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Psalms 55:17

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Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:17Rank 1 from verse 17
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    17Pray without ceasing.

  2. Ephesians 6:18Rank 2 from verse 17
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    18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  3. Psalms 141:2Rank 3 from verse 17
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    2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

  4. Acts 3:1Rank 4 from verse 17
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    1NOW Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

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    7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

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Psalms 55:17

COMBINED MEANING

morning

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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.

17Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

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18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

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