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Psalms 73:7–8

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Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
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From verse 7

  1. Jeremiah 5:28Rank 1 from verse 7
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    28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  2. Job 15:27Rank 2 from verse 7
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    27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

  3. Psalms 17:10Rank 3 from verse 7
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    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  4. Psalms 73:12Rank 4 from verse 7
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    12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  5. 1 Samuel 25:2Rank 5 from verse 7
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    2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

From verse 8

  1. Jude 1:16Rank 1 from verse 8
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    16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

  2. Psalms 17:10Rank 2 from verse 8
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    10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

  3. Psalms 10:2Rank 3 from verse 8
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    2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

  4. 2 Peter 2:10Rank 4 from verse 8
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    10But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

  5. 2 Peter 2:18Rank 5 from verse 8
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    18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

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Psalms 73:7

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stand

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Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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fatness

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Sense 1: Richness, abundance, or fertility. Sense 2: Fullness of flesh or being well fed.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wish

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Sense 1: To desire or long for. Sense 2: An expressed desire.

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

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Psalms 73:8

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corrupt

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1. Morally spoiled, defiled, perverted, false, or turned from integrity. 2. Physically decayed, damaged, or unsound. 3. As a verb, to spoil, debase, pervert, or cause decay.

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

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

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

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6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

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8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

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9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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