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Psalms 139:1–3

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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.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
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From verse 1

  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.

From verse 3

  1. Jeremiah 23:24Rank 1 from verse 3
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    24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

  2. Job 31:4Rank 2 from verse 3
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    4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

  3. Genesis 28:10–17Rank 3 from verse 3
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    10¶ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.

    11And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    12And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

    13And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

    14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

    15And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

    16¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.

    17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

  4. Proverbs 5:20–21Rank 4 from verse 3
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    20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

  5. 2 Samuel 11:27Rank 5 from verse 3
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    27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

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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

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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

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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

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 139:3

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

compassest

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Second-person singular present form of compass, meaning to go around, surround, enclose, or encircle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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lying

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1. Reclining, resting, remaining, or being situated in a place. 2. Speaking or representing what is false or deceptive. 3. Lying with a person; having sexual intercourse.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

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