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Romans 13:12–13

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The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
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From verse 12

  1. Ezekiel 18:31–32Rank 1 from verse 12
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    31¶ Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

    32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

  2. Ephesians 5:11Rank 2 from verse 12
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    11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

  3. 2 Corinthians 6:7Rank 3 from verse 12
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    7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

  4. Colossians 3:8–17Rank 4 from verse 12
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    8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

    9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

    10And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

    11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

    12Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

    13Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

    14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

    15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

    17And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

  5. Ephesians 6:11–18Rank 5 from verse 12
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    11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

    12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

    13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

    14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

    15And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

    16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

    17And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

    18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

  6. James 1:21Rank 6 from verse 12
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    21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  7. Ephesians 4:22Rank 7 from verse 12
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    22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

  8. Romans 13:14Rank 8 from verse 12
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  9. Isaiah 30:22Rank 9 from verse 12
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    22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  10. 1 Thessalonians 5:5–8Rank 10 from verse 12
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    5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

    6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

    7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

    8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

  11. John 3:19–21Rank 11 from verse 12
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    19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

    21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

  12. 1 John 2:8–9Rank 12 from verse 12
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    8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

    9He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

  13. 1 Peter 2:1Rank 13 from verse 12
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

  14. 1 John 1:5–7Rank 14 from verse 12
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    5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  15. Song of Solomon 2:17Rank 15 from verse 12
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    17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

  16. Job 24:14–17Rank 16 from verse 12
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    14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

    16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

    17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

  17. Revelation 1:3Rank 17 from verse 12
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    3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

  18. Isaiah 2:20Rank 18 from verse 12
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    20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  19. Revelation 22:10Rank 19 from verse 12
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    10And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

From verse 13

  1. Galatians 5:21Rank 1 from verse 13
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    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  2. Ephesians 5:18Rank 2 from verse 13
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    18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  3. 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5Rank 3 from verse 13
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    3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

    4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

    5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

  4. 1 Peter 4:3–5Rank 4 from verse 13
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    3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

    4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

    5Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 4:12Rank 5 from verse 13
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    12That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

  6. Ephesians 5:15Rank 6 from verse 13
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    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

  7. 1 John 2:6Rank 7 from verse 13
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    6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

  8. Luke 21:34Rank 8 from verse 13
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    34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  9. 1 Peter 2:1–2Rank 9 from verse 13
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

  10. 1 Thessalonians 2:12Rank 10 from verse 13
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    12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:17Rank 11 from verse 13
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    17Pray without ceasing.

  12. Colossians 1:10Rank 12 from verse 13
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    10That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  13. Colossians 3:5Rank 13 from verse 13
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    5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

  14. Galatians 5:25–26Rank 14 from verse 13
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    25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

    26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

  15. Philippians 1:27Rank 15 from verse 13
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    27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  16. 2 Peter 2:18–20Rank 16 from verse 13
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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.

    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

    20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

  17. Ephesians 5:2–5Rank 17 from verse 13
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

    3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

    4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

    5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

  18. Galatians 5:19Rank 18 from verse 13
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    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

  19. 1 Corinthians 6:9–10Rank 19 from verse 13
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    9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

    10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

  20. 1 Peter 2:11–12Rank 20 from verse 13
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    11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

    12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

  21. 2 John 1:4Rank 21 from verse 13
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    4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

  22. Ephesians 5:8Rank 22 from verse 13
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    8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

  23. Galatians 5:15–16Rank 23 from verse 13
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    15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

    16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

  24. James 3:14–16Rank 24 from verse 13
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    14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

    15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

  25. James 4:5Rank 25 from verse 13
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    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

  26. Jude 1:23Rank 26 from verse 13
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    23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

  27. Philippians 2:3Rank 27 from verse 13
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    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

  28. 2 Peter 2:13–14Rank 28 from verse 13
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    13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

    14Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

  29. Acts 2:15Rank 29 from verse 13
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    15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

  30. Amos 6:4–6Rank 30 from verse 13
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    4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

    5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

    6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

  31. Ephesians 4:1Rank 31 from verse 13
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    1I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,

  32. Ephesians 4:17Rank 32 from verse 13
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    17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

  33. Isaiah 22:12–13Rank 33 from verse 13
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    12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

    13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

  34. Isaiah 28:7–8Rank 34 from verse 13
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    7¶ But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

    8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.

  35. Luke 1:6Rank 35 from verse 13
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    6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

  36. Luke 16:19Rank 36 from verse 13
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    19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

  37. Luke 17:27–28Rank 37 from verse 13
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    27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

    28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

  38. Matthew 24:48–51Rank 38 from verse 13
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    48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

    49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

    50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

    51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  39. Philippians 3:16–20Rank 39 from verse 13
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    16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

    17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

    18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

    19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

    20For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

  40. Philippians 4:8–9Rank 40 from verse 13
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    8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

    9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

  41. Proverbs 23:20Rank 41 from verse 13
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    20Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 13:12

COMBINED MEANING

night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

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COMBINED MEANING

spent

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1. Used, consumed, exhausted, or emptied. 2. Passed or drew toward its end, as time, a day, or life.

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COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

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.

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

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

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works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

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COMBINED MEANING

darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

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COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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put on

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1. To place upon, clothe, or cover. 2. To assume a character, identity, conduct, or condition.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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COMBINED MEANING

light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 13:13

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

COMBINED MEANING

rioting

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of riot, meaning to live or act in such excess.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

envying

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of envy, meaning to feel such jealousy.

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

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13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

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13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

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13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

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