Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Then Iacob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eate and drinke, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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- Hebrews 12:16–17Rank 1 from verse 34
16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
16Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright.
17For yee know how that afterward when hee would haue inherited the blessing, hee was reiected: for hee found no ‖place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with teares.
- Philippians 3:18–19Rank 2 from verse 34
18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
18(For many walke, of whome I haue told you often, and now tell you euen weeping, that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christ:
19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glorie is in their shame, who minde earthly things.)
- 1 Corinthians 15:32Rank 3 from verse 34
32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
32If ‖after the maner of men I haue fought with beasts at Ephesus, what aduantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let vs eate and drinke, for to morrowe wee die.
- Isaiah 22:13Rank 4 from verse 34
- Matthew 26:15Rank 5 from verse 34
- Acts 13:41Rank 6 from verse 34
41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
41Behold, yee despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I worke a worke in your dayes, a worke which you shall in no wise beleeue, though a man declare it vnto you.
- Luke 14:18–20Rank 7 from verse 34
18And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
19And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
18And they all with one consent began to make excuse: The first said vnto him, I haue bought a piece of ground, and I must needs goe and see it: I pray thee haue me excused.
19And another said, I haue bought fiue yoke of oxen, and I goe to prooue them: I pray thee haue me excused.
20And another said, I haue maried a wife: and therefore I cannot come.
- Matthew 22:5Rank 8 from verse 34
- Psalms 106:24Rank 9 from verse 34
- Zechariah 11:13Rank 10 from verse 34
13And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
13*And the LORD said vnto mee, Cast it vnto the potter: a goodly price, that I was prised at of them. And I tooke the thirtie pieces of siluer, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15Rank 11 from verse 34
15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
15*Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing vnder the Sunne, then to eate and to drinke, and to be merrie: for that shall abide with him of his labour, the dayes of his life, which God giueth him vnder the Sunne.
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Genesis 25:34
1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.
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A cooked dish, broth, or stew made in a pot.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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1. A flowering plant or its flower. 2. Arose or stood up.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Regarded or treated as of little or no worth; scorned or rejected.
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birthright
A right, privilege, or inheritance belonging to a person by birth, especially to the firstborn.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Edible pulse seeds used as food or grown as a field crop.
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33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
33And Iacob said, Sweare to mee this day: and he sware to him: and *he sold his birthright vnto Iacob.
34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
34Then Iacob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eate and drinke, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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