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Job 13:9–10

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Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
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From verse 9

  1. Galatians 6:7–8Rank 1 from verse 9
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    7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  2. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 2 from verse 9
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  3. Psalms 44:21Rank 3 from verse 9
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    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  4. Isaiah 28:22Rank 4 from verse 9
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    22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

  5. Job 12:16Rank 5 from verse 9
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    16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

From verse 10

  1. James 2:9Rank 1 from verse 10
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    9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

  2. Psalms 50:21–22Rank 2 from verse 10
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    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

    22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  3. Psalms 82:2Rank 3 from verse 10
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    2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

  4. Job 42:7–8Rank 4 from verse 10
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    7¶ And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

    8Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 13:9

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

search

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Sense 1: To seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know. Sense 2: A careful examination or inquiry made to find or know.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

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

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mock

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Sense 1: To ridicule or treat with scorn. Sense 2: An imitation or false appearance.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Job 13:10

COMBINED MEANING

reprove

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To expose, demonstrate, convict, refute, correct, censure, or call to account for fault, error, sin, or false words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

accept

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Sense 1: To receive or consent to what is offered; to approve. Sense 2: To regard with favour or partiality.

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

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13:8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

13:9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

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13:10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

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13:11Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

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