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1 Corinthians 10:5–6

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But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
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From verse 5

  1. Hebrews 3:17Rank 1 from verse 5
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    17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

  2. Jude 1:5Rank 2 from verse 5
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    5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

  3. Numbers 26:64–65Rank 3 from verse 5
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    64But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

    65For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

  4. Numbers 14:37Rank 4 from verse 5
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    37Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

  5. Numbers 14:11–12Rank 5 from verse 5
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    11¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

    12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

From verse 6

  1. Jude 1:7Rank 1 from verse 6
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    7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

  2. 1 Corinthians 10:11Rank 2 from verse 6
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    11Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

  3. 2 Peter 2:6Rank 3 from verse 6
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    6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

  4. Hebrews 4:11Rank 4 from verse 6
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    11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

  5. Numbers 11:4Rank 5 from verse 6
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    4¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

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1 Corinthians 10:5

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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pleased

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Past-tense, past-participial, or adjectival form of please. Sense 1: Gave pleasure or satisfaction to, was agreeable or acceptable to, or was gratified. Sense 2: Chose, desired, willed, or saw fit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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1 Corinthians 10:6

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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lust

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Sense 1: Strong desire, craving, or appetite. Sense 2: To desire or crave.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

5But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

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6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

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7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

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