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Proverbs 30:18

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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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  1. Job 42:3Rank 1 from verse 18
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    3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  2. Psalms 139:6Rank 2 from verse 18
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    6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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Proverbs 30:18

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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wonderful

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1. Causing wonder; astonishing or marvellous. 2. Beyond ordinary understanding or ability.

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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.

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

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19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

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