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Psalms 144:13–15

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That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
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From verse 13

  1. Deuteronomy 7:13–14Rank 1 from verse 13
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    13And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

    14Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

  2. Deuteronomy 28:8Rank 2 from verse 13
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    8The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  3. Deuteronomy 28:4Rank 3 from verse 13
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    4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

  4. Leviticus 26:10Rank 4 from verse 13
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    10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

  5. Deuteronomy 8:3Rank 5 from verse 13
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    3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

From verse 14

  1. Zechariah 8:3–5Rank 1 from verse 14
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    3Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.

    4Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

    5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

  2. Deuteronomy 28:7Rank 2 from verse 14
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    7The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

  3. 1 Samuel 13:17–23Rank 3 from verse 14
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    17¶ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

    18And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

    19¶ Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

    20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

    21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

    22So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

    23And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

  4. 1 Samuel 31:7Rank 4 from verse 14
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    7¶ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  5. Deuteronomy 28:25Rank 5 from verse 14
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    25The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

From verse 15

  1. Psalms 33:12Rank 1 from verse 15
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    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

  2. Ephesians 1:3Rank 2 from verse 15
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    3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

  3. Psalms 146:5Rank 3 from verse 15
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    5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

  4. Deuteronomy 33:29Rank 4 from verse 15
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    29Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

  5. Psalms 65:4Rank 5 from verse 15
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    4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

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Psalms 144:13

COMBINED MEANING

store

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1. An abundance, supply, stock, or reserve. 2. In ‘store city,’ a city where supplies or goods are kept.

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

COMBINED MEANING

sheep

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Sense 1: Flock animals kept for wool, food, and sacrifice. Sense 2: Figuratively, people pictured as a flock or as needing a shepherd.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 144:14

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strong

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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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labour

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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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breaking

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The act or process of parting, opening, bursting, demolishing, violating, dividing, or beginning to break forth.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 144:15

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

case

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Sense 1: A condition, circumstance, matter, or stated set of facts. Sense 2: In the expression in any case, certainly or without exception.

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

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:

13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

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14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

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15Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

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