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Psalms 23:1–2
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Psalms 23:1
1THE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1¶ The LORD is my shepheard, I shall not want.
Psalms 23:2
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
2††He maketh me to lie downe in greene pastures: he leadeth mee beside the still waters.
- Heb. pastures of tender grasse.
- Heb. waters of quietnesse.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 23:1
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
Lack or need; poverty or deficiency; as a verb, to lack or be without.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Psalms 23:2
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Having the color of living vegetation; fresh, flourishing, or not dried.
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Ground on which animals feed; food or grazing for flocks.
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Leads; guides, conducts, directs, or goes before.
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At the side of; apart from; or in addition to.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To stop, as motion or agitation; to check’ or restrain; to make quiet.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study19But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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Open the full verse study11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
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Open the full verse study11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
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Open the full verse study27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30I and my Father are one.
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Open the full verse study14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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Open the full verse study17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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Open the full verse study33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
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Open the full verse study25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
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Open the full verse study11¶ For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
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Open the full verse study5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
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Open the full verse study9O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
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Open the full verse study4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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Open the full verse study23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it.
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Open the full verse study11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Open the full verse study32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
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Open the full verse study30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31¶ But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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Open the full verse study20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Open the full verse study4¶ And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
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Open the full verse study52But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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Open the full verse study3And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study10¶ Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
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Open the full verse study2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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Open the full verse study17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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Open the full verse study1AND he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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Open the full verse study13And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
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Open the full verse study4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
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Open the full verse study6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
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Open the full verse study9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
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Open the full verse study17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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Open the full verse study23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
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Open the full verse study29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Open the full verse study6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
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