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Romans 3:4–13

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God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
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From verse 4

  1. Psalms 51:4Rank 1 from verse 4
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    4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

  2. Psalms 116:11Rank 2 from verse 4
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    11I said in my haste, All men are liars.

  3. Galatians 2:17Rank 3 from verse 4
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    17But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

  4. Hebrews 6:18Rank 4 from verse 4
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    18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

  5. Deuteronomy 32:4Rank 5 from verse 4
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    4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

  6. Titus 1:2Rank 6 from verse 4
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    2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  7. John 3:33Rank 7 from verse 4
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    33He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

  8. Job 36:3Rank 8 from verse 4
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    3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  9. Psalms 119:160Rank 9 from verse 4
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    160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

  10. Psalms 138:2Rank 10 from verse 4
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    2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

  11. Revelation 3:7Rank 11 from verse 4
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    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;

  12. 1 John 5:20Rank 12 from verse 4
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    20And 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.

  13. Galatians 2:21Rank 13 from verse 4
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    21I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

  14. Romans 9:14Rank 14 from verse 4
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    14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

  15. 1 John 5:10Rank 15 from verse 4
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    10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

  16. Job 40:8Rank 16 from verse 4
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    8Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  17. Micah 7:20Rank 17 from verse 4
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    20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  18. Psalms 100:5Rank 18 from verse 4
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    5For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

  19. Matthew 11:19Rank 19 from verse 4
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    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

  20. Romans 3:31Rank 20 from verse 4
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    31Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

  21. Galatians 6:14Rank 21 from verse 4
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    14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

  22. Romans 11:1Rank 22 from verse 4
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    1I SAY then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

  23. Romans 6:15Rank 23 from verse 4
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    15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

  24. 2 Corinthians 1:18Rank 24 from verse 4
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    18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

  25. Luke 20:16Rank 25 from verse 4
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    16He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

  26. Romans 11:11Rank 26 from verse 4
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    11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

  27. Romans 3:6–7Rank 27 from verse 4
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    6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

    7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

  28. Romans 6:2Rank 28 from verse 4
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    2God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

  29. Romans 7:7Rank 29 from verse 4
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

  30. Psalms 62:9Rank 30 from verse 4
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    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  31. Romans 7:13Rank 31 from verse 4
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    13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

  32. 1 Corinthians 6:15Rank 32 from verse 4
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    15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

From verse 5

  1. Romans 6:19Rank 1 from verse 5
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    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

  2. Galatians 3:15Rank 2 from verse 5
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    15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.

  3. 1 Corinthians 9:8Rank 3 from verse 5
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    8Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

  4. Romans 2:5Rank 4 from verse 5
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    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;

  5. Romans 9:18–20Rank 5 from verse 5
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    18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

    19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

    20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

  6. Deuteronomy 32:39–43Rank 6 from verse 5
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    39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

    40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

    41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

    42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

    43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

  7. Nahum 1:2Rank 7 from verse 5
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    2God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

  8. Romans 4:1Rank 8 from verse 5
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    1WHAT shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?

  9. Romans 7:7Rank 9 from verse 5
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

  10. 1 Corinthians 15:32Rank 10 from verse 5
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    32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

  11. 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9Rank 11 from verse 5
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    6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

    7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  12. Nahum 1:6–8Rank 12 from verse 5
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    6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

    7The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

    8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

  13. Psalms 94:1–2Rank 13 from verse 5
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    1O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

    2Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.

  14. Revelation 15:3Rank 14 from verse 5
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    3And 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.

  15. Revelation 16:5–7Rank 15 from verse 5
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    5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

    6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

    7And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

  16. Revelation 18:20Rank 16 from verse 5
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    20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

  17. Romans 12:19Rank 17 from verse 5
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    19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

  18. Romans 3:19Rank 18 from verse 5
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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.

  19. Romans 3:25–26Rank 19 from verse 5
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    25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

    26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

  20. Romans 3:7Rank 20 from verse 5
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    7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

  21. Romans 6:1Rank 21 from verse 5
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    1WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

  22. Romans 8:20–21Rank 22 from verse 5
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    20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

    21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

  23. Romans 9:13–14Rank 23 from verse 5
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    13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

    14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

  24. Psalms 58:10–11Rank 24 from verse 5
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    10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

From verse 6

  1. Genesis 18:25Rank 1 from verse 6
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    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  2. Acts 17:31Rank 2 from verse 6
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    31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  3. Job 8:3Rank 3 from verse 6
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    3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

  4. Job 34:17–19Rank 4 from verse 6
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    17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

    18Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

    19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

  5. Psalms 50:6Rank 5 from verse 6
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    6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

  6. Psalms 9:8Rank 6 from verse 6
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    8And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

  7. Psalms 96:13Rank 7 from verse 6
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    13Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  8. Psalms 98:9Rank 8 from verse 6
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    9Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  9. Romans 2:16Rank 9 from verse 6
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    16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

  10. Psalms 11:5–7Rank 10 from verse 6
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    5The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

    6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

    7For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

From verse 7

  1. Romans 3:4Rank 1 from verse 7
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    4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  2. Romans 9:19–20Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?

