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Psalms 73:16–17

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When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
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From verse 16

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:17Rank 1 from verse 16
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    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  2. John 16:18–19Rank 2 from verse 16
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    18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

    19Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

  3. Luke 18:32–34Rank 3 from verse 16
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    32For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

    33And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

    34And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

  4. Proverbs 30:2–3Rank 4 from verse 16
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    2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

    3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

  5. Psalms 36:6Rank 5 from verse 16
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    6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

From verse 17

  1. Luke 12:20Rank 1 from verse 17
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    20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

  2. Psalms 77:13Rank 2 from verse 17
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    13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

  3. Ecclesiastes 8:12–13Rank 3 from verse 17
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    12¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

    13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  4. Psalms 27:4Rank 4 from verse 17
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    4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

  5. Psalms 119:24Rank 5 from verse 17
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    24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

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Psalms 73:16

COMBINED MEANING

thought

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.

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

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 73:17

COMBINED MEANING

end

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Sense 1: The last or concluding part, termination, or limit. Sense 2: A purpose or intended result. Sense 3: As a verb, to cease or bring to a close.

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

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15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

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17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

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18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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