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Ecclesiastes 5:7
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Ecclesiastes 5:7
7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
7For in the multitude of dreames and many words, there are also diuers vanities: but feare thou God.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 5:7
A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Different, various, or several.
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Empty, false, fleeting, or worthless things; also idols or deceptive objects of trust, according to context.
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But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
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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)
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Open the full verse study36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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Open the full verse study13¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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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 study3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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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 study18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
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Open the full verse study14I 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.
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