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Romans 3:14–18

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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
And the way of peace have they not known:
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
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From verse 14

  1. Psalms 10:7Rank 1 from verse 14
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  2. Psalms 109:17–18Rank 2 from verse 14
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    17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

    18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  3. Psalms 59:12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  4. James 3:10Rank 4 from verse 14
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    10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

From verse 15

  1. Isaiah 59:7–8Rank 1 from verse 15
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    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  2. Proverbs 1:16Rank 2 from verse 15
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    16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  3. Proverbs 6:18Rank 3 from verse 15
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    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

From verse 17

  1. Isaiah 59:8Rank 1 from verse 17
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    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  2. Romans 5:1Rank 2 from verse 17
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  3. Luke 1:79Rank 3 from verse 17
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    79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

  4. Matthew 7:14Rank 4 from verse 17
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    14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

  5. Isaiah 57:21Rank 5 from verse 17
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    21There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

From verse 18

  1. Psalms 36:1Rank 1 from verse 18
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    1THE transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  2. Proverbs 23:17Rank 2 from verse 18
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    17Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

  3. Proverbs 16:6Rank 3 from verse 18
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  4. Proverbs 8:13Rank 4 from verse 18
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  5. Genesis 20:11Rank 5 from verse 18
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    11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

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Romans 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cursing

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1. The uttering of curses or reviling words. 2. A pronounced curse or doom; the condition subject to it.

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

COMBINED MEANING

bitterness

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1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Romans 3:15

COMBINED MEANING

shed

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To pour out, spill, cast off, or cause to flow, especially blood.

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

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

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Romans 3:16

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destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

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

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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Romans 3:17

COMBINED MEANING

peace

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Freedom from war, strife, disturbance, or inward trouble; quietness, reconciliation, safety, or well-being.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:18

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

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15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

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16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

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17And the way of peace have they not known:

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18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

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