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Jeremiah 9:13

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And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:19Rank 1 from verse 13
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    19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

  2. Jeremiah 22:9Rank 2 from verse 13
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    9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

  3. Ezra 9:10Rank 3 from verse 13
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    10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

  4. Deuteronomy 31:16–17Rank 4 from verse 13
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    16¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

    17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

  5. Proverbs 28:4Rank 5 from verse 13
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    4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

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Jeremiah 9:13

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

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

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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.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

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

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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obeyed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of obey (to comply with a command, heed authority, or submit).

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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

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therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

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

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12¶ Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

13And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

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14But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

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