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Psalms 123:4

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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
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  1. Job 12:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

  2. Psalms 119:51Rank 2 from verse 4
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    51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  3. Acts 17:32Rank 3 from verse 4
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    32¶ And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.

  4. 1 Corinthians 4:13Rank 4 from verse 4
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    13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

  5. Isaiah 32:11Rank 5 from verse 4
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    11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

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Psalms 123:4

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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COMBINED MEANING

filled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fill. Sense 1: To make full or occupy capacity. Sense 2: To satisfy. Sense 3: To occupy. Sense 4: To complete what is lacking.

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scorning

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of scorn, meaning to despise, deride, ridicule, or mock.

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ease

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Sense 1: Freedom or relief from pain, labour, trouble, or restraint. Sense 2: To relieve, quiet, or make less difficult.

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3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

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