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Nahum 1:7–8

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The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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From verse 7

  1. 2 Timothy 2:19Rank 1 from verse 7
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    19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

  2. John 10:27Rank 2 from verse 7
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  3. Lamentations 3:25Rank 3 from verse 7
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    25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

  4. John 10:14Rank 4 from verse 7
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    14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

  5. Psalms 91:1–2Rank 5 from verse 7
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    1HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

    2I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

  6. Psalms 100:5Rank 6 from verse 7
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    5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

  7. Psalms 27:5Rank 7 from verse 7
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    5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

  8. Proverbs 18:10Rank 8 from verse 7
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    10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  9. Galatians 4:9Rank 9 from verse 7
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    9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

  10. Psalms 1:6Rank 10 from verse 7
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    6For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  11. Isaiah 25:4Rank 11 from verse 7
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    4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

  12. 1 Chronicles 16:34Rank 12 from verse 7
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    34O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  13. Psalms 18:1–2Rank 13 from verse 7
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    1I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength.

    2The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  14. Jeremiah 17:7–8Rank 14 from verse 7
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    7Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

    8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  15. Psalms 84:11–12Rank 15 from verse 7
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

    12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

  16. Jeremiah 33:11Rank 16 from verse 7
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    11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

  17. Psalms 86:7Rank 17 from verse 7
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    7In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

  18. Isaiah 26:1–4Rank 18 from verse 7
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    1IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

    2Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

    3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

    4Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

  19. Isaiah 32:2Rank 19 from verse 7
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    2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

  20. Psalms 25:8Rank 20 from verse 7
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    8Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

  21. Daniel 3:28Rank 21 from verse 7
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    28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

  22. Psalms 50:15Rank 22 from verse 7
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  23. Psalms 71:3Rank 23 from verse 7
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    3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

  24. 1 John 4:8–10Rank 24 from verse 7
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    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  25. Psalms 91:15Rank 25 from verse 7
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    15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  26. Daniel 6:23Rank 26 from verse 7
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    23Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

  27. Psalms 136:1–26Rank 27 from verse 7
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    1O GIVE thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    2O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    3O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    4To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    5To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    10To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    11And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    12With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    13To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    15But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    16To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    17To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    18And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    19Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    20And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    21And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    22Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    23Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

    24And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    25Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

    26O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

  28. Psalms 59:16Rank 28 from verse 7
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    16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

  29. Psalms 62:6–8Rank 29 from verse 7
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    6He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

    7In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

    8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

  30. Romans 11:22Rank 30 from verse 7
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    22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

  31. 2 Chronicles 16:8–9Rank 31 from verse 7
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    8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand.

    9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  32. 2 Chronicles 32:21Rank 32 from verse 7
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    21¶ And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

  33. Matthew 7:23Rank 33 from verse 7
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    23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

  34. 1 Chronicles 5:20Rank 34 from verse 7
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    20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

  35. Matthew 27:43Rank 35 from verse 7
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    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

  36. 2 Chronicles 32:11Rank 36 from verse 7
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    11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

  37. 2 Chronicles 32:8Rank 37 from verse 7
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    8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

  38. Ezra 3:11Rank 38 from verse 7
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    11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

  39. Isaiah 37:3–4Rank 39 from verse 7
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    3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

    4It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

  40. Psalms 144:1–2Rank 40 from verse 7
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    1BLESSED be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

    2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

  41. Psalms 145:6–10Rank 41 from verse 7
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    6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

    7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

    8The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

    9The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

    10All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.

  42. Psalms 20:1Rank 42 from verse 7
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    1THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

From verse 8

  1. Ezekiel 13:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

  2. Isaiah 28:17Rank 2 from verse 8
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    17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  3. Isaiah 8:22Rank 3 from verse 8
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    22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

  4. Amos 8:8Rank 4 from verse 8
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    8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

  5. Amos 9:5–6Rank 5 from verse 8
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    5And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

    6It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

  6. Job 30:15Rank 6 from verse 8
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    15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

  7. Zephaniah 2:13Rank 7 from verse 8
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    13And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

  8. 2 Peter 3:6–7Rank 8 from verse 8
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    6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

    7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

  9. Daniel 11:22Rank 9 from verse 8
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    22And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

  10. Daniel 11:40Rank 10 from verse 8
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    40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

  11. Daniel 9:26Rank 11 from verse 8
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    26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  12. Isaiah 8:7–8Rank 12 from verse 8
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    7Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

    8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

  13. Jeremiah 13:16Rank 13 from verse 8
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    16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  14. Matthew 7:27Rank 14 from verse 8
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    27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

  15. Matthew 8:12Rank 15 from verse 8
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    12But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  16. Nahum 1:1Rank 16 from verse 8
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    1THE burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

  17. Nahum 2:8Rank 17 from verse 8
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    8But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

  18. Proverbs 4:19Rank 18 from verse 8
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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  19. Daniel 11:10Rank 19 from verse 8
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    10But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

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DEFINED WORDS

Nahum 1:7

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strong

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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hold

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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.

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

COMBINED MEANING

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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COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

COMBINED MEANING

trouble

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Sense 1: Disturbance, affliction, distress, vexation, or difficulty. Sense 2: To disturb, distress, afflict, or inconvenience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

trust

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Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.

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DEFINED WORDS

Nahum 1:8

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

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

utter

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1. To speak, declare, or make known. 2. Outermost or complete.

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

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

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

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

pursue

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1. To follow or chase in order to overtake. 2. To seek after and continue earnestly toward an aim.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

1:7The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

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1:8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

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1:9What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

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