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Psalms 81:13–15

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Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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From verse 13

  1. Isaiah 48:18Rank 1 from verse 13
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    18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  2. Deuteronomy 5:29Rank 2 from verse 13
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    29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

  3. Deuteronomy 10:12–13Rank 3 from verse 13
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    12¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

    13To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

  4. Luke 19:41–42Rank 4 from verse 13
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    41¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

    42Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

  5. Matthew 23:37Rank 5 from verse 13
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    37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

From verse 14

  1. Amos 1:8Rank 1 from verse 14
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    8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

  2. Judges 2:20–23Rank 2 from verse 14
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    20¶ And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

    21I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

    22That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

    23Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

  3. Joshua 23:13Rank 3 from verse 14
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    13Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

  4. Numbers 14:9Rank 4 from verse 14
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    9Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

  5. Numbers 14:45Rank 5 from verse 14
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    45Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

From verse 15

  1. Deuteronomy 7:10Rank 1 from verse 15
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    10And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

  2. Psalms 63:3Rank 2 from verse 15
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    3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

  3. Romans 1:30Rank 3 from verse 15
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    30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

  4. Romans 8:7Rank 4 from verse 15
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  5. Exodus 20:5Rank 5 from verse 15
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    5Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

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Psalms 81:13

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hearkened

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1. Listened attentively or gave heed. 2. Gave regard, consented, or acted in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Psalms 81:14

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

subdued

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of subdue, meaning to conquer, overcome, bring under control, or make subject.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 81:15

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

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

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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81:1SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

81:2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

81:4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

81:5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.

81:6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

81:7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

81:8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

81:9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

81:10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

81:13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

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81:14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

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81:15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

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81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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