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Romans 12:9
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Romans 12:9
9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
9 Let loue bee without dissimulation: abhorre that which is euill, cleaue to that which is good.
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 12:9
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
dissimulation
Concealment of one's true thoughts or purposes; hypocrisy or pretence.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To hate extremely, detest, reject, or regard with loathing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To split or divide; in a different sense, to cling closely or remain joined.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
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Open the full verse study8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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Open the full verse study5Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
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Open the full verse study18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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Open the full verse study10For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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Open the full verse study21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
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Open the full verse study22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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Open the full verse study3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
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Open the full verse study15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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Open the full verse study14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Open the full verse study10Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
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Open the full verse study8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
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Open the full verse study13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
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Open the full verse study15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
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Open the full verse study6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
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Open the full verse study9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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Open the full verse study31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
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Open the full verse study163I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
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Open the full verse study25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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Open the full verse study104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
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Open the full verse study4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
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Open the full verse study21The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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Open the full verse study3For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
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Open the full verse study23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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Open the full verse study6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
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Open the full verse study7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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Open the full verse study49And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
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Open the full verse study9And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
10But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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