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Contrary (77 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Opposite; in an opposite direction; in
opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds. 2. (a.) Opposed ...
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Reverse (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite
or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method. ...
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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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Unlawful (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not lawful; contrary to law. Multi-Version
Concordance Unlawful (9 Occurrences). Matthew 12:2 But ...
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Opposition (22 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:17 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions
and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned ...
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Contrariwise (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.
2. (adv.) In a contrary order; conversely. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Contradict (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay;
to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn. ...
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Sevenfold (10 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I
will bring sevenfold more plagues upon you according to your sins. (DBY RSV). ...
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Unjust (44 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled
by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge. ...
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Oppose (29 Occurrences)
... NIV). Acts 26:9 "I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many
things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. (See NIV). ...
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Opposite (137 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. ... 7.
(n.) That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. ...
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Lusts (28 Occurrences)
... Romans 1:26 For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females
changed the natural use into that contrary to nature; (DBY NIV). ...
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Whoredoms (34 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas
none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward ...
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Immoral (16 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked;
unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed. ...
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Fool (95 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course
contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a ...
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Followeth (18 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas
none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward ...
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Town (861 Occurrences)
... (1) When any explanatory word or attendant circumstances show that a "city" was
unwalled, and sometimes in the contrary case (1 Samuel 23:7), the Hebrew `ir is ...
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Reversed (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Reverse. 2. (a.) Turned side for side,
or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. ...
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Encourage (34 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 2:7 so that on the contrary ye should rather shew grace and encourage,
lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with excessive grief. (DBY). ...
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Distressed (70 Occurrences)
... (WEY ASV NAS). Matthew 14:24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea,
distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. (WEB ASV YLT). ...
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Different (87 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike;
dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of ...
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Denial (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or
disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. 2. (n ...
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Massacre (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances
of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the ...
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Contradiction (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An assertion contrary to what has already been said or affirmed; denial
of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. ...
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Conflict (18 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:17 for the flesh doth desire contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit
contrary to the flesh, and these are opposed one to another, that the things ...
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Adverse (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Acting in a contrary direction; opposed; as, adverse
winds; adverse conditions; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste. ...
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Spite (28 Occurrences)
... (WEB RSV). Leviticus 26:23 And if by these things ye will not be reformed
unto me, but will walk contrary unto me; (See JPS NIV). ...
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Learn (76 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:17 Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions
and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned ...
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Act (204 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Acts 17:7 whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees
of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!" (WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV). ...
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Won't (144 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Leviticus 26:21 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then
I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. (WEB). ...
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Givest (31 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas
none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward ...
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Adonijah (28 Occurrences)
... The common assumption that the forty is to be reduced to four, on the basis
of the number in Josephus, is contrary to the evidence. ...
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Uncircumcised (48 Occurrences)
... Galatians 2:7 but, on the contrary, having seen that I have been entrusted with
the good news of the uncircumcision, as Peter with 'that' of the circumcision ...
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Death (1610 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:20). But all this is not contrary to the idea that death is a
consequence of, and a punishment for, sin. Daily, everyone ...
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A-whoring (35 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from women in thy whoredoms, That after
thee none doth go a-whoring; And in thy giving a gift, And a gift hath not ...
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Atheism
... Arguments against atheism may be summarized as follows: (1) It is contrary to
reason. History ... atheism. (2) It is contrary to human experience. ...
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Wind (180 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 14:24 But the boat was now
in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ...
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Acting (102 Occurrences)
... confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which
they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me ...
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Sinful (61 Occurrences)
... Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been
taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. ...
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Foreknow (1 Occurrence)
... Besides being contrary to the Scripture in its idea that many events lie outside
the decree of God, and that God must wait upon man in His government of the ...
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Immaculate
... X reads: "We reject the New Roman doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, as being contrary to the tradition of the first 13 centuries ...
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Foreknowledge (2 Occurrences)
... Besides being contrary to the Scripture in its idea that many events lie outside
the decree of God, and that God must wait upon man in His government of the ...
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Commerce (3 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy unlawful commerce,
whereas none followeth thee to commit lewdness: and in that thou givest a ...
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Please (324 Occurrences)
... Galatians 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things ...
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Obey (219 Occurrences)
... RSV NIV). Luke 11:28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who
hear the word of God, and keep it." (See NIV). Luke 12:47 ...
