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Romans 2:3

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And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
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  1. Proverbs 16:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  2. Luke 12:14Rank 2 from verse 3
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    14And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

  3. Romans 1:32–1Rank 3 from verse 3
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  4. Matthew 23:33Rank 4 from verse 3
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    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:3Rank 5 from verse 3
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    3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  6. 2 Samuel 10:3Rank 6 from verse 3
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    3And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

  7. Daniel 10:19Rank 7 from verse 3
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    19And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

  8. Ezekiel 17:15Rank 8 from verse 3
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    15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

  9. Job 35:2Rank 9 from verse 3
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    2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

  10. Luke 22:58Rank 10 from verse 3
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    58And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

  11. Matthew 26:53Rank 11 from verse 3
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    53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

  12. Proverbs 11:21Rank 12 from verse 3
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    21Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  13. Psalms 50:21Rank 13 from verse 3
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    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

  14. Ezekiel 17:18Rank 14 from verse 3
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    18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

  15. Hebrews 12:25Rank 15 from verse 3
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    25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

  16. Hebrews 2:3Rank 16 from verse 3
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    3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

  17. Luke 22:60Rank 17 from verse 3
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    60And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

  18. Psalms 56:7Rank 18 from verse 3
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    7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

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Romans 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

thinkest

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Second-person singular present form of think. Sense 1: To form or hold a thought. Sense 2: To judge or suppose. Sense 3: To intend. Sense 4: To consider or remember. Sense 5: To imagine or esteem.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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escape

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To flee from and avoid; to get out of the way; to shun; to obtain security from; to pass without harm.

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judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

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2:1THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

2:2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

2:3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

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2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

2:6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

2:9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

2:10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:

2:11For there is no respect of persons with God.

2:12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

2:14For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:

2:15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

2:16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

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