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John 10:5

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And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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  1. 1 John 4:5–6Rank 1 from verse 5
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    5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  2. Colossians 2:6–10Rank 2 from verse 5
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    6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

    7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

    8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

    9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

    10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

  3. 1 Peter 2:1–3Rank 3 from verse 5
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

    3If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

  4. Ephesians 4:11–15Rank 4 from verse 5
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    11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

    12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

    13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

    14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

    15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

  5. Mark 4:24Rank 5 from verse 5
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    24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

  6. Proverbs 19:27Rank 6 from verse 5
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    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  7. Revelation 2:2Rank 7 from verse 5
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    2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

  8. 1 John 2:21Rank 8 from verse 5
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    21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  9. 1 Kings 22:7Rank 9 from verse 5
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    7And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him?

  10. 2 Timothy 3:5–7Rank 10 from verse 5
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    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

    6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

    7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

  11. Luke 8:18Rank 11 from verse 5
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    18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

  12. 1 John 2:19Rank 12 from verse 5
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    19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

  13. 2 Timothy 4:3Rank 13 from verse 5
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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;

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John 10:5

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

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

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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10:4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

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10:6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

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