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Psalms 139:1–2

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O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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  1. Hebrews 4:13Rank 1 from verse 1
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    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  2. Jeremiah 12:3Rank 2 from verse 1
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    3But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  3. Jeremiah 17:9–10Rank 3 from verse 1
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    9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  4. Psalms 44:21Rank 4 from verse 1
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    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  5. Psalms 17:3Rank 5 from verse 1
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    3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

From verse 2

  1. Matthew 9:4Rank 1 from verse 2
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    4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

  2. 2 Kings 19:27Rank 2 from verse 2
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    27But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  3. Isaiah 37:28Rank 3 from verse 2
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    28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  4. Luke 9:47Rank 4 from verse 2
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    47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,

  5. Psalms 94:11Rank 5 from verse 2
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    11The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

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Psalms 139:1

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

searched

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of search, meaning to seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 139:2

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thought

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

afar

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Sense 1: At or from a great distance. Sense 2: Figuratively, remote, estranged, or absent.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

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2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

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3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

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