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Proverbs 3:1–3

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MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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From verse 1

  1. John 14:21–24Rank 1 from verse 1
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

    22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

  2. Proverbs 4:5Rank 2 from verse 1
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  3. Deuteronomy 6:6–9Rank 3 from verse 1
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    6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

    7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

    9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

  4. Psalms 119:16Rank 4 from verse 1
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    16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  5. Proverbs 1:8Rank 5 from verse 1
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    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  6. Psalms 119:34Rank 6 from verse 1
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    34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

  7. Psalms 119:93Rank 7 from verse 1
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    93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

  8. Deuteronomy 8:1Rank 8 from verse 1
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    1ALL the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.

  9. Jeremiah 31:33Rank 9 from verse 1
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    33But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  10. Psalms 119:11Rank 10 from verse 1
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    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  11. Psalms 119:47–48Rank 11 from verse 1
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    47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

    48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

  12. Psalms 119:153Rank 12 from verse 1
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    153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

  13. Hosea 4:6Rank 13 from verse 1
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    6¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

  14. Deuteronomy 30:16–20Rank 14 from verse 1
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    16In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

    17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

    18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

    19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

    20That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

  15. Deuteronomy 4:9Rank 15 from verse 1
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    9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

  16. Psalms 119:176Rank 16 from verse 1
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    176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

  17. Deuteronomy 4:23Rank 17 from verse 1
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    23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

  18. Proverbs 31:5Rank 18 from verse 1
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    5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

  19. Isaiah 51:17Rank 19 from verse 1
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    17¶ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

From verse 2

  1. Ephesians 6:1–3Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

    2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

    3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

  2. Proverbs 4:10Rank 2 from verse 2
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    10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  3. Psalms 91:16Rank 3 from verse 2
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    16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

  4. Proverbs 9:11Rank 4 from verse 2
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    11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

  5. Psalms 128:6Rank 5 from verse 2
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    6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

  6. Romans 15:13Rank 6 from verse 2
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    13Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

  7. Psalms 21:4Rank 7 from verse 2
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    4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

  8. Psalms 119:165Rank 8 from verse 2
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    165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

  9. Proverbs 10:27Rank 9 from verse 2
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    27The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

  10. Job 5:26Rank 10 from verse 2
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    26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

  11. Romans 5:1Rank 11 from verse 2
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  12. 1 Timothy 4:8Rank 12 from verse 2
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    8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

  13. Isaiah 32:17Rank 13 from verse 2
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    17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

  14. Psalms 34:11–14Rank 14 from verse 2
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    11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

    12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

  15. Proverbs 3:16–17Rank 15 from verse 2
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    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  16. Isaiah 57:19–21Rank 16 from verse 2
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    19I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; and I will heal him.

    20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

  17. Romans 14:17Rank 17 from verse 2
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    17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

From verse 3

  1. 2 Corinthians 3:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

  2. Proverbs 7:3Rank 2 from verse 3
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    3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

  3. Hebrews 10:16Rank 3 from verse 3
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    16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

  4. Deuteronomy 11:18–21Rank 4 from verse 3
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    18¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

    19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

    21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

  5. Malachi 2:6Rank 5 from verse 3
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    6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

  6. Proverbs 6:21Rank 6 from verse 3
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    21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

  7. Ephesians 5:1–2Rank 7 from verse 3
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    1BE ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  8. Ephesians 5:9Rank 8 from verse 3
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    9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

  9. Proverbs 1:9Rank 9 from verse 3
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    9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

  10. Proverbs 16:6Rank 10 from verse 3
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  11. Exodus 13:9Rank 11 from verse 3
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    9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

  12. Proverbs 20:28Rank 12 from verse 3
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    28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

  13. Psalms 119:11Rank 13 from verse 3
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    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  14. Psalms 25:10Rank 14 from verse 3
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    10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

  15. Deuteronomy 6:8Rank 15 from verse 3
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    8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

  16. Jeremiah 17:1Rank 16 from verse 3
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    1THE sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  17. Hosea 4:1Rank 17 from verse 3
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    1HEAR the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  18. Matthew 23:23Rank 18 from verse 3
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    23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

  19. 2 Samuel 15:20Rank 19 from verse 3
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    20Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.

  20. Micah 7:18–20Rank 20 from verse 3
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    18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

    20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 3:1

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forget

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To fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

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

COMBINED MEANING

law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · 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

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

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

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 3:2

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

length

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1. The extent or measurement of something from end to end. 2. Duration or continuance in time. 3. In “at length,” at last or after a long time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · 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

add

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To join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 3:3

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

mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

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

COMBINED MEANING

forsake

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To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bind

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To tie together, or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

write

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Sense 1: To form letters or words, inscribe, record, compose, copy, or communicate in writing. Sense 2: By figure, to impress and establish something upon the heart or mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

table

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A flat surface or board; a place for food; a written tablet or list.

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

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2:22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

3:1MY son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

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3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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3:4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

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