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Proverbs 7:9

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In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
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  1. Job 24:13–15Rank 1 from verse 9
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    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.

  2. Romans 13:12–14Rank 2 from verse 9
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    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.

  3. Ephesians 5:11Rank 3 from verse 9
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  4. Genesis 39:11Rank 4 from verse 9
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    11And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

  5. Exodus 12:6Rank 5 from verse 9
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    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.

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Proverbs 7:9

COMBINED MEANING

in

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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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COMBINED MEANING

black

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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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dark

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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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night

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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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8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

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10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

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