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Psalms 119:78

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Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
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  1. 1 Peter 2:20Rank 1 from verse 78
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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  2. John 15:25Rank 2 from verse 78
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    25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

  3. Psalms 119:23Rank 3 from verse 78
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    23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

  4. Psalms 119:51Rank 4 from verse 78
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    51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  5. Psalms 25:3Rank 5 from verse 78
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    3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

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Psalms 119:78

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

proud

Having an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughty or self-exalting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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dealt

To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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without

Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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cause

A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case; as a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

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77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

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79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

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