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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
13¶ ‖Let vs heare the conclusion of the whole matter: Feare God, and keepe his commandements, for this is the whole duetie of man.
- Or, the end of the matter, euen all that hath bene heard, is.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 12:13
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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conclusion
An end, final result, settled decision, or judgment reached.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Entire, complete, or undivided; also sound or restored to health, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A subject, affair, cause, or thing under consideration; also material substance, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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commandments
Authoritative commands, laws, or precepts; especially commands given by God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That which a person owes to another; that which a person is bound, by any natural, moral or legal obligation, to pay, do or perform.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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Open the full verse study8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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Open the full verse study2That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
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Open the full verse study28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
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Open the full verse study19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
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Open the full verse study50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
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Open the full verse study12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
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Open the full verse study7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Open the full verse study23The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
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Open the full verse study13He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
14The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
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Open the full verse study11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Open the full verse study7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
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Open the full verse study17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
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Open the full verse study2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
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Open the full verse study5And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
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Open the full verse study17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
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Open the full verse study12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
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Open the full verse study12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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Open the full verse study3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
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