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Proverbs 30:6

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Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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  1. Deuteronomy 12:32Rank 1 from verse 6
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    32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:2Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

  3. Revelation 22:18–19Rank 3 from verse 6
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    18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

    19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

  4. Job 13:7–9Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

    8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

    9Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

  5. 1 Corinthians 15:15Rank 5 from verse 6
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    15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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Proverbs 30:6

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

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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lest

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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.

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

COMBINED MEANING

reprove

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To expose, demonstrate, convict, refute, correct, censure, or call to account for fault, error, sin, or false words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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7Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

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