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Acts 5:38
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Acts 5:38
38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
38And now I say vnto you, refraine from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsell or this worke be of men, it will come to nought.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 5:38
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To hold back, restrain, or abstain.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Separately; by itself.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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Open the full verse study37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Open the full verse study9¶ Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
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Open the full verse study5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
6Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
7Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
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Open the full verse study12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
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Open the full verse study30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
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Open the full verse study26For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
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Open the full verse study19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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Open the full verse study25That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
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Open the full verse study48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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Open the full verse study15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
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Open the full verse study35And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
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