    20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

  3. Acts 13:27–29Rank 3 from verse 7
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    27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

    28And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

    29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

  4. 2 Kings 8:10–15Rank 4 from verse 7
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    10And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

    11And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

    12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

    13And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

    14So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

    15And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

  5. Isaiah 10:6–7Rank 5 from verse 7
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    6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

    7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

  6. Matthew 26:34Rank 6 from verse 7
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    34Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

  7. Matthew 26:69–75Rank 7 from verse 7
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    69¶ Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

    70But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

    71And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

    72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

    73And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

    74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

    75And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

  8. 1 Kings 13:17–18Rank 8 from verse 7
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    17For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.

    18He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

  9. 1 Kings 13:26–32Rank 9 from verse 7
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    26And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him.

    27And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

    28And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

    29And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

    30And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

    31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

    32For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

  10. Acts 2:23Rank 10 from verse 7
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    23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

  11. Exodus 14:30Rank 11 from verse 7
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    30Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

  12. Exodus 14:5Rank 12 from verse 7
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    5¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

  13. Exodus 3:19Rank 13 from verse 7
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    19¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

  14. Genesis 37:20Rank 14 from verse 7
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    20Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

  15. Genesis 37:8–9Rank 15 from verse 7
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    8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

    9¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

  16. Genesis 44:1–14Rank 16 from verse 7
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    1AND he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

    2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

    3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

    4And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

    5Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

    6¶ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

    7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

    9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.

    10And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

    11Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

    12And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

    13Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

    14¶ And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

  17. Genesis 50:18–20Rank 17 from verse 7
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    18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

    19And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?

    20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

From verse 8

  1. Romans 6:1Rank 1 from verse 8
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    1WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

  2. Romans 6:15Rank 2 from verse 8
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    15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

  3. Romans 5:20Rank 3 from verse 8
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    20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

  4. Romans 7:7Rank 4 from verse 8
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

  5. 1 Peter 3:16–17Rank 5 from verse 8
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    16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

    17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

  6. Jude 1:4Rank 6 from verse 8
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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

  7. Matthew 5:11Rank 7 from verse 8
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    11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

From verse 9

  1. Galatians 3:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

  2. Romans 6:15Rank 2 from verse 9
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    15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

  3. Isaiah 65:5Rank 3 from verse 9
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    5Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

  4. Romans 11:32Rank 4 from verse 9
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    32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

  5. Romans 3:22–23Rank 5 from verse 9
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    22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

    23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

  6. Romans 3:19Rank 6 from verse 9
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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.

  7. 1 Corinthians 14:15Rank 7 from verse 9
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    15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

  8. 1 Corinthians 4:7Rank 8 from verse 9
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    7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

  9. Galatians 3:10Rank 9 from verse 9
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    10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

  10. Luke 18:9–14Rank 10 from verse 9
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    9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

    10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

    11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

    12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

    13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

    14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  11. Luke 7:39Rank 11 from verse 9
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    39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

  12. Philippians 1:18Rank 12 from verse 9
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    18What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

  13. Romans 1:18–29Rank 13 from verse 9
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

    19Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

    20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

    21Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

    25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

    26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

    27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  14. Romans 11:7Rank 14 from verse 9
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    7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

  15. Romans 3:5Rank 15 from verse 9
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    5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

  16. 1 Corinthians 10:19Rank 16 from verse 9
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    19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

From verse 10

  1. Psalms 53:1–3Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

    2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

    3Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  2. Psalms 14:1–3Rank 2 from verse 10
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    1THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

    2The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

    3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  3. Romans 3:23Rank 3 from verse 10
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    23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

  4. 1 John 1:8–10Rank 4 from verse 10
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  5. Job 15:14Rank 5 from verse 10
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  6. Job 25:4Rank 6 from verse 10
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  7. Mark 7:21–22Rank 7 from verse 10
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    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

    22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

  8. Mark 10:18Rank 8 from verse 10
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    18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

  9. Matthew 15:19Rank 9 from verse 10
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    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  10. Jeremiah 17:9Rank 10 from verse 10
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    9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

  11. Titus 3:3Rank 11 from verse 10
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  12. Ephesians 5:3–6Rank 12 from verse 10
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    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.

