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1 Kings 8:40

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That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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  1. Psalms 130:4Rank 1 from verse 40
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    4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

  2. Revelation 19:5Rank 2 from verse 40
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    5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

  3. 1 Samuel 12:24Rank 3 from verse 40
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    24Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.

  4. Acts 10:2Rank 4 from verse 40
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    2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

  5. Deuteronomy 6:13Rank 5 from verse 40
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    13Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

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1 Kings 8:40

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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COMBINED MEANING

live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

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

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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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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

40That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

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41Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

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