Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Read in context →And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
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diastréphō · dee-as-tref'-o
to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt
Strong's KJV usage: :--perverse(-rt), turn away.
Strong's first: Luke 23:2Strong's last: Luke 23:2
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If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
PERVERT'ING, participle present tense Turning from right to wrong; distorting; misinterpreting; misapplying; corrupting.
[Pervert, when used of persons, usually implies evil design.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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