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Psalms 4:2

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O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

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Proverbs 1:22Rank 1 from verse 2
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²²How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Hosea 4:7Rank 2 from verse 2
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⁷As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
Psalms 3:3Rank 3 from verse 2
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³But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Jeremiah 2:11Rank 4 from verse 2
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¹¹Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Psalms 106:20Rank 5 from verse 2
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²⁰Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Psalms 5:6Rank 6 from verse 2
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⁶Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
1 Samuel 12:21Rank 7 from verse 2
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²¹And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
Ecclesiastes 8:11Rank 8 from verse 2
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¹¹Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ephesians 4:25Rank 9 from verse 2
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²⁵Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Isaiah 20:5Rank 10 from verse 2
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⁵And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isaiah 45:17Rank 11 from verse 2
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¹⁷But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Isaiah 59:4Rank 12 from verse 2
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⁴None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:3Rank 13 from verse 2
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³And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
Jonah 2:8Rank 14 from verse 2
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⁸They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Psalms 14:6Rank 15 from verse 2
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⁶Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his refuge.
Psalms 2:1Rank 16 from verse 2
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¹WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
Psalms 31:6Rank 17 from verse 2
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⁶I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.
Psalms 58:1Rank 18 from verse 2
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¹DO ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalms 58:3Rank 19 from verse 2
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³The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms 63:11Rank 20 from verse 2
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¹¹But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Ecclesiastes 9:3Rank 21 from verse 2
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³This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Exodus 10:3Rank 22 from verse 2
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³And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Numbers 14:11Rank 23 from verse 2
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¹¹¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Psalms 57:4Rank 24 from verse 2
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⁴My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms 72:2Rank 25 from verse 2
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²He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:31Rank 26 from verse 2
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³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Jeremiah 2:5Rank 27 from verse 2
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⁵¶ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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Psalms 4:2

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

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turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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vanity

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Emptiness, futility, worthlessness, falsehood, unreliability, or transience.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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leasing

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Falsehood, lying, deceitful speech, or a deceptive report.

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heaven and eternal life

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^4:1HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

^4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

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^4:3But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.

^4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

^4:5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

^4:6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

^4:7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

^4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.