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Proverbs 1:12–13

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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
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From verse 12

  1. Psalms 124:3Rank 1 from verse 12
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    3Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

  2. Psalms 28:1Rank 2 from verse 12
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    1UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

  3. Romans 3:13Rank 3 from verse 12
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    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

  4. Jeremiah 51:34Rank 4 from verse 12
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    34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

  5. Lamentations 2:16Rank 5 from verse 12
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    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

From verse 13

  1. 1 Timothy 6:9–10Rank 1 from verse 13
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    9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

    10For 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.

  2. Job 24:2–3Rank 2 from verse 13
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    2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

    3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

  3. Luke 12:15Rank 3 from verse 13
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    15And 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.

  4. Haggai 2:9Rank 4 from verse 13
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    9The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

  5. Isaiah 10:13–14Rank 5 from verse 13
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    13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

    14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:12

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

swallow

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Sense 1: A small bird. Sense 2: To take into the mouth and pass inward, consume, engulf, devour, or overwhelm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

alive

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Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.

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

COMBINED MEANING

grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

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

COMBINED MEANING

pit

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Sense 1: A hole, cavity, cistern, dungeon, trap, or place of confinement. Sense 2: The grave, deep ruin, or a place of judgment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 1:13

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

find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fill

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Sense 1: To make full, occupy capacity, satisfy, supply what is lacking, or complete. Sense 2: A full or satisfying amount or measure.

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

COMBINED MEANING

houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spoil

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Sense 1: Goods or captives taken from an enemy. Sense 2: As a verb, to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

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13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

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14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

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