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Advantage (44 Occurrences)
... n.) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to
success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a ...
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Selfish (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort,
advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. ...
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Interest (35 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion;
part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the ...
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Purchase (25 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to
get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon. ...
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Better (218 Occurrences)
... of the subject. 6. (n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with
of; as, to get the better of an enemy. 7. (n.) One who ...
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Benefit (39 Occurrences)
... favor conferred. 2. (n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness,
or adds value to property; advantage; profit. 3. (n ...
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Avail (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit;
to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. ...
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Gained (66 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 2 Corinthians 2:11 that no advantage may be gained over us by
Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. (WEB ASV). ...
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Gain (142 Occurrences)
... respectable. 3. (vt) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase,
profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss. 4 ...
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Lure (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage
or pleasure; a decoy. 3. (n.) A velvet smoothing brush. ...
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Guided (86 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 2 Corinthians 12:18 I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother
with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? ...
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Good (8348 Occurrences)
... to evil. 12. (n.) Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity;
advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc. 13. (n ...
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Gaining (17 Occurrences)
... Jesus. (WEY). 2 Corinthians 2:11 for fear Satan should gain an advantage
over us. For we are not ignorant of his devices. (See RSV). ...
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Trail (5 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. ... 16. (n.) The act
of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition. ...
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Menelaus
... Mallus. Menelaus took advantage of his absence to win over Andronicus, the
king's deputy, by rich presents stolen from the temple. ...
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Privilege (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A benefit, advantage, or right not enjoyed by others or by all; special
enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative ...
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Boot (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use. 4. (vt) To profit; to advantage;
to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it? ...
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Advantageous (3 Occurrences)
... (a.) Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial;
as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. ...
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Alphabet (2 Occurrences)
... alphabet begun, although it was only later that men discovered that the consonant
common to several syllables might be expressed to advantage in writing by one ...
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Profit (143 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to
advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men. 4 ...
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Steward (23 Occurrences)
... This steward was a freeman, had full charge of his master's affairs and could use
them to his own advantage if he chose, was fully accountable to his master ...
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Stay (221 Occurrences)
... for "stay yourselves" in Isaiah 29:9 and the American Standard Revised Version
"restrain" for "stay" in Job 37:4) could have been carried farther with advantage...
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Jude (4 Occurrences)
... "These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts.... showing
respect of persons for the sake of advantage" (Jude 1:16). ...
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Advancing (9 Occurrences)

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Job (60 Occurrences)
... petty work. 12. (vi) To seek private gain under pretense of public service;
to turn public matters to private advantage. 13. (vi ...
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Wisdom (320 Occurrences)
... So "right" and "wrong" become confused with "advantage" and "disadvantage." Not
only is adultery wrong (Proverbs 2:17; Sirach 23:23), but the injured husband ...
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Circumcision (98 Occurrences)
... the different theories which have been advanced with regard to the origin and original
significance of circumcision, it may be of advantage to consider some of ...
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Wrong (391 Occurrences)
... us. We wronged no one. We corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. (Root
in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 2 Corinthians ...
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Quarter (33 Occurrences)
... 19. (vt) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the
life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes. ...
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Vail (44 Occurrences)
... 1. (n. & vt) Same as Veil. 2. (n.) Avails; profit; return; proceeds. 3. (n.) An
unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall. ...
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Vain (141 Occurrences)
... And "vain" can always be replaced by its synonym "empty," often with advantage
in modern English (Job 15:2 1 Corinthians 15:14, etc.). ...
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Nevertheless (153 Occurrences)
... John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go
away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. ...
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Nabathaeans
... force against them in Petra. After an initial advantage, the army of Athenaeus
was almost annihilated. Demetrius, the son of Antigonus ...
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Nabataeans
... force against them in Petra. After an initial advantage, the army of Athenaeus
was almost annihilated. Demetrius, the son of Antigonus ...
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Newborn (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced
them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. ...
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Use (620 Occurrences)
... for a book. 3. (vt) Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability
of being used; usefulness; utility. 4. (vt) Continued or ...
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Unaware (16 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). 2 Corinthians 2:11 that no advantage may be gained over us by
Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. (See NIV). ...
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Useful (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Full of use, advantage, or profit; producing, or
having power to produce, good; serviceable for any end or object; helpful ...
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Urged (44 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 12:18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus
take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? ...
