Proverbs 7:2–9
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
*Keepe my commandements, and liue: and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceDeut.6.8. & 11.18. chap.3.3.
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Bind them vpon thy fingers, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
*That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap.5.3.
¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
¶ For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
†And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the sonnes.
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
†In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. in the euening of the day.
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From verse 2
- Psalms 17:8Rank 1 from verse 2
- 1 John 2:3–4Rank 2 from verse 2
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
3And hereby wee doe knowe that we know him, if we keepe his commandements.
4He that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commandements, is a lyer, and the trueth is not in him.
- Leviticus 18:5Rank 3 from verse 2
- Proverbs 4:4Rank 4 from verse 2
- 1 John 5:1–3Rank 5 from verse 2
1WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1¶ Whosoeuer beleeueth that Iesus is the Christ, is borne of God: and euery one that loueth him that begate, loueth him also that is begotten of him.
2By this wee know that wee loue the children of God, when we loue God and keepe his commandements.
3For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements, and his commandements are not grieuous.
- John 14:21Rank 6 from verse 2
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.
21He that hath my commandements, and keepeth them, hee it is that loueth me: and he that loueth me shall be loued of my Father, and I will loue him, and will manifest my selfe to him.
- Deuteronomy 32:10Rank 7 from verse 2
- Isaiah 55:3Rank 8 from verse 2
3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
3*Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.
- John 12:49–50Rank 9 from verse 2
49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
49For I haue not spoken of my selfe; but the Father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.
50And I know that his commandement is life euerlasting: whatsoeuer I speake therefore, euen as the Father said vnto me, so I speake.
- John 15:14Rank 10 from verse 2
- Proverbs 4:13Rank 11 from verse 2
- Zechariah 2:8Rank 12 from verse 2
8For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
8*For thus sayth the LORD of hostes, After the glory hath he sent me vnto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.
- Revelation 22:14Rank 13 from verse 2
From verse 3
- Deuteronomy 11:18–20Rank 1 from verse 3
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:
18¶ Therefore shall ye lay vp these my words in your heart, and in your soule, and *bind them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may bee as frontlets betweene your eyes.
19And *ye shal teach them your children, speaking of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp.
20And thou shalt write them vpon the doore posts of thine house, and vpon thy gates:
- Proverbs 3:3Rank 2 from verse 3
- Deuteronomy 6:8–9Rank 3 from verse 3
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.
8And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
9And thou shalt write them vpon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- Jeremiah 31:33Rank 4 from verse 3
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.
33*But this shall be the couenant, that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shall be my people.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3Rank 5 from verse 3
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.
3Forasmuch as yee are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by vs, written not with inke, but with the spirit of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
- Isaiah 30:8Rank 6 from verse 3
- Proverbs 6:21Rank 7 from verse 3
- Jeremiah 17:1Rank 8 from verse 3
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;
1¶ *†The sinne of Iudah is written with a pen of yron, and with the point of a diamond; it is grauen vpon the table of their heart, and vpon the hornes of your altars:
From verse 4
- Proverbs 2:2–4Rank 1 from verse 4
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
2So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding:
3Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and †liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
4*If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures:
- Proverbs 4:6–8Rank 2 from verse 4
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
6Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee: loue her, and she shall keepe thee.
7Wisedome is the principall thing, therefore get wisedome: and with all thy getting, get vnderstanding.
8Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her.
- Song of Solomon 8:1Rank 4 from verse 4
1O THAT thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
1¶ †O that thou wert as my brother that sucked the brests of my mother, when I should find thee without, I would kisse thee, yet I should not be despised.
- Luke 11:27–28Rank 5 from verse 4
27¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
27¶ And it came to passe as hee spake these things, a certaine woman of the company lift vp her voice, and said vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes which thou hast sucked.
28But hee said, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the word of God, and keepe it.
- Matthew 12:49–50Rank 6 from verse 4
49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
49And hee stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren.
50For whosoeuer shall doe the will of my Father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
From verse 5
- Proverbs 2:16Rank 1 from verse 5
- Proverbs 6:24Rank 2 from verse 5
- Proverbs 5:3Rank 3 from verse 5
From verse 6
- Genesis 26:8Rank 1 from verse 6
8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
8And it came to passe when he had bene there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistims looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
- Judges 5:28Rank 2 from verse 6
28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
28The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattesse, Why is his charet so long in comming? Why tarie the wheeles of his charets?
- 2 Samuel 6:16Rank 3 from verse 6
16And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
16And as the Arke of the LORD came into the citie of Dauid, Michal Sauls daughter looked through a window, and saw king Dauid leaping and dauncing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
From verse 7
- Proverbs 6:32Rank 1 from verse 7
- Proverbs 1:22Rank 2 from verse 7
- Jeremiah 4:22Rank 3 from verse 7
22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
22For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me, they are sottish children, and they haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe good they haue no knowledge.
