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Lexicon :: Strong's H4422 - mālaṭ

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מָלַט
Transliteration
mālaṭ
Pronunciation
maw-lat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1198

Strong’s Definitions

מָלַט mâlaṭ, maw-lat'; a primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks:—deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 95x

The KJV translates Strong's H4422 in the following manner: escape (47x), deliver (33x), save (5x), ...out (4x), alone (1x), get away (1x), lay (1x), preserve (1x), speedily (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 95x
The KJV translates Strong's H4422 in the following manner: escape (47x), deliver (33x), save (5x), ...out (4x), alone (1x), get away (1x), lay (1x), preserve (1x), speedily (1x), surely (1x).

  1. to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to slip away

      2. to escape

      3. to be delivered

    2. (Piel)

      1. to lay, let slip out (of eggs)

      2. to let escape

      3. to deliver, save (life)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to give birth to

      2. to deliver

    4. (Hithpael)

      1. to slip forth, slip out, escape

      2. to escape

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָלַט mâlaṭ, maw-lat'; a primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks:—deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.
STRONGS H4422: Abbreviations
† [מָלַט] verb slip away (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew מִילּוּט rescue; Targum מְלַט (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb057203 is have scanty hair; IV. cast the foetus without hair; [slip away, escape from hand is bdb057204]); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִמְלַט Judges 3:26 + 6 times; 3rd person feminine singular נִמְלְטָה Psalm 124:7, with וְ consecutive וְנִמְלָ֑טָה Jeremiah 48:19; 3rd person masculine plural נִמְלָ֑טוּ 2 Samuel 4:6 + 8 times Perfect; Imperfect יִמָּלֵט Amos 9:1 + 13 times; וַיִּמּ׳ Judges 3:26 + 7 times; 1st person singular אִמָּֽלְטָה Genesis 19:20 +; 3rd person masculine plural וַיִּמָּלֵ֑טוּ Malachi 3:15 + 12 times Imperfect; Imperative הִמָּלֵט Genesis 19:17 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:22; feminine הִמָּֽלְטִי Zechariah 2:11; Infinitive absolute הִמָּלֵט 1 Samuel 27:1; (but read אִם אִמָּלֵט Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Löhr HPS; > Th Kit Bu insert אִם before הִמּ׳); construct id., Genesis 19:19; Esther 4:3; Participle נִמְלָט 1 Kings 19:17 (twice in verse); —
1. slip away אִמָּֽלְטָה נָּא וְאֶרְאֶה אֶתאֶֿחָ֑י 1 Samuel 20:29 let me slip away to see my brethren; slip through, or past (into the house) 2 Samuel 4:6 (compare Dr HPS and Pi. 1, Hiph. 2; > Klo *נִלְאָ֑טוּ, √ לאט, after Greek Version of the LXX ἔλαθον).
