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Deuteronomy 32:4

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He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
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  1. Psalms 18:30–31Rank 1 from verse 4
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    30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

    31For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

  2. Psalms 92:15Rank 2 from verse 4
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    15To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  3. Isaiah 26:4Rank 3 from verse 4
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    4Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

  4. 2 Samuel 22:31–32Rank 4 from verse 4
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    31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

    32For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

  5. Daniel 4:37Rank 5 from verse 4
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    37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  6. Psalms 18:2Rank 6 from verse 4
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    2The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  7. Revelation 15:3–4Rank 7 from verse 4
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    3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

    4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

  8. Deuteronomy 32:30–31Rank 8 from verse 4
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    30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

    31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

  9. Matthew 5:48Rank 9 from verse 4
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    48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

  10. Psalms 100:5Rank 10 from verse 4
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    5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

  11. James 1:17Rank 11 from verse 4
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  12. 1 Corinthians 10:4Rank 12 from verse 4
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    4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

  13. 2 Samuel 22:2–3Rank 13 from verse 4
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    2And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

    3The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

  14. Genesis 18:25Rank 14 from verse 4
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    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  15. Jeremiah 9:24Rank 15 from verse 4
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    24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

  16. Isaiah 25:1Rank 16 from verse 4
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    1O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

  17. John 1:14Rank 17 from verse 4
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    14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  18. John 14:6Rank 18 from verse 4
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    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  19. Romans 2:2Rank 19 from verse 4
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    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

  20. Romans 3:5Rank 20 from verse 4
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    5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

  21. 1 Peter 2:6Rank 21 from verse 4
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    6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

  22. Deuteronomy 32:15Rank 22 from verse 4
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    15¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  23. Deuteronomy 32:18Rank 23 from verse 4
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    18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

  24. Habakkuk 1:13Rank 24 from verse 4
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    13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

  25. Isaiah 28:16Rank 25 from verse 4
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    16¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

  26. Job 34:10Rank 26 from verse 4
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    10Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

  27. John 5:22Rank 27 from verse 4
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    22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

  28. Psalms 97:2Rank 28 from verse 4
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    2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  29. 1 Samuel 2:2Rank 29 from verse 4
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    2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

  30. 2 Samuel 22:47Rank 30 from verse 4
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    47The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.

  31. 2 Samuel 23:3Rank 31 from verse 4
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    3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

  32. Ecclesiastes 3:14Rank 32 from verse 4
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    14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

  33. Isaiah 30:18Rank 33 from verse 4
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    18¶ And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  34. Isaiah 32:2Rank 34 from verse 4
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    2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  35. James 4:12Rank 35 from verse 4
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    12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

  36. Jeremiah 10:10Rank 36 from verse 4
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    10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  37. Job 35:14Rank 37 from verse 4
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    14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

  38. John 1:17Rank 38 from verse 4
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    17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  39. Matthew 16:16–18Rank 39 from verse 4
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    16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

    17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

    18And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

  40. Psalms 138:8Rank 40 from verse 4
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    8The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.

  41. Psalms 146:6Rank 41 from verse 4
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    6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  42. Psalms 18:46Rank 42 from verse 4
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    46The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

  43. Psalms 19:7Rank 43 from verse 4
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    7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

  44. Psalms 31:5Rank 44 from verse 4
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    5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.

  45. Psalms 61:2–4Rank 45 from verse 4
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    2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

    3For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

    4I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.

  46. Psalms 9:16Rank 46 from verse 4
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    16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  47. Psalms 98:3Rank 47 from verse 4
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    3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

  48. Psalms 99:4Rank 48 from verse 4
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    4The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

  49. Romans 1:32Rank 49 from verse 4
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    32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

  50. Romans 2:5Rank 50 from verse 4
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    5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  51. Deuteronomy 10:18Rank 51 from verse 4
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    18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

  52. Deuteronomy 7:9Rank 52 from verse 4
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    9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

  53. Exodus 34:6Rank 53 from verse 4
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    6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

  54. Genesis 1:31Rank 54 from verse 4
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    31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

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Deuteronomy 32:4

COMBINED MEANING

rock

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1. A mass of stone or a rocky place. 2. Figuratively, a secure refuge, strength, foundation, or cause of stumbling. 3. A title or figure for God or Christ.

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COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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

COMBINED MEANING

perfect

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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

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truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

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

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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

32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

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32:5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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