Galatians 5:15
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
But if yee bite and deuoure one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:3Rank 1 from verse 15
- James 3:14–3Rank 2 from verse 15
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- Galatians 5:26Rank 3 from verse 15
- 2 Corinthians 11:20Rank 4 from verse 15
- 2 Corinthians 12:20Rank 5 from verse 15
20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
20For I feare lest when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall bee found vnto you such as ye would not, lest there bee debates, enuyings, wraths, strifes, backebitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults,
- 1 Corinthians 6:6–8Rank 6 from verse 15
6But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
6But brother goeth to law with brother, & that before the vnbeleeuers?
7Now therefore, there is vtterly a fault among you, because yee goe to law one with another: Why doe ye not rather take wrong? Why doe yee not rather suffer your selues to be defrauded?
8Nay, you do wrong and defraud, and that your brethren.
- Isaiah 11:13Rank 7 from verse 15
13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
13The enuie also of Ephraim shal depart, and the aduersaries of Iudah shalbe cut off: Ephraim shall not enuie Iudah, and Iudah shall not vexe Ephraim.
- Isaiah 9:20–21Rank 8 from verse 15
20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
21Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
20†And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry, and he shall eate on the left hand, and they shall not bee satisfied: they shall eate euery man the flesh of his owne arme.
21Manasseh, Ephraim: and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shalbe against Iudah: for all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 11:5–9Rank 9 from verse 15
5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
6The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den.
9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
5And righteousnesse shalbe the girdle of his loines, and faithfulnesse the girdle of his reines.
6*The wolfe also shall dwell with the lambe, and the leopard shall lie downe with the kid: and the calfe and the yong lion, and the fatling together, and a litle child shall lead them.
7And the cow and the beare shall feed, their yong ones shall lie downe together: and the lyon shall eate straw like the oxe.
8‖And the sucking childe shall play on the hole of the aspe, and the weaned childe shall put his hand on the cockatrice denne.
9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine: for the earth shall bee full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters couer the sea.
- Philippians 3:2Rank 10 from verse 15
- 2 Samuel 2:26–27Rank 11 from verse 15
26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
26Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sword deuoure for euer? Knowest thou not that it wil be bitternesse in the latter end? How long shall it bee then, yer thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?
27And Ioab said, As God liueth, vnlesse thou hadst spoken, surely then †in the morning the people had ‖gone vp euery one from following his brother.
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Galatians 5:15
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: To seize, pierce, or wound with the teeth. Sense 2: Figuratively, to injure, vex, or consume another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To eat greedily; to consume, destroy, or waste rapidly and completely.
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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of consume. Sense 1: To destroy, use up, or bring to an end. Sense 2: To waste away or be exhausted.
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14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
14For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, euen in this: *Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
15But if yee bite and deuoure one another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another.
Selected passage16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
16 This I say then, Walke in the spirit, and ‖ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.