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Psalms 69:10–11

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When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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  1. Luke 7:33–34Rank 1 from verse 10
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    33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

    34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

  2. Psalms 102:8–9Rank 2 from verse 10
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    8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

    9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

  3. Psalms 109:24–25Rank 3 from verse 10
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    24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

    25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

  4. Psalms 35:13Rank 4 from verse 10
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    13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

From verse 11

  1. 1 Kings 9:7Rank 1 from verse 11
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    7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  2. Jeremiah 24:9Rank 2 from verse 11
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    9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

  3. Job 17:6Rank 3 from verse 11
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    6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

  4. Deuteronomy 28:37Rank 4 from verse 11
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    37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  5. Isaiah 20:2Rank 5 from verse 11
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    2At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

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Psalms 69:10

COMBINED MEANING

chastened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of chasten, meaning to correct or discipline, often through reproof or suffering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fasting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of fast, meaning to abstain from food for a time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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Psalms 69:11

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

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garment

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1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.

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

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9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

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11I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.

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12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

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