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Job 22:23

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If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
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  1. Job 11:13–14Rank 1 from verse 23
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    13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

    14If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

  2. Zechariah 1:3Rank 2 from verse 23
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    3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.

  3. Job 8:5–6Rank 3 from verse 23
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    5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

    6If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

  4. Isaiah 55:6–7Rank 4 from verse 23
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    6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  5. Hosea 14:1–2Rank 5 from verse 23
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    1O ISRAEL, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

    2Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.

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Job 22:23

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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iniquity

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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22Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

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24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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