2. escape, Judges 3:29; 1 Samuel 19:10 (|| נוּס) 1 Samuel 19:12; 1 Samuel 19:18 (both || בָּרַח), 1 Samuel 19:17; 1 Samuel 22:20 (|| בָּרַח), 1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 20:20 (|| נוּס) 2 Kings 10:24; Isaiah 20:6 (|| נִצַּל, נוּס), Isaiah 49:24, 25; Jeremiah 46:6; Jeremiah 48:8, 19 (|| נוּס), Ezekiel 17:15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 17:18; Amos 9:1; Joel 3:5; Zechariah 2:11; Malachi 3:15; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 19:6; Job 1:15, 16, 17, 19; with מִן of place whence 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Samuel 1:3; Psalm 124:7; with אֶלֿ = whither 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 27:1 (twice in verse); with עַד Judges 3:26; with ָ  ה locative, Genesis 19:17, 19, 20, 22 (J), Judges 3:26; with accusative 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; Esther 4:13; with מִן of person from whom Ecclesiastes 7:26; with מִיַּד 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Chronicles 16:7; Jeremiah 32:4; Jeremiah 34:3; Jeremiah 38:18, 23; Daniel 11:41; מִפְּנֵי Jeremiah 41:15; מֵחֶרֶב 1 Kings 19:17 (twice in verse); with עַלנֶֿפֶשׁ for one's life Genesis 19:17.
3. passive be delivered Psalm 22:6; Proverbs 11:21; Proverbs 28:26; Job 22:30; Daniel 12:1 (later usage).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מִלֵּט Ezekiel 33:5; וּמִלַּטֿ Ecclesiastes 9:15; suffix מִלְּטֵ֫נוּ 2 Samuel 19:10; Imperfect יְמַלֵּט Amos 2:14 + 8 times, suffix יְמַלְּטֵ֫הוּ Psalm 41:2; + 5 times Imperfect; Imperative מַלְּטָה Psalm 116:4; feminine מַלְּטִי 1 Kings 1:12; + 4 times Imperative; Infinitive absolute מַלֵּט Isaiah 46:2; Jeremiah 39:18; Participle מְמַלֵּט 1 Samuel 19:11; plural מְמַלְּטִים 2 Samuel 19:6; —
1. lay (eggs; i.e. let them slip out; of arrow-snake) Isaiah 34:15.
2. let escape: וימלטו עצמתיו 2 Kings 23:18 and so they let his bones (the prophet's) escape (from the burning).
3. deliver, absolute Isaiah 46:4; with accusative Isaiah 46:2; Jeremiah 39:18 (twice in verse); Psalm 41:2; Job 22:30; Job 29:12; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Ecclesiastes 9:15; with מִיַּד Job 6:23; מִכַּף 2 Samuel 19:10; מִשְּׁחִיתוֺתָם Psalm 107:20; elsewhere מִלֵּט נֶפֶשׁ deliver, save, life 1 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 19:6; 1 Kings 1:12; Jeremiah 48:6; Jeremiah 51:6, 45; Ezekiel 33:5; Amos 2:14, 15; Psalm 89:49; Psalm 116:4; נפשׁ. omitted Amos 2:15; Psalm 33:17; Job 20:20. — (This form not in Hexateuch, Judges, Chronicles, Isa1)
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִמְלִיט Isaiah 31:5; 3rd person feminine singular הִמְ֫לִיטָה Isaiah 66:7.
1. give birth to a male child Isaiah 66:7 (|| יָֽלְדָה, compare Pi. 1).
2. deliver: absolute Isaiah 31:5 (|| גָּנַן, הִצִּיל, פָּסַח).
Hithp. Imperfect 1st person singular וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה Job 19:20; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְמַלְּטוּ Job 41:11.
1. slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile; RV leap forth) Job 41:11.
2. escape (with the skin of the teeth, the gums; only these left unattacked by leprosy) Job 19:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:17; 19:17; 19:17; 19:19; 19:19; 19:20; 19:20; 19:22; 19:22

