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Psalm 17

Psa. 17:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They are inclosed
cagar (Hebrew #5462)
to shut up; figuratively, to surrender
KJV usage: close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly.
Pronounce: saw-gar'
Origin: a primitive root
in their own fat
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
: with their mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
they speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
proudly
ge'uwth (Hebrew #1348)
the same as 1346
KJV usage: excellent things, lifting up, majesty, pride, proudly, raging.
Pronounce: gay-ooth'
Origin: from 1342
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 73:7‑9• 7Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
 8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily:
 9They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. (Psa. 73:7‑9)
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Psa. 119:70• 70Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law. (Psa. 119:70)
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Deut. 32:15• 15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked--Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness;--He gave up +God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deut. 32:15)
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Job 15:27• 27For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his flanks. (Job 15:27)
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Isa. 6:10• 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed. (Isa. 6:10)
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Matt. 13:15• 15for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Matt. 13:15)
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Acts 28:27• 27For the heart of this people has become fat, and they hear heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:27)
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Psa. 12:3‑4• 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things,
 4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail, our lips are our own: who is lord over us? (Psa. 12:3‑4)
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Psa. 31:18• 18Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. (Psa. 31:18)
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Psa. 123:4• 4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, with the contempt of the proud. (Psa. 123:4)
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Ex. 5:2• 2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go. (Ex. 5:2)
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Ex. 15:9• 9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. (Ex. 15:9)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a *God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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2 Peter 2:18• 18For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error, (2 Peter 2:18)
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Rev. 13:5‑6• 5And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.
 6And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven. (Rev. 13:5‑6)
• In contrast to the righteous One, verse 10 to 12 present the character of the men of this age that rise up against Christ and His own. (“Psalms 17” by H. Smith)
• They are marked by selfish luxury that makes them indifferent to the sorrows of others, and pride that exalts themselves. (“Psalms 17” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They are enclosed in their own fat; with their mouth they speak proudly.