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Proverbs 28:21–27

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To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
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From verse 21

  1. Ezekiel 13:19Rank 1 from verse 21
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    19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

  2. Proverbs 18:5Rank 2 from verse 21
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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  3. Proverbs 24:23Rank 3 from verse 21
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    23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

  4. Exodus 23:2Rank 4 from verse 21
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    2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

  5. Exodus 23:8Rank 5 from verse 21
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    8¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

From verse 22

  1. 1 Timothy 6:9Rank 1 from verse 22
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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.

  2. Proverbs 23:6Rank 2 from verse 22
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    6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

  3. Proverbs 28:20Rank 3 from verse 22
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    20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

  4. Job 27:16–17Rank 4 from verse 22
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    16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

    17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

  5. Matthew 20:15Rank 5 from verse 22
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

From verse 23

  1. Proverbs 27:5–6Rank 1 from verse 23
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    5Open rebuke is better than secret love.

    6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  2. Matthew 18:15Rank 2 from verse 23
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    15¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

  3. Psalms 141:5Rank 3 from verse 23
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    5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

  4. 1 Kings 1:23Rank 4 from verse 23
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    23And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

  5. 1 Kings 1:32–40Rank 5 from verse 23
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    32¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

    33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

    34And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

    35Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

    36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.

    37As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

    38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.

    39And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.

    40And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.

From verse 24

  1. Matthew 15:4–6Rank 1 from verse 24
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    4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

    5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

    6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  2. Proverbs 18:9Rank 2 from verse 24
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    9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

  3. Proverbs 19:26Rank 3 from verse 24
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    26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

  4. Judges 17:2Rank 4 from verse 24
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    2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

  5. Proverbs 28:7Rank 5 from verse 24
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    7Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

From verse 25

  1. Proverbs 11:25Rank 1 from verse 25
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    25The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:6Rank 2 from verse 25
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    6But godliness with contentment is great gain.

  3. Proverbs 10:12Rank 3 from verse 25
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    12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  4. Proverbs 13:10Rank 4 from verse 25
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    10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

  5. Proverbs 13:4Rank 5 from verse 25
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    4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

From verse 26

  1. Proverbs 3:5Rank 1 from verse 26
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    5¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

  2. Jeremiah 17:9Rank 2 from verse 26
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    9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

  3. Job 28:28Rank 3 from verse 26
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    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  4. Romans 8:7Rank 4 from verse 26
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  5. James 1:5Rank 5 from verse 26
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    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

From verse 27

  1. Proverbs 19:17Rank 1 from verse 27
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    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  2. Deuteronomy 15:7Rank 2 from verse 27
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    7¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

  3. Proverbs 11:24Rank 3 from verse 27
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    24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

  4. Psalms 41:1–3Rank 4 from verse 27
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    1BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

    2The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

    3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

  5. 2 Corinthians 9:6–11Rank 5 from verse 27
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    6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

    7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

    8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

    9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

    10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

    11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:21

COMBINED MEANING

respect

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Sense 1: Regard or consideration. Sense 2: Relation or reference. Sense 3: Honour. Sense 4: Partial favour. Sense 5: To show regard or honour to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:22

COMBINED MEANING

hasteth

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Third-person singular present form of haste (to hurry, act quickly, or make speed).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eye

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Sense 1: The bodily organ of sight; by extension, sight or seeing. Sense 2: Regard, judgment, disposition, or watchful attention, expressed figuratively by the eye. Sense 3: A small opening, as the eye of a needle. Sense 4: To watch or regard.

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

COMBINED MEANING

poverty

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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.

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

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

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:23

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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

find

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

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favour

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Sense 1: Goodwill, approval, acceptance, kindness, mercy, support, or beneficial regard. Sense 2: Pleasing appearance or charm. Sense 3: To regard, support, prefer, or treat kindly.

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

COMBINED MEANING

flattereth

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Third-person singular present form of flatter (to praise insincerely or deceitfully in order to please, influence, or mislead).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:24

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

transgression

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The act of passing beyond or violating a law, command, or rule of duty; an offense, fault, or sin.

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

COMBINED MEANING

companion

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One who accompanies, associates, or shares a condition, work, covenant, or fellowship with another; a fellow, mate, or partner.

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

COMBINED MEANING

destroyer

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One who destroys, or lays waste; one who kills a man, or an animal, or who ruins a country, cities, etc.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:25

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

putteth

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Third-person singular present form of put (to place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be).

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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.

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

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

fat

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1. The rich oily bodily substance of an animal. 2. Rich, fertile, abundant, prosperous, or flourishing. 3. Well-fed, plump, or full-bodied. 4. The richest or choicest part or produce of something. 5. Figuratively, dull, insensible, or hardened.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:26

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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

delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 28:27

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

lack

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Sense 1: To be without or in need of something. Sense 2: As a noun, want, shortage, or absence.

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

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

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

curse

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Sense 1: A pronouncement, sentence, or imposed condition of evil, loss, or judgment; an oath invoking such a penalty. Sense 2: As a verb, to pronounce judgment or evil upon, condemn, or revile.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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28:22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

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28:23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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28:24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

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28:25He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

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28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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