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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.

  6. Lamentations 2:5Rank 6 from verse 12
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    5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

  7. Micah 3:2–3Rank 7 from verse 12
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    2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

    3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  8. Numbers 16:30–33Rank 8 from verse 12
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    30But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

    31¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

    32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

    33They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.

  9. Numbers 26:10Rank 9 from verse 12
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    10And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

  10. Psalms 143:7Rank 10 from verse 12
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    7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  11. Psalms 35:25Rank 11 from verse 12
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    25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  12. Psalms 5:9Rank 12 from verse 12
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  13. Psalms 56:1–2Rank 13 from verse 12
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    1BE merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

    2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

  14. Psalms 57:3Rank 14 from verse 12
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    3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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.

  6. Jeremiah 22:16–17Rank 6 from verse 13
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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

    17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  7. Nahum 2:12Rank 7 from verse 13
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    12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  8. Proverbs 1:19Rank 8 from verse 13
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    19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  9. Revelation 18:9–16Rank 9 from verse 13
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    9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

    10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

    11And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

    12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

    13And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

    14And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

    15The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

    16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

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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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1:10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

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1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

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1:14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

1:15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

1:19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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