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prosperity

Meaning of “prosperity”

Success, welfare, peace, safety, abundance, wealth, or flourishing.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 23:6

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Job 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 15:21 · retained source text

A dreadfull sound is in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a sound of feares.

Job 36:11
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 36:11 · retained source text

If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.

1611 marginal noteIob 21.13.

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Historical definitions

Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired.

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