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Job 12:6

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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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  1. Job 9:24Rank 1 from verse 6
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    24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

  2. Psalms 73:11–12Rank 2 from verse 6
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    11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

    12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  3. Job 21:7–15Rank 3 from verse 6
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    7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

    8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

    9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

    10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

    11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

    12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

    13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  4. Psalms 17:14Rank 4 from verse 6
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    14From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  5. Psalms 37:1Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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Job 12:6

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prosper

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To succeed, advance, thrive, flourish, increase, or accomplish an intended purpose.

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secure

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Careless or free from concern; without fear.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

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7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

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