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Romans 7:11

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For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
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  1. Genesis 3:13Rank 1 from verse 11
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    13And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  2. Romans 7:8Rank 2 from verse 11
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    8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

  3. Hebrews 3:13Rank 3 from verse 11
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    13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

  4. Jeremiah 17:9Rank 4 from verse 11
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    9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

  5. Isaiah 44:20Rank 5 from verse 11
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    20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

  6. James 1:22Rank 6 from verse 11
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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

  7. James 1:26Rank 7 from verse 11
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    26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

  8. Jeremiah 49:16Rank 8 from verse 11
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    16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.

  9. Romans 7:13Rank 9 from verse 11
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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.

  10. Ephesians 4:22Rank 10 from verse 11
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    22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

  11. Obadiah 1:3Rank 11 from verse 11
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    3¶ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

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Romans 7:11

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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.

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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.

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taking

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of take, meaning to receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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occasion

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An opportunity, opening, cause, ground, pretext, or circumstance giving rise to an action or result.

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

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

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deceived

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deceive, meaning to mislead, cause to believe what is false, or conceal the truth by fraud or error.

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7:7What 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.

7:8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

7:9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

7:10And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

7:11For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

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7:12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

7:13Was 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.

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