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Psalms 27:10

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When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
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  1. Isaiah 49:15Rank 1 from verse 10
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    15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

  2. Isaiah 40:11Rank 2 from verse 10
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    11He 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.

  3. John 16:32Rank 3 from verse 10
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    32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

  4. Matthew 10:36Rank 4 from verse 10
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    36And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

  5. 2 Timothy 4:16Rank 5 from verse 10
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    16At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.

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Psalms 27:10

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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forsake

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To leave, abandon, desert, reject, renounce, cease following, or withdraw from a person, place, way, command, duty, affection, or former course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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

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9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

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11Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

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