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1 Samuel 20:24

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¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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  1. Isaiah 1:11–15Rank 1 from verse 24
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    11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  2. Proverbs 15:17Rank 2 from verse 24
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    17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

  3. Proverbs 17:1Rank 3 from verse 24
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    1BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

  4. Proverbs 21:3Rank 4 from verse 24
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    3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

  5. Proverbs 4:17Rank 5 from verse 24
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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1 Samuel 20:24

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hid

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Put, kept, or placed out of sight, knowledge, discovery, understanding, or danger; concealed, secret, covered, or withheld from perception.

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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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new

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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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sat

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Was seated, took a seat, remained seated, or occupied a seat or place.

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

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

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23And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever.

24¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

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25And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.

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