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Job 21:14

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Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
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  1. Job 22:17Rank 1 from verse 14
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    17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

  2. Romans 8:7Rank 2 from verse 14
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

    12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

  4. Psalms 10:4Rank 4 from verse 14
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    4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

  5. 2 Timothy 4:3–4Rank 5 from verse 14
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    3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

    4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

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Job 21:14

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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COMBINED MEANING

depart

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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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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

desire

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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

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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.

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

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