Psalms 119:122
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Bee suretie for thy seruant for good: let not the proud oppresse me.
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- Hebrews 7:22Rank 1 from verse 122
- Psalms 119:21Rank 2 from verse 122
- Isaiah 38:14Rank 3 from verse 122
- Proverbs 22:26–27Rank 5 from verse 122
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
26*Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?
- Genesis 43:9Rank 6 from verse 122
9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: *if I bring him not vnto thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer.
- Philemon 1:18–19Rank 7 from verse 122
18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.
18If hee hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account.
19I Paul haue written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I doe not say to thee how thou owest vnto me, euen thine owne selfe besides:
- Psalms 36:11Rank 8 from verse 122
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Psalms 119:122
1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.
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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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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Having an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughty or self-exalting.
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To burden, crush, or treat with unjust severity or hardship.
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1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.
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121I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
121¶ I Haue done Iudgement and iustice: leaue mee not to mine oppressours.
122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
122Bee suretie for thy seruant for good: let not the proud oppresse me.
Selected passage123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
123Mine eyes faile for thy saluation: and for the word of thy righteousnesse.