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Maintain (50 Occurrences)
... hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold;
to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain ...
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Uphold (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. 2. (vt)
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain. ...
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Vindicate (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert
convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title ...
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Keep (4573 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain
unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor. ...
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Stand (542 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield;
to be safe. 8. (n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent ...
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Plea (35 Occurrences)
... house; (See NIV). 1 Kings 8:45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause. (See NIV). 1 Kings ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plea.htm - 16k

Support (135 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide
for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel. ...
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Supplication (71 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 8:45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and
maintain their cause. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Nourish (16 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To support; to maintain. ... Kilkal means "to support," "maintain" "provide for"
(especially with food) (Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 50:21). ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/nourish.htm - 13k

Requires (21 Occurrences)
... hearts, while their consciences also bear witness to the Law, and their thoughts,
as if in mutual discussion, accuse them or perhaps maintain their innocence ...
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Entertain (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vt) To be at the charges of; to take or keep
in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/entertain.htm - 12k

Engage (20 Occurrences)
... saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently,
so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works ...
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Devote (36 Occurrences)
... saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently,
so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/devote.htm - 18k

Dwelling-place (38 Occurrences)
... (ASV DBY JPS WBS). 1 Kings 8:49 then hear thou their prayer and their supplication
in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause; (ASV JPS WBS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dwelling-place.htm - 17k

Maintained (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Maintain. Multi-Version Concordance
Maintained (19 Occurrences). Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees ...
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Macedonia (23 Occurrences)
... Pelagonians and other tribes-were pushed back northward and westward into the highlands,
where they struggled for generations to maintain their independence ...
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Plead (64 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented
to a tribunal or person having authority to determine; to argue at the bar ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plead.htm - 31k

Affirm (7 Occurrences)
... for review. 2. (vt) To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to
aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny. 3. (vt) To ...
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Assert (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state
positively; to aver; to asseverate. 2. (vt) To maintain; to defend. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assert.htm - 7k

Striving (33 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:2 with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing
with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/striving.htm - 16k

Defend (38 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to
maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town ...
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Creation (35 Occurrences)
... Love. It is philosophically necessary to maintain that God, as the Absolute
Being, must find the end of creation in Himself. If ...
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Balaam (62 Occurrences)
... Because of his counsel of Num 31:16. We maintain that the author of Numbers
24:25 had this fact in mind when he wrote Numbers 25:1: "And. ...
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Preserve (61 Occurrences)
... grapes. 3. (vt) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve
appearances; to preserve silence. 4. (vi) To make preserves. ...
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Reconciliation (11 Occurrences)
... Some maintain that it is only a change in the sinner that is intended, a laying
aside of his enmity, and coming into peaceful relations with God. ...
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Reconcile (10 Occurrences)
... Some maintain that it is only a change in the sinner that is intended, a laying
aside of his enmity, and coming into peaceful relations with God. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reconcile.htm - 29k

Deeds (309 Occurrences)
... saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently,
so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works ...
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Careful (130 Occurrences)
... "How shall he take care of the church of God?" (1 Timothy 3:5). phrontizo, "to be
thoughtful or mindful of," "may be careful to maintain good works" (1 Timothy ...
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Predestination
... Thus, it is hoped to preserve just balance, and maintain proper responsibility,
between the divine and the human factors in this spiritual cooperation. ...
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Settled (112 Occurrences)
... (YLT). 1 Kings 8:49 then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling,
their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right; (DBY YLT). ...
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Vouch (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To call; to summon. 2. (vt) To call upon to witness. 3. (vt) To warrant;
to maintain by affirmations; to attest; to affirm; to avouch. ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vouch.htm - 7k

Verify (1 Occurrence)
... pleading, or the like. 4. (vt) To maintain; to affirm; to support.
Multi-Version Concordance Verify (1 Occurrence). Acts 24:11 seeing ...
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Visit (97 Occurrences)
... one in wrath. 4. (vi) To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting
relations; to practice calling on others. 5. (n.) The act ...
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Zeeb (3 Occurrences)
... Some again (eg Stade, Geschichte, 189;) maintain that the two names here are borrowed
from localities and not vice versa, as Judges 7:25 implies. ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zeeb.htm - 10k

Zebul (5 Occurrences)
... Some, however, maintain that the words of Gaal about Zebul in Judges 9:28 are meant
as an insult to the governor of the city; this is the view of Wellbausch ...
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Kindness (295 Occurrences)
... Yet it is the Christian's duty, like God, to maintain his disposition of love and
benevolence to those that hate and curse him (Luke 6:27, 28). ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kindness.htm - 45k

Nahash (9 Occurrences)
... there are various explanations. The rabbis maintain that Nahash is another
name for Jesse, David's father. Others think that Nahash ...
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Unquestioned (1 Occurrence)
... Unquestioned (1 Occurrence). Acts 19:36 These facts, then, being unquestioned, it
becomes you to maintain your self-control and not act recklessly. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unquestioned.htm - 6k

Unfruitful (8 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain
good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful. ...
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Uses (15 Occurrences)
... Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,
that they may not be unfruitful. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT). ...
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Unproductive (5 Occurrences)
... Unproductive (5 Occurrences). Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good
works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful. (See NIV). ...
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Unselfishness (1 Occurrence)
... Ephesians 4:2 with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing
with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unselfishness.htm - 6k

