KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Revelation 3:4–7
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Revelation 3:4
4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
4Thou hast a few names euen in Sardis, which haue not defiled their garments, and they shall walke with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation 3:5
5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
5Hee that ouercommeth, the same shalbe clothed in white raiment, and I will not blot out his name out of the *booke of life, but I will confesse his name before my Father, and before his Angels.
- Chap. 20.12. phil. 4.3.
Revelation 3:6
6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
6Hee that hath an eare, let him heare what the Spirit saith vnto the Churches.
Revelation 3:7
7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
7And to the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia write, These things saith he that is Holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of Dauid, he that openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth;
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DEFINED WORDS
Revelation 3:4
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Not many; small in number.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Words or titles by which persons or things are known; also reputation, authority, or the persons named, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Articles of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Having the colour of snow or light; pale, clean, or made white.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Deserving, fit, suitable, or having worth; as a noun, a person of merit, rank, or valor.
Meaning drawn from: Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Revelation 3:5
To put garments upon or provide clothing; figuratively, to cover, invest, or surround with the condition or quality named.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Having the colour of snow or light; pale, clean, or made white.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To remove a name from the book or record named in the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To make confession; to disclose faults, or the state of the conscience.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Messengers; especially heavenly messengers sent by God.
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Revelation 3:6
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Revelation 3:7
A messenger; especially a heavenly messenger sent by God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perform the act of forming characters, letters or figures, as representatives of sounds or ideas. To send letters.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Belonging to God or set apart for him; sacred; morally pure. Applied to God, it expresses his perfect purity; in Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, it identifies the Spirit of God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An instrument for opening a lock; figuratively, authority or means of access.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opens: uncovers, reveals, or explains.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
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Open the full verse study9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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Open the full verse study8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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Open the full verse study11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
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Open the full verse study13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Open the full verse study14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
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Open the full verse study18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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Open the full verse study4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
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Open the full verse study8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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Open the full verse study23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
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Open the full verse study36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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Open the full verse study5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
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Open the full verse study35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
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Open the full verse study11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
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Open the full verse study3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
4And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
5And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by.
6And the angel of the Lord protested unto Joshua, saying,
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Open the full verse study5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
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Open the full verse study15¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
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Open the full verse study1AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
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Open the full verse study10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
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Open the full verse study6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
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Open the full verse study14When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
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Open the full verse study13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
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Open the full verse study4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
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Open the full verse study18Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
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Open the full verse study9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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Open the full verse study6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
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Open the full verse study3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
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Open the full verse study15¶ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
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Open the full verse study27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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Open the full verse study8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
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Open the full verse study15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Open the full verse study8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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Open the full verse study12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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Open the full verse study28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
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Open the full verse study8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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Open the full verse study7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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Open the full verse study3And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
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Open the full verse study8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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Open the full verse study19And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
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Open the full verse study17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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Open the full verse study4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
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Open the full verse study32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
33And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
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Open the full verse study24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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Open the full verse study25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
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Open the full verse study13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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Open the full verse study14Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
From verse 6
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Open the full verse study7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
From verse 7
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Open the full verse study22And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
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Open the full verse study19And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
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Open the full verse study18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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Open the full verse study14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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Open the full verse study6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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Open the full verse study32He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
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Open the full verse study24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
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Open the full verse study14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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Open the full verse study10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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Open the full verse study20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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Open the full verse study14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
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Open the full verse study5For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
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Open the full verse study14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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Open the full verse study9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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Open the full verse study35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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Open the full verse study11Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
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Open the full verse study11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
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Open the full verse study5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
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Open the full verse study34Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
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Open the full verse study5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Open the full verse study4As for our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
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Open the full verse study17Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
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Open the full verse study7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
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Open the full verse study3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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Open the full verse study16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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Open the full verse study20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
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Open the full verse study3And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
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Open the full verse study10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
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Open the full verse study17The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
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Open the full verse study18For the Lord is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
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Open the full verse study7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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Open the full verse study2For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
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Open the full verse study1UNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
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Open the full verse study5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
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Open the full verse study8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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Open the full verse study3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
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Open the full verse study11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
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Open the full verse study10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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