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Psalms 14:2
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Psalms 14:2
2The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
2*The LORD looked downe from heauen vpon the children of men; to see if there were any that did vnderstand and seeke God.
- Rom.3.10.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 14:2
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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The expanse above the earth, including the sky or firmament; also the dwelling or throne of God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
One, some, or every member or amount of an indefinite number or quantity, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
understand
To comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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Open the full verse study6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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Open the full verse study13The Lord looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
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Open the full verse study19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth;
20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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Open the full verse study12And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
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Open the full verse study15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
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Open the full verse study3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
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Open the full verse study10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
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Open the full verse study6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
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Open the full verse study5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
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Open the full verse study11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
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Open the full verse study15¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
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Open the full verse study22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
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Open the full verse study9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
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Open the full verse study16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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Open the full verse study6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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Open the full verse study21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
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Open the full verse study19¶ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
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Open the full verse study50Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
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Open the full verse study5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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Open the full verse study43Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study19That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
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Open the full verse study5And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
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Open the full verse study4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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Open the full verse study32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
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Open the full verse study1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
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