp into the charet.

Ezra 7:23
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
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1611 witness · Ezra 7:23 · retained source text

Whatsoeuer is commanded by the God of heauen, let it be diligently done, for the house of the God of heauen: for why should there be wrath against the realme of the king and his sonnes?

1611 marginal noteHeb. what soeuer is of the decree.

Psalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
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1611 witness · Psalms 37:10 · retained source text

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not bee: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

Proverbs 7:15
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:15 · retained source text

Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.

Proverbs 11:27
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 11:27 · retained source text

He that diligently seeketh good, procureth fauour: but hee that seeketh mischiefe, it shall come vnto him.

1611 marginal notePsal.7.17. and 9.16. and 10.2. and 57.7.

Proverbs 23:1
WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:1 · retained source text

¶ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.

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