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excess

Meaning of “excess”

Want of self-restraint; riotous or unrestrained indulgence.

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4 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Matthew 23:25

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Every verse containing “excess”

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Matthew 23:25
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 23:25 · retained source text

Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee make cleane the outside of the cup, and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excesse.

1611 marginal noteLuk 11.39.

Ephesians 5:18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ephesians 5:18 · retained source text

And bee not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but bee filled with the Spirit:

1 Peter 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 4:3 · retained source text

For the time past of our life may suffice vs to haue wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciuiousnes, lusts, excesse of wine, reuellings, banquetings, and abhominable idolatries.

1 Peter 4:4
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 4:4 · retained source text

Wherein they thinke it strange, that you runne not with them to the same excesse of riot, speaking euil of you:

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