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Avoid (31 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To empty. 2. (v.) To emit or throw out; to void;
as, to avoid excretions. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AVOID. ...
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Fear (970 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the
trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Being. ...
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Eschew (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (v.) To shun; to avoid, to keep one's self clear of;
as to eschew immorality. 2. (v.) To escape from; to avoid. Int. ...
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Escape (142 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt
from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. ...
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Contentions (20 Occurrences)
... opinion, (DBY). 2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and senseless questionings avoid,
knowing that they beget contentions. (DBY WBS). Titus ...
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Shun (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way
of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. ...
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Essenes
... connected with war. They all avoid commerce and navigation, thinking that
these employments make for covetousness. They possess ...
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Questions (76 Occurrences)
... WBS YLT NAS). 2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid,
knowing that they do gender strifes. (KJV WBS YLT). Titus 3 ...
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Circumcision (98 Occurrences)
... to fulfil all righteousness," as of the seed of Abraham, according to the flesh;
and Paul "took and circumcised" Timothy (Acts 16:3), to avoid giving offence ...
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Conscience (36 Occurrences)
... at the parting of the ways, seeing clearly the right course and the wrong, conscience
imperatively commands him which to choose and which to avoid; but how ...
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Temptation (22 Occurrences)
... So the principle was evolved: Jesus will not, of self-will, run into dangers,
but will avoid them except in the clear path of duty. ...
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Persecution (22 Occurrences)
... This "great persecution" (Acts 8:1) scattered the members of the church,
who fled in order to avoid bonds and imprisonment and death. ...
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Quarrels (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 2:23 But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men,
knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels; (WEY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Veil (67 Occurrences)
... In Genesis 38 one motive for Tamar's use of the veil was certainly to avoid recognition,
but it seems clear from the passage that veils were used by courtesans ...
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Vigilant (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or
to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary. ...
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Kishon (6 Occurrences)
... ft. deep through the plain. It is easily crossed at the fords by those who
know how to avoid the localities of the springs. In time ...
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Knock (7 Occurrences)
... to come forth (Deuteronomy 24:10). This was to avoid the violent intrusion
of cruel creditors. Peter stood knocking at the outer ...
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Near (3455 Occurrences)
... near to the original. 8. (adv.) So as barely to avoid or pass injury or
loss; close; narrow; as, a near escape. 9. (adv.) Next to ...
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Unlearned (7 Occurrences)
... things to you. (YLT). 2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid,
knowing that they do gender strifes. (KJV WBS). 2 Peter ...
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Offenses (23 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them who cause divisions and
offenses, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. ...
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Onycha (1 Occurrence)
... onyx," a precious stone. The form "onycha" was perhaps chosen to avoid confusion
with "onyx," the stone. The Hebrew shecheleth occurs ...
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Offences (21 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. (KJV). ...
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Lewdness (68 Occurrences)
... (WBS). 1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid lewdness, let every man have
his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. (WBS). ...
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Like (10728 Occurrences)
... 15. (vi) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he
liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a. Int. ...
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Lying (203 Occurrences)
... The righteous are called upon to hate lying (Proverbs 13:5), to avoid it (Zechariah
3:13), to respect not those who lie, and utterly reject their company ...
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Gerasa
... Here the slopes descend swiftly almost into the sea, and animals, once started
on the downward run, could not avoid plunging into the depths. ...
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Gilead (130 Occurrences)
... lay between the men of the northern tribes and their homes, they were told to cross
the Jordan, make a detour through Gilead, and thus avoid the enemy. ...
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Gender (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Gender (2 Occurrences). 2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and
unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Gerasenes (3 Occurrences)
... Here the slopes descend swiftly almost into the sea, and animals, once started
on the downward run, could not avoid plunging into the depths. ...
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Warning (30 Occurrences)
... warning to the rest. (WEY NIV). Titus 3:10 Avoid a factious man after a first
and second warning; (WEB NAS). Hebrews 3:15 seeing that ...
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Warn (35 Occurrences)
... close a follower. (WEY). Titus 3:10 Avoid a factious man after a first and
second warning; (Root in WEB NAS NIV). Revelation 22:18 ...
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Wise (422 Occurrences)
... with no disapproval. These great men could be trusted to avoid the moral
and religious pitfalls of such pursuits. For the ordinary ...
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Wink (2 Occurrences)
... only. 5. (vi) To avoid taking notice, as if by shutting the eyes; to connive
at anything; to be tolerant; -- generally with at. 6 ...
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Idols (186 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my dear friends, avoid all connection with the worship
of idols. (WEY RSV). 1 Corinthians 10:19 What am I saying then? ...
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Fornication (52 Occurrences)
... (KJV WEY ASV DBY). 1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every
man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. ...
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Fever (13 Occurrences)
... On this account travelers in Palestine at this season should be particular to avoid
exposure to these evening damps, and to use mosquito curtains invariably at ...
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Flee (187 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vi) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in
an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. ...
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Forest (67 Occurrences)
... David withdrew to the forest of Hareth in the mountains of Judah to avoid the fury
of Saul (1 Samuel 22:5). We read also of the forest of Bethel (2 Kings 2:23 ...
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Factious (2 Occurrences)
... unrighteousness, 'shall be' wrath and indignation, (ASV RSV). Titus 3:10 Avoid a
factious man after a first and second warning; (WEB ASV NAS RSV). ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.
8. (vt) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid. 9. (vt) To hunt with a hawk. ...
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Forbear (24 Occurrences)
... provoked. 5. (vt) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up;
as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety. 6 ...
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Nevertheless (153 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his
own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. (KJV WBS). ...
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Threshing (57 Occurrences)
... Gideon, in order to avoid being seen by the Midianites, beat out his wheat in a
wine press instead of threshing it on the threshing-floor (Judges 6:11). ...
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Twice (44 Occurrences)
... is preaching and teaching. (BBE). Titus 3:10 Avoid a factious man after
a first and second warning; (See RSV). Jude 1:12 These are ...
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Temperate (6 Occurrences)
... all things, but using continently such things as one has judged should be used";
"such things as do not seem beyond right reason." Basil: "To avoid excess on ...
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Timnath-heres (1 Occurrence)
... It is possible that the change from Heres to Serah may have been deliberate, in
order to avoid a form which might savor of idolatry-sun-worship. ...
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Temperance (3 Occurrences)
... all things, but using continently such things as one has judged should be used";
"such things as do not seem beyond right reason." Basil: "To avoid excess on ...
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Teth (1 Occurrence)
... intense "t"). It came also to be used for the number 9; and with waw ("w") for 15,
with zayin ("z") for 16 (ie 9 plus 6 and 9 plus 7) to avoid forming regular ...
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Timnathheres (1 Occurrence)
... It is possible that the change from Heres to Serah may have been deliberate, in
order to avoid a form which might savor of idolatry-sun-worship. ...
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Reproach (124 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside,
to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil. ...
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Eyeservice (2 Occurrences)
... to express the conduct of slaves, who work only when they are watched, and whose
motive, therefore, is not fidelity to duty, but either to avoid punishment or ...
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Elude (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To escape in a covert manner; to avoid slyly; as,
to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to ...
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Excommunication
...avoid" (American Revised Version margin); 2 John 1:10: "Receive him not into your
house," etc., all inculcate discreet and faithful avoidance but not ...
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Discussions (11 Occurrences)
... WEY). 2 Timothy 2:23 But avoid foolish discussions with ignorant men,
knowing--as you do--that these lead to quarrels; (WEY). Titus ...
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Divisive (1 Occurrence)
... difference. Multi-Version Concordance Divisive (1 Occurrence). Titus 3:10 Avoid
a factious man after a first and second warning; (See NIV). ...
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Disgrace (73 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Timothy 3:7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are
outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil. (See NIV). ...
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Decline (10 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or
comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a ...
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Dwell (474 Occurrences)
... In order to avoid appearing to localize the Divine Being, wherever God is said to
"dwell" in a place, the Targum renders that He "causes His Shekinah to dwell ...
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Deaf (22 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5). The expression "deaf adder that stoppeth her car" (Psalm
58:4) alludes to a curious notion that the adder, to avoid hearing the ...
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Discreditable (1 Occurrence)
... Ephesians 5:4 Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all
alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks. (WEY). ...
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Men (18419 Occurrences)
... with no disapproval. These great men could be trusted to avoid the moral
and religious pitfalls of such pursuits. For the ordinary ...
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Merab (4 Occurrences)
... He "eyed David from that day and forward" (1 Samuel 18:9). Twice David
had to "avoid" the "evil spirit" in Saul (1 Samuel 18:11). ...
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Pleas (4 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Proverbs 19:7 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do
his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. (WEB). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pleas.htm - 7k

