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Psalm 15

Psa. 15:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In whose eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
a vile person
ma'ac (Hebrew #3988)
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV usage: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person.
Pronounce: maw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
is contemned
bazah (Hebrew #959)
to disesteem
KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), + think to scorn, vile person.
Pronounce: baw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
; but he honoreth
kabad (Hebrew #3513)
a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, X be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, X more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Pronounce: kaw-bad'
Origin: or kabed {kaw-bade'}
them that fear
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
. He that sweareth
shaba` (Hebrew #7650)
propr. to be complete, but used only as a denominative from 7651; to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
KJV usage: adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for 7646), take an oath, X straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.
Pronounce: shaw-bah'
Origin: a primitive root
to his own hurt
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and changeth
muwr (Hebrew #4171)
to alter; by implication, to barter, to dispose of
KJV usage: X at all, (ex-)change, remove.
Pronounce: moor
Origin: a primitive root
not.

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a vile.
Psa. 101:4• 4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil. (Psa. 101:4)
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2 Kings 3:13‑14• 13And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Not so, for Jehovah has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.
 14And Elisha said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee nor see thee. (2 Kings 3:13‑14)
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Esther 3:2• 2And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. (Esther 3:2)
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Job 32:21‑22• 21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
 22For I know not how to flatter; my Maker would soon take me away. (Job 32:21‑22)
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Isa. 32:5‑6• 5The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:
 6for the vile man will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. (Isa. 32:5‑6)
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Dan. 5:17‑31• 17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet will I read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
 18O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty;
 19and for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he exalted, and whom he would he humbled.
 20But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
 21and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
 22And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;
 23but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
 24then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
 25And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
 26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
 27TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
 28PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
 29Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
 30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
 31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (Dan. 5:17‑31)
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Acts 24:2‑3,25• 2And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought,
 3we receive it always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
 25And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee; (Acts 24:2‑3,25)
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James 2:1‑9• 1My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of glory, with respect of persons:
 2for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,
 3and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:
 4have ye not made a difference among yourselves, and become judges having evil thoughts?
 5Hear, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen the poor as to the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him?
 6But *ye* have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not *they* drag you before the tribunals?
 7And do not *they* blaspheme the excellent name which has been called upon you?
 8If indeed ye keep the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
 9But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. (James 2:1‑9)
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Psa. 16:3• 3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight. (Psa. 16:3)
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Psa. 101:6• 6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. (Psa. 101:6)
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Psa. 119:63• 63I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. (Psa. 119:63)
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Matt. 12:49‑50• 49And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;
 50for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. (Matt. 12:49‑50)
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1 John 3:14• 14*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. (1 John 3:14)
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Josh. 9:18‑20• 18And the children of Israel did not smite them, because the princes of the assembly had sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel. Then all the assembly murmured against the princes.
 19And all the princes said to all the assembly, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them.
 20This we will do to them, and let them live, lest wrath come upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them. (Josh. 9:18‑20)
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Judg. 11:35• 35And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Jehovah, and I cannot go back. (Judg. 11:35)
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2 Sam. 21:1‑2• 1And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his house of blood, because he slew the Gibeonites.
 2And the king called the Gibeonites, and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remainder of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.) (2 Sam. 21:1‑2)
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Matt. 5:33• 33Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn. (Matt. 5:33)
• Ver. 4 gives what, in principle, pleases the Lord at all times. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)
• Those that fear the Lord he honors, whatever their social position. (“Psalms 15” by H. Smith)
• {v.4-5} In his business relations he will not go back on his word, and refuses usury and corruption. (“Psalms 15” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;