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strive

Meaning of “strive”

To contend, struggle, labour earnestly, or exert oneself toward an object.

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22 occurrences20 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:3

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Proverbs 3:30
strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 3:30 · retained source text

¶ Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.

Proverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 25:8 · retained source text

Goe not forth hastily to striue, lest thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

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