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Job 31:12

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For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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  1. Proverbs 6:27Rank 1 from verse 12
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    27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

  2. Jeremiah 5:7–9Rank 2 from verse 12
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    7¶ How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

    8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

    9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  3. Hebrews 13:4Rank 3 from verse 12
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    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  4. Job 15:30Rank 4 from verse 12
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    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.

  5. Job 20:28Rank 5 from verse 12
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    28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

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Job 31:12

COMBINED MEANING

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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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

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

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root

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Sense 1: The part of a plant fixed in the earth. Sense 2: Figuratively, the origin, cause, foundation, ancestor, or source of growth. Sense 3: To take root or eradicate.

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out

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

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increase

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Sense 1: Growth, produce, yield, offspring, gain, or enlargement. Sense 2: To grow, multiply, add to, enlarge, or intensify.

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11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

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13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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