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Lamentations 4:7

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Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
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  1. Psalms 51:7Rank 1 from verse 7
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    7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  2. Psalms 144:12Rank 2 from verse 7
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    12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

  3. Song of Solomon 5:10Rank 3 from verse 7
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    10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

  4. 1 Samuel 16:12Rank 4 from verse 7
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    12And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

  5. Amos 2:11–12Rank 5 from verse 7
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    11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.

    12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

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Lamentations 4:7

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snow

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Frozen white precipitation falling from clouds and covering the earth.

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ruddy

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Of a red color; of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health.

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

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

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

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6For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

7Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

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8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

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