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Oracle (57 Occurrences)
... 13:1, "oracle" is used in the titles of certain special prophecies as a substitute
for BURDEN (which see) (massa'), with considerable advantage (especially in ...
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Odds (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things
or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence ...
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Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought
to kill game which lions appropriated. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Leah (30 Occurrences)
... which may safely be rendered, "she was of no comely countenance." Leah became the
wife of Jacob by a ruse on the part of her father, taking advantage of the ...
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Lamentation (45 Occurrences)
... do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage
to you. (WEY). Genesis 50:10 They came to the threshing ...
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Loud-mouthed (1 Occurrence)
... Jude 1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their
mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage. ...
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License (3 Occurrences)
... deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges,
assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect ...
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Labouring (18 Occurrences)
... urgeth him thereto. (See JPS YLT). Ecclesiastes 3:9 What advantage hath the
doer in that which he is labouring at? (YLT). Ecclesiastes 4 ...
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Grumblers (1 Occurrence)
... Jude 1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their
mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage. ...
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Worst (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (v.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of;
to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit. 4. (vi) To grow worse; to deteriorate. ...
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Weigh (24 Occurrences)
... called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom,
take advantage of the opportunity. (WEY). 1 Corinthians ...
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Wronged (22 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS NIV). 2 Corinthians 7:2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no one. We
corrupted no one. We took advantage of no one. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Wages (52 Occurrences)
... wa'-jez, wa'-jiz (chinnam, maskoreth, pe`ullah, sakhar, sakhar; misthos, opsonion):
(1) Chinnam means "gratis," without cost or any advantage, for nought, or ...
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Incommodious (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Tending to incommode; not commodious; not affording
ease or advantage; unsuitable; giving trouble; inconvenient; annoying; as ...
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Ill (137 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage,
happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. ...
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Inquirest (3 Occurrences)
... Job 35:3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? And, What
profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned? (See JPS). ...
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Imitate (13 Occurrences)
... another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color,
ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; as ...
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Individual (12 Occurrences)
... evil passions, and their mouths are full of big, boastful words, while they treat
individual men with admiring reverence for the sake of the advantage they can ...
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Ignorant (32 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 2:11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are
not ignorant of his schemes. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Won't (144 Occurrences)
... (WEB). John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that
I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. ...
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Forced (84 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced
them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. ...
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Fruitless (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless;
unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. ...
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Flattering (11 Occurrences)
... Jude 1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their
mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage. ...
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Forgo (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To give up the enjoyment or advantage of; to renounce; as, to forgo the
use of a discount; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach ...
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Fatherless (44 Occurrences)
... world. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS). Exodus 22:22 "You shall not take advantage
of any widow or fatherless child. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Freedom (45 Occurrences)
... called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your
freedom, take advantage of the opportunity. (WEY RSV NIV). 1 ...
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Fraud (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair
advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured ...
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Flatter (5 Occurrences)
... Jude 1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their
mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage. ...
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Forewarned (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 4:6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or
sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as ...
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Faultfinders (1 Occurrence)
... Jude 1:16 These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts (and their
mouth speaks proud things), showing respect of persons to gain advantage. ...
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Tryphon
... On the death of Balas (145 BC), Tryphon, taking advantage of the complaints of
discontent among the troops of Demetrius II (Nicator), set up the younger son of ...
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Treacherously (42 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced
them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. ...
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Triumph (52 Occurrences)
... cards. 6. (n.) To celebrate victory with pomp; to rejoice over success;
to exult in an advantage gained; to exhibit exultation. 7 ...
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Rat (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vi) In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake
one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for ...
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Reach (63 Occurrences)
... 21. (n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage. 22. (n.) The pole or rod which
connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon. ...
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Reviveth (8 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom 'is' a defense, money 'is' a defence, And the advantage
of the knowledge of wisdom 'is', She reviveth her possessors. (YLT). ...
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Race (36 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced
them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive. ...
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Return (499 Occurrences)
... general information. 24. (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from,
labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc. 25. (n ...
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Regret (17 Occurrences)
... a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially,
a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction. ...
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Resort (14 Occurrences)
... one's self. 3. (vi) To fall back; to revert. 4. (vi) To have recourse; to
apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage. 5. (n ...
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Event (14 Occurrences)
... an event 'is to' the beasts, even one event 'is' to them; as the death of this,
so 'is' the death of that; and one spirit 'is' to all, and the advantage of man ...
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