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Psalms 58:3–5

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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
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From verse 3

  1. Psalms 51:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  2. Isaiah 48:8Rank 2 from verse 3
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    8Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

  3. Proverbs 22:15Rank 3 from verse 3
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  4. Ephesians 2:3Rank 4 from verse 3
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    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  5. Job 15:14Rank 5 from verse 3
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

From verse 4

  1. James 3:8Rank 1 from verse 4
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    8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  2. Psalms 140:3Rank 2 from verse 4
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:11Rank 3 from verse 4
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    11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

  4. Jeremiah 8:17Rank 4 from verse 4
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    17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

  5. Romans 3:13Rank 5 from verse 4
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    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

From verse 5

  1. Jeremiah 8:17Rank 1 from verse 5
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    17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

  2. Deuteronomy 18:11Rank 2 from verse 5
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    11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

  3. Isaiah 19:3Rank 3 from verse 5
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    3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 58:3

COMBINED MEANING

estranged

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Made or become distant, alienated, separated, unfamiliar, or turned away from a person, place, duty, affection, or rightful relation.

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

COMBINED MEANING

womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lies

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Sense 1: False statements or deceptions. Sense 2: As a verb, reclines, remains, is situated, or speaks falsely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 58:4

COMBINED MEANING

poison

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A substance which, when taken into the stomach, mixed with the blood or applied to the skin or flesh, proves fatal or deleterious by an action not mechanical; venom.

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

COMBINED MEANING

like

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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

deaf

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1. Unable or impaired in hearing. 2. Figuratively, unwilling or refusing to hear or heed.

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

COMBINED MEANING

stoppeth

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Third-person singular present form of stop (to close, block, obstruct, hinder, restrain, silence, or prevent from proceeding).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ear

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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 58:5

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

never

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Sense 1: Not ever; at no time or in no case. Sense 2: In never so constructions, however or no matter how much.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

3The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

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4Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

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5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

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6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.

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