KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 8:30–31
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Proverbs 8:30
30Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
30Then I was by him, as one brought vp with him: and I was daily his delight, reioycing alwayes before him:
Proverbs 8:31
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
31Reioycing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sonnes of men.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 8:30
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Always; continually, regularly, or throughout the time stated.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Proverbs 8:31
Fit or able to be inhabited.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828
A portion or division of a whole; also to divide, separate, depart, or share.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Great pleasures, joys, or things that give pleasure; as a verb, gives great pleasure.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 30
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Open the full verse study1IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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Open the full verse study18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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Open the full verse study1BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
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Open the full verse study17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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Open the full verse study28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
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Open the full verse study28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
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Open the full verse study13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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Open the full verse study5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
From verse 31
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Open the full verse study3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
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Open the full verse study1NOW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
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Open the full verse study6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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Open the full verse study9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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Open the full verse study34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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