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Isaiah 64:3–4

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When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
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From verse 3

  1. Exodus 34:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10¶ And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.

  2. Deuteronomy 10:21Rank 2 from verse 3
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    21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.

  3. Habakkuk 3:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

  4. Psalms 106:22Rank 4 from verse 3
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    22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.

  5. Psalms 65:5–6Rank 5 from verse 3
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    5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

    6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:

  6. Psalms 66:3Rank 6 from verse 3
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    3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

  7. Psalms 66:5Rank 7 from verse 3
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    5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

  8. 2 Samuel 7:23Rank 8 from verse 3
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    23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

  9. Deuteronomy 4:34Rank 9 from verse 3
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    34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  10. Habakkuk 3:6Rank 10 from verse 3
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    6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

  11. Isaiah 64:1Rank 11 from verse 3
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    1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

  12. Judges 5:4–5Rank 12 from verse 3
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    4Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

    5The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.

  13. Psalms 105:27–36Rank 13 from verse 3
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    27They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

    28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

    29He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

    30Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

    31He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

    32He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

    33He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.

    34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

    35And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

    36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

  14. Psalms 68:8Rank 14 from verse 3
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    8The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

  15. Psalms 76:12Rank 15 from verse 3
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    12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

From verse 4

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:9–10Rank 1 from verse 4
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    9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

    10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  2. Psalms 31:19Rank 2 from verse 4
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    19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

  3. James 5:7Rank 3 from verse 4
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    7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

  4. Isaiah 25:9Rank 4 from verse 4
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    9¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

  5. Colossians 1:26–27Rank 5 from verse 4
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    26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  6. Psalms 130:5Rank 6 from verse 4
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    5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

  7. Ephesians 3:17–21Rank 7 from verse 4
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    17That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

    18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

    19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

    20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

    21Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

  8. Genesis 49:18Rank 8 from verse 4
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    18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

  9. Lamentations 3:25–26Rank 9 from verse 4
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    25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

    26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  10. Isaiah 30:18Rank 10 from verse 4
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    18¶ And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

  11. 1 John 3:1–2Rank 11 from verse 4
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    1BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

    2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  12. John 14:3Rank 12 from verse 4
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    3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

  13. 1 Timothy 3:16Rank 13 from verse 4
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    16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

  14. Ephesians 3:5–10Rank 14 from verse 4
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    5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

    6That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

    7Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

    8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

    9And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

    10To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

  15. Hebrews 11:16Rank 15 from verse 4
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    16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  16. Matthew 25:34Rank 16 from verse 4
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    34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

  17. 1 Corinthians 1:7Rank 17 from verse 4
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    7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

  18. Luke 2:25Rank 18 from verse 4
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    25And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

  19. Psalms 62:1Rank 19 from verse 4
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    1TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

  20. Romans 8:19Rank 20 from verse 4
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    19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

  21. 1 John 4:10Rank 21 from verse 4
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    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  22. Romans 8:23–25Rank 22 from verse 4
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    23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

    24For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

    25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

  23. 1 Thessalonians 1:10Rank 23 from verse 4
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    10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

  24. Revelation 21:1–4Rank 24 from verse 4
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    1AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

    2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

    3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

    4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

  25. Revelation 22:1–5Rank 25 from verse 4
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    1AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

    2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

    3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

    4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

    5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

  26. Revelation 21:22–24Rank 26 from verse 4
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    22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

    23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

    24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

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Isaiah 64:3

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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looked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flowed

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of flow, meaning to move or run continuously as water. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 64:4

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eye

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Sense 1: The bodily organ of sight; by extension, sight or seeing. Sense 2: Regard, judgment, disposition, or watchful attention, expressed figuratively by the eye. Sense 3: A small opening, as the eye of a needle. Sense 4: To watch or regard.

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

COMBINED MEANING

waiteth

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Third-person singular present form of wait. Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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64:2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

64:3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

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64:4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

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