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Psalms 73:7

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

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fatness

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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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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