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Job 31:24
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Job 31:24
24If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
24If I haue made golde my hope, or haue said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence:
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 31:24
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Confident expectation or desire for good; as a verb, to expect with trust.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
confidence
Trust, hope, or reliance placed in a person or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
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Open the full verse study12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
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Open the full verse study28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
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Open the full verse study6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
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Open the full verse study7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
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Open the full verse study10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Open the full verse study17Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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Open the full verse study15And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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Open the full verse study15The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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Open the full verse study9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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Open the full verse study17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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Open the full verse study10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
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Open the full verse study5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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Open the full verse study1AND he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
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Open the full verse study24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
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