Judges

3:26; 3:26; 3:26; 3:26; 3:29

1 Samuel

19:10; 19:11; 19:11; 19:12; 19:17; 19:18; 20:29; 22:1; 22:20; 23:13; 27:1; 27:1; 27:1; 30:17

2 Samuel

1:3; 4:6; 4:6; 19:6; 19:6; 19:10; 19:10

1 Kings

1:12; 1:12; 18:40; 19:17; 19:17; 20:20

2 Kings

10:24; 19:37; 23:18

2 Chronicles

16:7

Esther

4:3; 4:13

Job

1:15; 1:16; 1:17; 1:19; 6:23; 19:20; 19:20; 20:20; 22:30; 22:30; 29:12; 41:11; 41:11

Psalms

22:6; 33:17; 41:2; 41:2; 89:49; 107:20; 116:4; 116:4; 124:7; 124:7; 124:7

Proverbs

11:21; 19:6; 28:26

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 8:8; 9:15; 9:15

Isaiah

20:6; 31:5; 31:5; 34:15; 37:38; 46:2; 46:2; 46:4; 49:24; 49:25; 66:7; 66:7

Jeremiah

32:4; 34:3; 38:18; 38:23; 39:18; 39:18; 41:15; 46:6; 48:6; 48:8; 48:19; 48:19; 51:6; 51:45

Ezekiel

17:15; 17:18; 33:5; 33:5

Daniel

11:41; 12:1

Joel

3:5

Amos

2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 2:15; 9:1; 9:1

Zechariah

2:11; 2:11

Malachi

3:15; 3:15

H4422

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Strong's Number H4422 matches the Hebrew מָלַט (mālaṭ),
which occurs 95 times in 85 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:17–Pro 28:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - When they had brought them outside, [fn]one said, “Escape H4422 for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay [fn]anywhere in the valley; escape H4422 to the [fn]mountains, or you will be swept away.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - “Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape H4422 to the [fn]mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape H4422 there (is it not small?) [fn]that my life may be saved.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - “Hurry, escape H4422 there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town was called [fn]Zoar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:26 - Now Ehud escaped H4422 while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped H4422 to Seirah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:29 - They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - Saul tried to [fn]pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, so that he [fn]stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped H4422 that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 - Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you do not save H4422 your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12 - So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:17 - So Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” H4422 And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I put you to death?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18 - Now David fled and escaped H4422 and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - for he said, ‘Please [fn]let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. And now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get H4422 away H4422 that I may see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - So David departed from there and escaped H4422 to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father’s household heard of it, they went down there to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped H4422 and fled after David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped H4422 from Keilah, he [fn]gave up the pursuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:1 - Then David said [fn]to himself, “Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than [fn]to escape H4422 into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape H4422 from his hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - David [fn]slaughtered them from the twilight [fn]until the evening of [fn]the next day; and not a man of them escaped, H4422 except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - Then David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped H4422 from the camp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:6 - [fn]They came to the middle of the house as [fn]if to get wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved H4422 your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the [fn]hand of our enemies and saved H4422 us from the [fn]hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12 - “So now come, please let me give you counsel and save H4422 your life and the life of your son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” H4422 So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:17 - “It shall come about, the one who escapes H4422 from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes H4422 from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - They [fn]killed each his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped H4422 on a horse with horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:24 - Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, “The one who permits any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape H4422 [fn]shall give up his life in exchange.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:37 - It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that [fn]Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped H4422 into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - He said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they [fn]left H4422 his bones undisturbed H4422 with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:7 - At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped H4422 out of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape H4422 any more than all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15 - and [fn]the Sabeans [fn]attacked and took them. They also [fn]slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and [fn]I alone have escaped H4422 to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped H4422 to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and [fn]slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped H4422 to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped H4422 to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or, ‘Deliver H4422 me from the hand of the adversary,’
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20 - “My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped H4422 only by the skin of my teeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - “Because he knew no quiet [fn]within him,
He does not retain H4422 anything he desires.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:30 - “He will deliver H4422 one who is not innocent,
And he will be delivered H4422 through the cleanness of your hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - Because I delivered H4422 the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:19 - “Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap H4422 forth. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:5 - To You they cried out and were delivered; H4422
In You they trusted and were not [fn]disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:17 - A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver H4422 anyone by its great strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the [fn]helpless;
The LORD will deliver H4422 him in a day of [fn]trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - What man can live and not see death?
Can he deliver H4422 his soul from the [fn]power of [fn]Sheol? Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:20 - He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered H4422 them from their [fn]destructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:4 - Then I called upon the name of the LORD:
“O LORD, I beseech You, [fn]save H4422 my life!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 - Our soul has escaped H4422 as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;
The snare is broken and we have escaped. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - [fn]Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the [fn]descendants of the righteous will be delivered. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:5 - A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who [fn]tells lies will not escape. H4422

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:26 - He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But he who walks wisely will be delivered. H4422

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