    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  13. 1 Timothy 1:9–10Rank 13 from verse 10
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    9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

    10For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

  14. 1 Peter 1:16Rank 14 from verse 10
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    16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

  15. 2 Timothy 3:2–5Rank 15 from verse 10
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    2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

    3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

    4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

  16. Colossians 3:5–9Rank 16 from verse 10
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    5Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

    6For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

    7In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.

    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;

  17. Galatians 5:19–21Rank 17 from verse 10
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    19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

    20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

    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.

  18. Job 14:4Rank 18 from verse 10
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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  19. Ephesians 2:1–3Rank 19 from verse 10
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    1AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

    2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  20. Romans 3:4Rank 20 from verse 10
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    4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  21. 1 Corinthians 6:9–10Rank 21 from verse 10
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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.

  22. Job 15:16Rank 22 from verse 10
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    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  23. Revelation 22:15Rank 23 from verse 10
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    15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

  24. Revelation 21:8Rank 24 from verse 10
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    8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  25. Isaiah 8:20Rank 25 from verse 10
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    20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  26. Romans 11:8Rank 26 from verse 10
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    8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

  27. Romans 15:3–4Rank 27 from verse 10
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    3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

From verse 11

  1. Psalms 14:2–4Rank 1 from verse 11
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    2The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

    3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

    4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.

  2. Psalms 53:2Rank 2 from verse 11
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    2God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

  3. Titus 3:3Rank 3 from verse 11
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  4. Hosea 4:6Rank 4 from verse 11
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    6¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

  5. Romans 8:7Rank 5 from verse 11
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  6. Hosea 7:10Rank 6 from verse 11
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    10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.

  7. Isaiah 31:1Rank 7 from verse 11
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    1WOE to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

  8. Isaiah 55:6Rank 8 from verse 11
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    6¶ Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

  9. Isaiah 65:1Rank 9 from verse 11
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    1I AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

  10. Jeremiah 4:22Rank 10 from verse 11
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    22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  11. 1 John 5:20Rank 11 from verse 11
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    20And 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.

  12. Matthew 13:19Rank 12 from verse 11
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    19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

  13. Proverbs 1:22Rank 13 from verse 11
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  14. Proverbs 1:29–30Rank 14 from verse 11
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    29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

  15. Isaiah 9:13Rank 15 from verse 11
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    13¶ For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

  16. Matthew 13:13–14Rank 16 from verse 11
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

    14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

  17. Proverbs 1:7Rank 17 from verse 11
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    7¶ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  18. Romans 1:22Rank 18 from verse 11
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    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

  19. Isaiah 27:11Rank 19 from verse 11
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    11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

  20. Job 21:15–16Rank 20 from verse 11
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    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

    16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  21. Psalms 94:8Rank 21 from verse 11
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    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  22. Romans 1:28Rank 22 from verse 11
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    28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

  23. Psalms 53:4Rank 23 from verse 11
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    4Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

From verse 12

  1. Psalms 14:3Rank 1 from verse 12
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    3They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:20Rank 2 from verse 12
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    20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

  3. Isaiah 59:8Rank 3 from verse 12
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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.

  4. Isaiah 64:6Rank 4 from verse 12
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    6But 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.

  5. Isaiah 53:6Rank 5 from verse 12
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    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  6. Ecclesiastes 7:29Rank 6 from verse 12
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    29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

  7. 1 Peter 2:25Rank 7 from verse 12
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    25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  8. Ephesians 2:3Rank 8 from verse 12
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    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  9. Philemon 1:11Rank 9 from verse 12
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    11Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me:

  10. Ephesians 2:8–10Rank 10 from verse 12
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    8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

    9Not of works, lest any man should boast.

    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  11. Genesis 1:31Rank 11 from verse 12
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    31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  12. Exodus 32:8Rank 12 from verse 12
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    8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

  13. Genesis 6:6–7Rank 13 from verse 12
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    6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

    7And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  14. James 1:16–17Rank 14 from verse 12
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    16Do not err, my beloved brethren.