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Satan (50 Occurrences)
... a region where there are not enough facts to warrant a conviction, it would be that
the general tenor of Scripture indicates quite the contrary, namely, that ...
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Rather (176 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) More readily or willingly; preferably. 4. (a.) On the other hand;
to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead. ...
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Conception (6 Occurrences)
... X reads: "We reject the New Roman doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, as being contrary to the tradition of the first 13 centuries ...
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Possible (133 Occurrences)
... (a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able
to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things ...
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Contribute (4 Occurrences)

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Smite (230 Occurrences)
... 3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou
to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the ...
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Walked (178 Occurrences)
... confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which
they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me ...
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Miracle (15 Occurrences)
... They are credible just as any facts of history well authenticated are credible.
Miracles, it is said, are contrary to experience. ...
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Nature (80 Occurrences)
... phusis) is frequently found in the latter sense (Romans 1:26, "against nature";
Romans 2:14, "by nature"; Romans 2:27; Romans 11:24, also "contrary to nature ...
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Lewdness (68 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy unlawful commerce,
whereas none followeth thee to commit lewdness: and in that thou givest a ...
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Fornication (52 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And in thee is the contrary from other women, in thy whoredoms, in
that none followeth thee to commit fornication; and whereas thou givest a ...
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Accept (106 Occurrences)
... RSV NIV). Leviticus 26:23 "'If by these things you won't be reformed to me,
but will walk contrary to me; (See NIV). Leviticus 26:41 ...
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Olive (61 Occurrences)
... That a wild olive branch should be grafted into a fruitful tree would be a
proceeding useless and contrary to Nature (Romans 11:17, 24). ...
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Gnosticism
... The method which he adopts is not so much to demolish error, as to establish the
contrary truth, setting before the Colossians the person and work of Christ ...
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Natural (49 Occurrences)
... In its gross sense the "carnal" signifies that which is contrary to nature,
or nature expressing itself in low and bestial forms of sin. ...
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Taught (134 Occurrences)
... Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been
taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. ...
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Quotations
... are no longer two separate groups of books standing apart from each other and having
bonds of union only within the group, but, on the contrary, two related sub ...
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Iniquity (299 Occurrences)
... confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which
they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me ...
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Hostility (29 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 26:21 "'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will
bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. (See NAS). ...
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Hostile (25 Occurrences)
... WEY). Acts 26:9 "I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many
things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. (See NAS). ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... But no statement contrary to natural expectation was ever yet promulgated among
people of even average intelligence without meeting the resistance of ...
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Certainly (415 Occurrences)
... On the contrary, if you are not penitent you will all perish as they did. ... On the
contrary, if you do not repent you will all perish just as they did." (WEY). ...
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Share (138 Occurrences)
... excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's
people and are members of His family. (WEY). Ephesians 4:18 ...
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Persons (156 Occurrences)
... excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's
people and are members of His family. (WEY). Ephesians 6:9 ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... But no statement contrary to natural expectation was ever yet promulgated among
people of even average intelligence without meeting the resistance of ...
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Walking (189 Occurrences)
... Mark 6:48 Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about
the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he ...
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Altar (343 Occurrences)
... Thus archaeology has shown us one altar-though of a much later date-which is adorned
with faces, a practice that was quite contrary to the Mosaic ideas of ...
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Sermon (1 Occurrence)
... On the contrary, by the leaven of character and the light of example they are to
help others in the appreciation and the attainment of the ideal life. ...
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Lutheran
... This distinction differs from, but is not necessarily contrary to, that of Plummer,
who infers from Mark 7:4 and Hebrews 9:10 that baptismos usually means ...
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Doctrine (52 Occurrences)
... This distinction differs from, but is not necessarily contrary to, that of Plummer,
who infers from Mark 7:4 and Hebrews 9:10 that baptismos usually means ...
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Strike (168 Occurrences)
... whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me
to be struck contrary to the law?" (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV). 1 ...
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Lot (145 Occurrences)
... it "probable that this name is derived from Lot; but that Lot was ever a tribal
name (Stammname) follows neither from this fact (rather the contrary) nor from ...
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Harlotries (22 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 And the contrary is in thee from other women, in that thou didst solicit
to harlotry, and wast not solicited; and in that thou givest hire, and ...
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Maccabees
... 14:20. This is admittedly contrary to fact. For a ... his own. But even in this
case one is compelled, contrary to Torrey (loc. cit.), to ...
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