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Acts 7:54

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¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
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  1. Acts 5:33Rank 1 from verse 54
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    33¶ When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

  2. Psalms 35:16Rank 2 from verse 54
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    16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

  3. Job 16:9Rank 3 from verse 54
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    9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

  4. Luke 13:28Rank 4 from verse 54
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    28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  5. Matthew 13:50Rank 5 from verse 54
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    50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  6. Matthew 25:30Rank 6 from verse 54
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    30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  7. Acts 22:22–23Rank 7 from verse 54
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    22And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

    23And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

  8. Lamentations 2:16Rank 8 from verse 54
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    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  9. Matthew 13:42Rank 9 from verse 54
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    42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  10. Matthew 22:13Rank 10 from verse 54
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    13Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  11. Matthew 24:51Rank 11 from verse 54
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    51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  12. Matthew 8:12Rank 12 from verse 54
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    12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  13. Psalms 112:10Rank 13 from verse 54
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    10The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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Acts 7:54

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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COMBINED MEANING

cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

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

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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teeth

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1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.

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7:53Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

7:54¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

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7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

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