    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  15. Jeremiah 2:13Rank 15 from verse 12
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    13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  16. Matthew 25:30Rank 16 from verse 12
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    30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  17. Philippians 2:12–13Rank 17 from verse 12
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    12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

    13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

  18. Psalms 53:1Rank 18 from verse 12
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    1THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

  19. Titus 2:13–14Rank 19 from verse 12
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    13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

From verse 13

  1. Psalms 5:9Rank 1 from verse 13
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

  2. Psalms 140:3Rank 2 from verse 13
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

  3. Matthew 23:27–28Rank 3 from verse 13
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    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

  4. Jeremiah 9:3–5Rank 4 from verse 13
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    3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

    4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

    5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  5. Psalms 57:4Rank 5 from verse 13
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    4My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

  6. Ezekiel 13:7Rank 6 from verse 13
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    7Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The Lord saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

  7. Isaiah 59:3Rank 7 from verse 13
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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

  8. James 3:5–8Rank 8 from verse 13
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    5Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

    7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

    8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  9. Matthew 12:34–35Rank 9 from verse 13
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

  10. Psalms 52:2Rank 10 from verse 13
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

  11. Jeremiah 5:16Rank 11 from verse 13
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    16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

  12. Psalms 36:3Rank 12 from verse 13
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  13. Romans 3:4Rank 13 from verse 13
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    4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  14. Deuteronomy 32:33Rank 14 from verse 13
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    33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

  15. Psalms 12:3–4Rank 15 from verse 13
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    3The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:

    4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

  16. Job 20:14–16Rank 16 from verse 13
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    14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

    15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

    16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:4

COMBINED MEANING

God forbid

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An emphatic expression of rejection, abhorrence, or denial: let it not be; certainly not.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

true

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Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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

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man

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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

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

COMBINED MEANING

justified

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1. Declared righteous or acquitted. 2. Shown or proved to be right. 3. Comparatively shown to be more righteous.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judged

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of judge, meaning to examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:5

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

unrighteousness

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Injustice, wickedness, or violation of divine law and the principles of justice and equity.

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

COMBINED MEANING

commend

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Sense 1: To entrust to another's care. Sense 2: To praise or recommend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

unrighteous

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Sense 1: Not righteous, just, upright, lawful, fair, or morally right; wicked, dishonest, sinful, or opposed to God’s standard. Sense 2: Persons so characterized.

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

COMBINED MEANING

taketh

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Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

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

COMBINED MEANING

man

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:6

COMBINED MEANING

God forbid

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An emphatic expression of rejection, abhorrence, or denial: let it not be; certainly not.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

judge

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Sense 1: A person or authority who hears, discerns, decides, governs, vindicates, condemns, or administers justice. Sense 2: To examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:7

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

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

COMBINED MEANING

abounded

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Past-tense or past-participial form of abound (to have or possess in great quantity; to be copiously supplied; followed by with or in).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lie

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Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judged

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of judge, meaning to examine, distinguish, determine, form a verdict, rule, govern, condemn, punish, vindicate, or call to account.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:8

COMBINED MEANING

reported

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of report, meaning to tell, relate, or make known.

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

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

damnation

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Sense 1: Condemnation; an adverse judgment or sentence. Sense 2: The punishment or destruction resulting from such judgment.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:9

COMBINED MEANING

better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

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

COMBINED MEANING

wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

↗

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

before

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

proved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prove, meaning to test, try, examine, or establish as true by evidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sin

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1. Wrongdoing against God and his law; transgression or unrighteousness. 2. The guilt or burden of such wrongdoing, or the inward principle so named. 3. As a verb, to commit such wrongdoing.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:10

COMBINED MEANING

written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:11

COMBINED MEANING

understandeth

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Third-person singular present form of understand, meaning to comprehend, perceive, discern, or know the meaning or significance of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:12

COMBINED MEANING

gone

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Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Romans 3:13

COMBINED MEANING

throat

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The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.

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

COMBINED MEANING

open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tongues

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Tongue organs; languages or speech; peoples distinguished by language; or tongue-shaped appearances.

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

COMBINED MEANING

used

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of use, meaning to employ or be accustomed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

deceit

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Falsehood, guile, fraud, trickery, or a purpose, word, or act intended to mislead.

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

COMBINED MEANING

poison

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A substance which, when taken into the stomach, mixed with the blood or applied to the skin or flesh, proves fatal or deleterious by an action not mechanical; venom.

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

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:1WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?

3:2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

3:3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

3:4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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3:5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

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3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

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3:7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

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3:8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

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3:9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

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3:10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

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3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

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3:12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

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3:13Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

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3:14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood:

3:16Destruction and misery are in their ways:

3:17And the way of peace have they not known:

3:18There is no fear of God before their eyes.

3:19Now 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.

3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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