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Ephesians 4:27

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Neither give place to the devil.
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  1. James 4:7Rank 1 from verse 27
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    7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  2. 1 Peter 5:8Rank 2 from verse 27
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    8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

  3. Ephesians 6:16Rank 3 from verse 27
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    16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

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    11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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    10To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

    11Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

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Ephesians 4:27

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

devil

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Sense 1: The Devil: Satan, the old serpent, the enemy, adversary, tempter, and deceiver. Sense 2: An evil or unclean spirit. Sense 3: By figure, a person characterized by great wickedness.

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

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26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

27Neither give place to the devil.

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28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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