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Psalm 17

Psa. 17:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They are inclosed
cagar (Hebrew #5462)
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
KJV usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly.
Pronounce: saw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
in their own fat
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
: with their mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
they speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
proudly
ge'uwth (Hebrew #1348)
the same as 1346
KJV usage: excellent things, lifting up, majesty, pride, proudly, raging.
Pronounce: gay-ooth'
Origin: from 1342
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 73:7‑9• 7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
 8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
 9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psa. 73:7‑9)
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Psa. 119:70• 70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. (Psa. 119:70)
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Deut. 32:15• 15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deut. 32:15)
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Job 15:27• 27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. (Job 15:27)
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Isa. 6:10• 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. (Isa. 6:10)
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Matt. 13:15• 15For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Matt. 13:15)
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Acts 28:27• 27For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:27)
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Psa. 12:3‑4• 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? (Psa. 12:3‑4)
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Psa. 31:18• 18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. (Psa. 31:18)
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Psa. 123:4• 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:4)
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Ex. 5:2• 2And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. (Ex. 5:2)
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Ex. 15:9• 9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. (Ex. 15:9)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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2 Peter 2:18• 18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. (2 Peter 2:18)
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Rev. 13:5‑6• 5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
 6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. (Rev. 13:5‑6)
• In contrast to the righteous One, verse 10 to 12 present the character of the men of this age that rise up against Christ and His own. (“Psalms 17” by H. Smith)
• They are marked by selfish luxury that makes them indifferent to the sorrows of others, and pride that exalts themselves. (“Psalms 17” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.