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suffer

Meaning of “suffer”

1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

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96 occurrences95 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:23

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Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 55:22 · retained source text

Cast thy burden vpon the LORD, and he shall sustaine thee: hee shall neuer suffer the righteous to bee moued.

1611 marginal noteOr, gift.

1611 marginal notePsal.37.8 mat.6.25. luk. 12.22. 1.pet.5.7.

Psalms 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 88:15 · retained source text

I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.

Psalms 89:33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 89:33 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse, my louing kindnesse will I not vtterly take from him: nor suffer my faithfulnesse to faile.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I will not make voyd from him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to lye.

Psalms 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
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1611 witness · Psalms 101:5 · retained source text

Whoso priuily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high looke, and a proud heart, will not I suffer.

Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 121:3 · retained source text

He will not suffer thy foote to bee moued: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Proverbs 10:3
The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 10:3 · retained source text

The LORD will not suffer the soule of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

1611 marginal noteOr, the wicked for their wickednesse.

1611 marginal notePsal.37.25.

Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 19:15 · retained source text

Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep sleepe: and an idle soule shall suffer hunger.

1611 marginal noteChap. 10.4. and 20.13.

Proverbs 19:19
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 19:19 · retained source text

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliuer him, yet thou must doe it againe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. add.

Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:6 · retained source text

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne, neither say thou before the Angel, that it was an errour: wherefore should God be angrie at thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:12 · retained source text

The sleepe of a labouring man is sweete, whether he eate little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleepe.

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