Ucal (1 Occurrence)
... Ucal was also explained as "I can," ie "I can maintain my obedience to God," just
as Ithiel was taken to be "signs of God." Septuagint, Aquila, Theodotion do ...
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Urgent (12 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV DBY RSV). Titus 3:14 Let our people also learn to maintain good works
for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful. (See RSV). ...
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Oreb (4 Occurrences)
... Some again (eg Stade, Geschichte, 189;) maintain that the two names here are borrowed
from localities and not vice versa, as Judges 7:25 implies. ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oreb.htm - 10k

Our's (5 Occurrences)
... Jesus. (KJV). Titus 3:14 And let our's also learn to maintain good works
for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. (KJV). 1 ...
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Ordereth (2 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Psalms 112:5 Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously
and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment. (See JPS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/ordereth.htm - 6k

Observing (28 Occurrences)
... Of works? No, but by a law of faith. (See NIV). Romans 3:28 We maintain therefore
that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/observing.htm - 14k

Jezebel (20 Occurrences)
... no principle, restrained by no fear of either God or man, passionate in her attachment
to her heathen worship, she spared no pains to maintain idolatry around ...
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Justified (46 Occurrences)
... Romans 3:28 We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from
the works of the law. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Justify (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to
maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/justify.htm - 12k

Lovingly (7 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:2 with all lowliness of mind and unselfishness, and with patience, bearing
with one another lovingly, and earnestly striving to maintain, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lovingly.htm - 8k

Live (3203 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly
or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life. 11. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/live.htm - 8k

Lends (4 Occurrences)
... His seed is blessed. (WEB NAS). Psalms 112:5 It is well with the man who deals
graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lends.htm - 7k

Governor (78 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery,
to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are ...
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Generously (12 Occurrences)
... (WEB NIV). Psalms 112:5 It is well with the man who deals graciously and
lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/generously.htm - 9k

Guide (89 Occurrences)
... to contain," "to sustain" (Psalm 112:5, "He will guide his affairs with discretion,"
the Revised Version (British and American) "He shall maintain his cause in ...
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Weapons (66 Occurrences)
... your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender
your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/weapons.htm - 27k

Wish (141 Occurrences)
... Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead." Elihu here refers to Job's
expressed desire for an umpire (9:33), and one who would maintain his right with ...
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Withhold (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
3. (vt) To keep; to maintain; to retain. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Imagery (5 Occurrences)
... Some maintain that the cult was of foreign origin, either Egyptian (Bertholet,
Commentary on Ezekiel), or Babylonian (Redpath, Westminster Commentary on Ezekiel ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/imagery.htm - 10k

Innocence (10 Occurrences)
... hearts, while their consciences also bear witness to the Law, and their thoughts,
as if in mutual discussion, accuse them or perhaps maintain their innocence ...
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Impoverished (4 Occurrences)
... Genesis 45:11 And there will I maintain thee; for yet there are five years of famine;
in order that thou be not impoverished, thou, and thy household, and all ...
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Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)
... As a devout disciple in the school of prophetic ideas, he earnestly desired to maintain
the prophet's insistent attitude of "quietness and confidence" (compare ...
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Ferry (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight
across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Faculties (5 Occurrences)
... your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender
your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right. ...
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Facts (11 Occurrences)
... (WEY BBE). Acts 19:36 These facts, then, being unquestioned, it becomes you to maintain
your self-control and not act recklessly. (WEY NAS NIV). ...
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Tidal (2 Occurrences)
... After referring to a ruler who did not maintain the temples, Durmah-ilani son of
Eri-Aku (Arioch) is referred to, appatently as one who ravaged the country ...
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Tyre (59 Occurrences)
... It afterwards fell under the power of Alexander the Great, after a siege of seven
months, but continued to maintain much of its commercial importance till the ...
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Regulate (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition;
as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/regulate.htm - 7k

Roof (55 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the
materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the ...
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Reserve (15 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Proverbs 5:2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips
may preserve knowledge. (Root in WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reserve.htm - 11k

Result (73 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Romans 3:28 For we maintain that it is as the result of faith that a
man is held to be righteous, apart from actions done in obedience to Law. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/result.htm - 27k

Recklessly (1 Occurrence)
... Recklessly (1 Occurrence). Acts 19:36 These facts, then, being unquestioned, it
becomes you to maintain your self-control and not act recklessly. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/recklessly.htm - 6k

Renounce (12 Occurrences)
... face." (WEB ASV). Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain
your integrity? Renounce God, and die." (WEB ASV). Psalms 10 ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/renounce.htm - 10k

Rightfully (3 Occurrences)
... Rightfully (3 Occurrences). Psalms 112:5 Well is it with the man that dealeth
graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment. (See JPS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rightfully.htm - 7k

Ecce
... and which therefore admits of a mild exclamation, and therefore of the emphasis
upon "the man." Some, however, hold the contrary view and maintain that the ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ecce.htm - 7k

Engraven (3 Occurrences)
... hearts, while their consciences also bear witness to the Law, and their thoughts,
as if in mutual discussion, accuse them or perhaps maintain their innocence ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/engraven.htm - 7k

Excellent (52 Occurrences)
... saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently,
so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/excellent.htm - 24k




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