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Psalms 39:8

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Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
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  1. Psalms 44:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

  2. Psalms 51:14Rank 2 from verse 8
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    14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  3. Joel 2:17Rank 3 from verse 8
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    17Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

  4. Micah 7:19Rank 4 from verse 8
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    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  5. Joel 2:19Rank 5 from verse 8
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    19Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

  6. Psalms 130:8Rank 6 from verse 8
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    8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

  7. Psalms 25:11Rank 7 from verse 8
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    11For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

  8. Psalms 25:18Rank 8 from verse 8
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    18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  9. Psalms 51:7–10Rank 9 from verse 8
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    7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

    8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

    9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

    10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

  10. Psalms 57:3Rank 10 from verse 8
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    3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

  11. Psalms 65:3Rank 11 from verse 8
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    3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  12. Psalms 79:4Rank 12 from verse 8
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    4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  13. 2 Samuel 16:7–8Rank 13 from verse 8
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    7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

    8The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

  14. Matthew 1:21Rank 14 from verse 8
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    21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

  15. Psalms 119:39Rank 15 from verse 8
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    39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.

  16. Psalms 35:21Rank 16 from verse 8
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    21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

  17. Romans 2:23–24Rank 17 from verse 8
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    23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

    24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

  18. Titus 2:14Rank 18 from verse 8
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    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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Psalms 39:8

COMBINED MEANING

deliver

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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

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

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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39:1I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

39:3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

39:4Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

39:7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

39:8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

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39:9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

39:12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

39:13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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