Piety (21 Occurrences)
... through good works. (YLT). 1 Timothy 4:7 But profane and old wives' fables avoid,
but exercise thyself unto piety; (DBY YLT). 1 Timothy 4 ...
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Pension
... and American) "lands")): Literally it means simply "payment," and the King James
Version seems to have used the word in order to avoid any specialization of ...
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Pursues (15 Occurrences)
... (WEB NIV). Proverbs 19:7 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do
his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone. ...
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Principal (28 Occurrences)
... In 1 Kings 4:5, "principal officer" (the American Standard Revised Version "chief
minister") is an arbitrary translation of kohen to avoid "priest" (so the ...
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Peraea
... And, what was at least of equal importance, they could avoid peril of hurt or indignity
which the Samaritans loved to inflict on Jews passing through Samaria ...
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Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)
... omitted in the genealogy, readers of the Septuagint noticed that according to its
data Methuselah survived the flood, and in order to avoid this incongruity a ...
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Beware (51 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To have a special regard; to heed. 3. (vt) To avoid; to take care of; to
have a care for. Multi-Version Concordance Beware (51 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beware.htm - 21k

Beseech (85 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beseech.htm - 31k

Beget (20 Occurrences)
... you; (YLT). 2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and senseless questionings avoid,
knowing that they beget contentions. (DBY YLT). Philemon ...
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Compensation (3 Occurrences)
... stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary
to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be ...
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Camel (13 Occurrences)
... rather, out) a gnat and swallow a camel was also a proverbial expression (Matthew
23:24), used with reference to those who were careful to avoid small faults ...
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Connection (72 Occurrences)
... church? (BBE). 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my dear friends, avoid all
connection with the worship of idols. (WEY). Philippians ...
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Cautious (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences
of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect ...
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Charitable (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind. 2. (a.) Liberal in judging
of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment. ...
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Antediluvian
... omitted in the genealogy, readers of the Septuagint noticed that according to its
data Methuselah survived the flood, and in order to avoid this incongruity a ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/antediluvian.htm - 35k

Abednego (14 Occurrences)
... to many, the nego is an intentional corruption of Nebo, the name of a Babylonian
god, arising from the desire of the Hebrew scribes to avoid the giving of a ...
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