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Job 15:15–16

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Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
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From verse 15

  1. Job 25:5Rank 1 from verse 15
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    5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

  2. Job 4:18Rank 2 from verse 15
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    18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

  3. Isaiah 6:2–5Rank 3 from verse 15
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    2Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

    3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

    4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

    5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  4. Job 5:1Rank 4 from verse 15
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    1CALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

From verse 16

  1. Job 34:7Rank 1 from verse 16
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    7What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

  2. Proverbs 19:28Rank 2 from verse 16
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    28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

  3. Psalms 53:3Rank 3 from verse 16
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    3Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  4. Romans 3:9–19Rank 4 from verse 16
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    9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

    10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

    11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

    12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

    15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

    16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

    17And the way of peace have they not known:

    18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

    19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  5. Titus 3:3Rank 5 from verse 16
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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Job 15:15

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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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putteth

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Third-person singular present form of put (to place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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trust

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Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

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Job 15:16

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filthy

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Sense 1: Dirty, foul, or unclean. Sense 2: Morally polluted or defiled. Sense 3: Obtained by base or dishonest means.

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

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man

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

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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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iniquity

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Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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15:1THEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

15:4Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

15:6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

15:7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

15:8Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?

15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

15:10With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

15:11Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

15:12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

15:13That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

15:14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

15:15Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

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15:16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

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15:17I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

15:18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

15:19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

15:20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

15:21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

15:24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

15:25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.

15:26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

15:28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

15:29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

15:31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

15:33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

15:34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

15:35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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