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Deuteronomy 21:20
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Deuteronomy 21:20
20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
20And they shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubborne, and rebellious, hee will not obey our voice: he is a glutton, & a drunkard.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 21:20
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Unreasonably obstinate; inflexibly fixed in opinion; not to be moved or persuaded by reasons; inflexible.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
rebellious
Resisting or refusing rightful authority; disobedient, defiant, or in revolt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To hear with submission and do what is commanded; to comply with authority or instruction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who indulges to excess in eating.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A person habitually given to drunkenness or excessive strong drink.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study1WINE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Open the full verse study29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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Open the full verse study19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Open the full verse study17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
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Open the full verse study26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
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