KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 31:17–18
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Proverbs 31:17
17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
Proverbs 31:18
18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
18†She perceiueth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by night.
- Hebr. she tasteth.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 31:17
To fasten around the body with a belt or girdle; figuratively, to equip or prepare.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Proverbs 31:18
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
merchandise
Goods bought and sold; trade or commerce.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A portable wick light or lamp.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 17
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Open the full verse study3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Open the full verse study13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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Open the full verse study10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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Open the full verse study46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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Open the full verse study14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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Open the full verse study35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
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Open the full verse study29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
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Open the full verse study12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
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Open the full verse study24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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Open the full verse study15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
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Open the full verse study3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
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Open the full verse study7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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Open the full verse study40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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Open the full verse study2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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