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Deuteronomy 32:1–2

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GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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From verse 1

  1. Isaiah 1:2Rank 1 from verse 1
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:26Rank 2 from verse 1
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    26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

  3. Jeremiah 22:29Rank 3 from verse 1
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    29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

  4. Psalms 49:1Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1HEAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

  5. Deuteronomy 30:19Rank 5 from verse 1
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    19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

  6. Deuteronomy 31:28Rank 6 from verse 1
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    28¶ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

  7. Jeremiah 6:19Rank 7 from verse 1
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    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

  8. Psalms 50:4Rank 8 from verse 1
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    4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

  9. Jeremiah 2:12Rank 9 from verse 1
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    12Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.

From verse 2

  1. Isaiah 55:10–11Rank 1 from verse 2
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    10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

    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.

  2. Psalms 72:6Rank 2 from verse 2
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    6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

  3. Micah 5:7Rank 3 from verse 2
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    7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

  4. Job 29:22–23Rank 4 from verse 2
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    22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

    23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

  5. Hosea 14:5Rank 5 from verse 2
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    5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

  6. 1 Corinthians 3:6–8Rank 6 from verse 2
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    6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

    8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

  7. 2 Samuel 23:4Rank 7 from verse 2
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    4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  8. Hebrews 6:7Rank 8 from verse 2
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    7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

  9. Hosea 6:4Rank 9 from verse 2
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    4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

  10. Zechariah 10:1Rank 10 from verse 2
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    1ASK ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Deuteronomy 32:1

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

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

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Deuteronomy 32:2

COMBINED MEANING

doctrine

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That which is taught; teaching or instruction.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

drop

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Sense 1: A small rounded portion of liquid. Sense 2: To fall, let fall, distil, or pour in drops.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speech

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1. Spoken words, discourse, or a message communicated in words. 2. The manner, quality, or ability of speaking. 3. A language or dialect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dew

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Moisture that falls or settles in drops, especially at night.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

small

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1. Little or limited in size, amount, number, extent, strength, power, rank, or importance. 2. Fine or minute; broken or ground into small particles. 3. In “no small,” considerable or great. 4. In “small cattle,” sheep and goats, as distinguished from oxen or larger cattle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

grass

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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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31:30And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

32:1GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

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32:2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

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32:3Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

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