KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 25:7–8
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Matthew 25:7
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes.
Matthew 25:8
8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
8And the foolish said vnto the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are ‖gone out.
- Or, going out,
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 25:7
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who have not had sexual relations; in KJV usage, especially unmarried maidens.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Rose; stood up, came forth, or began to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Put in good order; dressed; ornamented; clipped; shaved; balanced; rebuked.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Vessels with oil and burning wicks used for light; figuratively, sources, bearers, continuances, or signs of light.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 25:8
Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; acting without proper regard for truth or what is right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An oily substance used for food, light, anointing, or healing; also to anoint with oil, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Vessels with oil and burning wicks used for light; figuratively, sources, bearers, continuances, or signs of light.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
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Open the full verse study14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
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Open the full verse study19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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Open the full verse study4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
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Open the full verse study2Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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Open the full verse study35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
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Open the full verse study1LET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
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Open the full verse study20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
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Open the full verse study9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
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Open the full verse study5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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Open the full verse study17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
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Open the full verse study13So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
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Open the full verse study24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
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Open the full verse study18Take 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.
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Open the full verse study9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
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Open the full verse study20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Open the full verse study18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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Open the full verse study24Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
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