- Matthew 15:16Rank 4 from verse 7
- Proverbs 1:32Rank 5 from verse 7
- Proverbs 1:4Rank 6 from verse 7
- Proverbs 10:13Rank 7 from verse 7
- Proverbs 8:5Rank 8 from verse 7
- Proverbs 9:16Rank 9 from verse 7
- Proverbs 9:4Rank 10 from verse 7
- Psalms 119:130Rank 11 from verse 7
- Romans 16:18–19Rank 12 from verse 7
18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
18For they that are such, serue not our Lord Iesus Christ, but their owne belly, and by good wordes and faire speeches deceiue the hearts of the simple.
19For your obedience is come abroad vnto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalfe: but yet I would haue you wise vnto that which is good, and ‖simple concerning euill.
- Proverbs 12:11Rank 13 from verse 7
- Proverbs 14:15Rank 14 from verse 7
- Proverbs 14:18Rank 15 from verse 7
- Proverbs 19:2Rank 16 from verse 7
- Proverbs 19:25Rank 17 from verse 7
- Proverbs 22:3Rank 18 from verse 7
- Proverbs 24:30Rank 19 from verse 7
- Proverbs 27:12Rank 20 from verse 7
- Psalms 19:7Rank 21 from verse 7
From verse 8
- 1 Corinthians 6:18Rank 1 from verse 8
- 2 Samuel 11:2–3Rank 2 from verse 8
2¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
3And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2¶ And it came to passe in an euening tide, that Dauid arose from off his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kings house: and from the roofe he saw a woman washing her selfe; and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon.
3And Dauid sent and enquired after the woman: and one said, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
- 2 Timothy 2:22Rank 3 from verse 8
- Judges 16:1Rank 5 from verse 8
- Proverbs 4:14–15Rank 6 from verse 8
- Proverbs 5:8Rank 7 from verse 8
- Proverbs 7:12Rank 8 from verse 8
From verse 9
- Job 24:13–15Rank 1 from verse 9
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
13They are of those that rebell against the light, they know not the wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light, killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and †disguiseth his face.
- Romans 13:12–14Rank 2 from verse 9
12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
12The night is farre spent, the day is at hand: let vs therefore cast off the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light.
13Let vs walke ‖honestly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkennesse, not in chambring and wantonnes, not in strife and enuying.
14But put yee on the Lord Iesus Christ, and make not prouision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
- Ephesians 5:11Rank 3 from verse 9
- Genesis 39:11Rank 4 from verse 9
- Exodus 12:6Rank 5 from verse 9
6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
6And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the fourteenth day of the same moneth: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it †in the euening.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:2
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.
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commandments
Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.
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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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.
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Sense 1: The fruit of a tree. Sense 2: In the expression apple of the eye, the pupil or something precious.
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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.
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Proverbs 7:3
To tie together, or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature.
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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.
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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.
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A flat surface or board; a place for food; a written tablet or list.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Proverbs 7:4
Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.
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COMBINED MEANING
understanding
1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.
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A female relative.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:5
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.
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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
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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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flattereth
Third-person singular present form of flatter (to praise insincerely or deceitfully in order to please, influence, or mislead).
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:6
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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An opening or aperture in the wall or structure of a building, ship, or ark, admitting light, air, sight, passage, or access.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of look, meaning to direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
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From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of.
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A little movable window, usually within a large, made to turn and open on hinges.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:7
Saw, looked upon, or observed.
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Without guile; sincere or harmless; in other contexts, lacking wisdom or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of discern, meaning to see or understand the difference; to make distinction.
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Young persons.
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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Empty, unfilled, unoccupied, lacking something, invalid, cancelled, or without effect.
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COMBINED MEANING
understanding
1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 7:8
1. Moving through, by, over, or out. 2. Surpassing or exceeding.
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From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Proverbs 7:9
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.
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The faint light before sunrise or after sunset.
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Sense 1: Of the darkest colour. Sense 2: Dark or blackened in appearance. Sense 3: Figuratively, darkened by mourning, famine, or judgment.
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Sense 1: Without light or having little light. Sense 2: Obscure, hidden, or not understood. Sense 3: Darkness or a place or time without light.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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1MY son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
1¶ My sonne, keepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements with thee.
2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
2*Keepe my commandements, and liue: and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Selected passage3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
3Bind them vpon thy fingers, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Selected passage4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
4Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,
Selected passage5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
5*That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Selected passage6¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
6¶ For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement,
Selected passage7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
7†And behelde among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a yong man void of vnderstanding,
Selected passage8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
8Passing through the streete neere her corner, and he went the way to her house,
Selected passage9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
9†In the twilight in the euening, in the blacke and darke night:
Selected passage10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
10And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart.