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Acts 19:20

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So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
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  1. Acts 12:24Rank 1 from verse 20
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    24¶ But the word of God grew and multiplied.

  2. Acts 6:7Rank 2 from verse 20
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    7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

  3. Isaiah 55:11Rank 3 from verse 20
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    11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

  4. 2 Thessalonians 3:1Rank 4 from verse 20
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    1FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

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Acts 19:20

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grew

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Increased or developed in size, age, maturity, number, strength, influence, severity, or condition; arose and progressed from a smaller or earlier state.

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

20So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

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21¶ After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

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