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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For, lo, they that are far
racheq (Hebrew #7369)
remote
KJV usage: that are far.
Pronounce: raw-khake'
Origin: from 7368
from thee shall perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
: thou hast destroyed
tsamath (Hebrew #6789)
to extirpate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
Pronounce: tsaw-math'
Origin: a primitive root
all them that go a whoring
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
from thee.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 119:155• 155Far from wicked [men is] salvation,{HR}For thy statutes they seek not. (Psa. 119:155)
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Job 21:14‑15• 14Yet they say to God, Depart from us,{HR}For we desired not the knowledge of thy ways:
 15What [is] the Almighty that we should serve him?{HR}And what profit have we if we meet him? (Job 21:14‑15)
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Isa. 29:13• 13And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men: (Isa. 29:13)
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Jer. 12:2• 2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. (Jer. 12:2)
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Matt. 15:7‑8• 7{i}Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,{/i}
 8{i}This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;{/i} (Matt. 15:7‑8)
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Eph. 2:13,17• 13but now in Christ Jesus ye that were once far off have become nigh by the blood of the Christ.
 17And having come he preached peace to you that were afar off and peace to those that were nigh. (Eph. 2:13,17)
that go.
Ex. 34:15• 15{i}lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and then, when they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, thou be invited, and eat of their sacrifice,{/i} (Ex. 34:15)
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Num. 15:39• 39and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: (Num. 15:39)
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James 4:4• 4Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore shall be minded to be friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. (James 4:4)
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Rev. 17:1‑5• 1And there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls, and spoke with me, saying, Come hither; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth on [the] many waters;
 2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those that inhabit the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
 3And he carried me away in {i}the{/i} Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast full of [the] names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
 4And the woman was clothed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication,
 5and upon her forehead a name written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Rev. 17:1‑5)
• Those who live far from God will come under judgment. (“Psalm 73” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.

W. Kelly Translation

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For, behold, those far from me shall perish;{HR}Thou hast destroyed everyone whoring from thee.