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James 5:6–8

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Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Be 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.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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From verse 6

  1. 1 Peter 2:22–23Rank 1 from verse 6
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    22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

    23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

  2. Acts 8:32Rank 2 from verse 6
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    32The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

  3. Isaiah 53:7Rank 3 from verse 6
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    7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

  4. John 19:9–11Rank 4 from verse 6
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    9And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?

    11Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

  5. Luke 22:51–53Rank 5 from verse 6
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    51And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

    52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

    53When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

  6. Matthew 5:39Rank 6 from verse 6
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    39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16Rank 7 from verse 6
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    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  8. Acts 2:22–23Rank 8 from verse 6
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    22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

    23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  9. Acts 22:14Rank 9 from verse 6
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    14And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

  10. Acts 3:14–15Rank 10 from verse 6
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    14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

    15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

  11. Acts 4:10–12Rank 11 from verse 6
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    10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

    11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

    12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  12. Hebrews 10:38Rank 12 from verse 6
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    38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

  13. James 4:2Rank 13 from verse 6
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    2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

  14. Matthew 23:34–35Rank 14 from verse 6
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    34¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

    35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

  15. Acts 13:27–28Rank 15 from verse 6
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    27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

    28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

  16. Acts 7:52Rank 16 from verse 6
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    52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  17. James 2:6Rank 17 from verse 6
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    6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

  18. John 16:2–3Rank 18 from verse 6
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    2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

    3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  19. Matthew 21:38Rank 19 from verse 6
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    38But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

  20. Matthew 26:53–54Rank 20 from verse 6
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    53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

    54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

  21. Matthew 27:20Rank 21 from verse 6
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    20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.

  22. Matthew 27:24–25Rank 22 from verse 6
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    24¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

    25Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

From verse 7

  1. Hebrews 12:1–3Rank 1 from verse 7
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    1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  2. James 5:8–9Rank 2 from verse 7
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    8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

  3. Joel 2:23Rank 3 from verse 7
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    23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

  4. Galatians 6:9Rank 4 from verse 7
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    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  5. Deuteronomy 11:14Rank 5 from verse 7
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    14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

  6. Colossians 1:11Rank 6 from verse 7
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    11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

  7. 2 Corinthians 6:4–5Rank 7 from verse 7
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    4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

    5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;

  8. Romans 2:7Rank 8 from verse 7
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  9. Hebrews 6:15Rank 9 from verse 7
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    15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

  10. Jeremiah 5:24Rank 10 from verse 7
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    24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

  11. Galatians 5:5Rank 11 from verse 7
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    5For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.

  12. Romans 8:24–25Rank 12 from verse 7
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    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.

  13. 1 Thessalonians 2:19Rank 13 from verse 7
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    19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

  14. 1 Thessalonians 3:13Rank 14 from verse 7
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    13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

  15. Hosea 6:3Rank 15 from verse 7
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    3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

  16. Matthew 24:44Rank 16 from verse 7
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    44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  17. Luke 18:8Rank 17 from verse 7
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    8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

  18. Matthew 24:27Rank 18 from verse 7
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    27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  19. Romans 15:4Rank 19 from verse 7
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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  20. Luke 21:27Rank 20 from verse 7
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    27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

  21. Luke 8:15Rank 21 from verse 7
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    15But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  22. Zechariah 10:1Rank 22 from verse 7
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    1ASK ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

  23. 1 Thessalonians 1:3Rank 23 from verse 7
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    3Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

  24. 2 Peter 3:4Rank 24 from verse 7
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    4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

  25. 1 Corinthians 1:7Rank 25 from verse 7
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    7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

From verse 8

  1. James 5:9Rank 1 from verse 8
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    9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

  2. Galatians 5:22Rank 2 from verse 8
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

  3. Psalms 37:7Rank 3 from verse 8
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    7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

  4. 1 Peter 4:7Rank 4 from verse 8
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    7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

  5. Psalms 27:14Rank 5 from verse 8
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    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  6. Philippians 4:5Rank 6 from verse 8
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    5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

  7. 1 Thessalonians 3:13Rank 7 from verse 8
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    13To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

  8. Lamentations 3:25–26Rank 8 from verse 8
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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.

  9. Micah 7:7Rank 9 from verse 8
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    7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  10. Revelation 22:20Rank 10 from verse 8
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    20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

  11. 2 Thessalonians 3:5Rank 11 from verse 8
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    5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

  12. Hebrews 10:25–37Rank 12 from verse 8
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    25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

    26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

    27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

    28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

    29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

    30For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

    31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

    32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

    33Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

    34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

    35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

    36For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

    37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

  13. Psalms 130:5Rank 13 from verse 8
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    5I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

  14. Romans 8:25Rank 14 from verse 8
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    25But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

  15. 1 Thessalonians 1:10Rank 15 from verse 8
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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.

  16. Habakkuk 2:3Rank 16 from verse 8
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    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  17. Psalms 40:1–3Rank 17 from verse 8
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    1I WAITED patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

    2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

    3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

  18. Romans 13:11–12Rank 18 from verse 8
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    11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

    12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

  19. Genesis 49:18Rank 19 from verse 8
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    18I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

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James 5:6

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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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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condemned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of condemn, meaning to pronounce guilty or wrong; to sentence, judge against, disapprove, or doom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

killed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of kill, meaning to cause death, slay, put to death, or destroy life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

resist

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To oppose, withstand, strive against, hinder, refuse, or set oneself against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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

DEFINED WORDS

James 5:7

COMBINED MEANING

patient

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Enduring delay, suffering, or provocation with steadfastness, forbearance, and self-restraint.

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

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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COMBINED MEANING

coming

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Sense 1: Present-participial form of come: approaching or arriving. Sense 2: The act, time, or event of approaching or arriving.

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

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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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.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

fruit

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Sense 1: The produce borne by plants or the land. Sense 2: Offspring or increase. Sense 3: A result, product, consequence, character, or work proceeding from something.

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

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latter

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Coming, occurring, or mentioned after another; the later or last of two.

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rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

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DEFINED WORDS

James 5:8

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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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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patient

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Enduring delay, suffering, or provocation with steadfastness, forbearance, and self-restraint.

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

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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hearts

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The inward lives of persons: their thoughts, understanding, conscience, affections, desires, purposes, will, courage, or disposition.

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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

coming

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Sense 1: Present-participial form of come: approaching or arriving. Sense 2: The act, time, or event of approaching or arriving.

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

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

nigh

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Near or close in place, time, relationship, kinship, condition, access, or degree; approaching, drawing close, at hand, or almost.

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

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5:1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

5:2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

5:3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

5:6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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5:7Be 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.

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5:8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

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5:9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

5:10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

5:12But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

5:14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

5:15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

5:16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

5:17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

5:18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

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