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1 Samuel 2:3

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Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
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  1. 1 Kings 8:39Rank 1 from verse 3
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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;)

  2. Proverbs 8:13Rank 2 from verse 3
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  3. Proverbs 24:12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

  4. Jude 1:15–16Rank 4 from verse 3
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    15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

    16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

  5. Hebrews 4:12Rank 5 from verse 3
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  6. Proverbs 16:2Rank 6 from verse 3
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    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

  7. 1 Samuel 16:7Rank 7 from verse 3
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    7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

  8. Daniel 4:30–31Rank 8 from verse 3
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    30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

    31While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

  9. Isaiah 37:23Rank 9 from verse 3
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    23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

  10. Job 31:6Rank 10 from verse 3
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    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

  11. Psalms 147:5Rank 11 from verse 3
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    5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

  12. Psalms 44:21Rank 12 from verse 3
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    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  13. Psalms 94:4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  14. Psalms 94:7–10Rank 14 from verse 3
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    7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

    9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

    10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

  15. Daniel 4:37Rank 15 from verse 3
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    37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  16. Daniel 5:27Rank 16 from verse 3
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    27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

  17. Malachi 3:13Rank 17 from verse 3
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    13¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

  18. Revelation 2:23Rank 18 from verse 3
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  19. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 19 from verse 3
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  20. Isaiah 26:7Rank 20 from verse 3
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    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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1 Samuel 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

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COMBINED MEANING

proudly

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With an inordinate self-esteem; in a proud manner; haughtily; ostentatiously; with lofty airs or mien.

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

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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COMBINED MEANING

arrogancy

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Proud, haughty self-exaltation or presumption, whether in the heart, speech, or conduct.

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

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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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weighed

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Sense 1: Measured or ascertained by scales or balance. Sense 2: Figuratively, considered, evaluated, or judged by a standard.

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

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2:1AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2:2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

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2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

2:7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2:10The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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