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1 Timothy 4:15

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Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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  1. Matthew 5:16Rank 1 from verse 15
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    16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

  2. Psalms 143:5Rank 2 from verse 15
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    5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

  3. Philippians 2:15–16Rank 3 from verse 15
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    15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

    16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

  4. Psalms 104:34Rank 4 from verse 15
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    34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.

  5. Acts 6:4Rank 5 from verse 15
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    4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

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1 Timothy 4:15

COMBINED MEANING

meditate

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To think upon, consider, ponder, muse, or attend closely to a matter; to devise or prearrange what one will say or do.

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COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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profiting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of profit, meaning to benefit, improve, or advance.

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appear

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1. To come or become visible or manifest. 2. To come or present oneself before someone. 3. To seem or have an outward appearance.

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14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.

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16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

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