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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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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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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