Topic
Devotion; Devotions
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Job 15:4ISBE
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
- Acts 17:23ISBE
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
de-vo'-shun, (sebasmata): For the King James Version "your devotions" (Ac 17:23), the Revised Version (British and American) has "the objects of your worship," which is probably the intended meaning of the King James Version. the Revised Version (British and American) reads "devotion" for the King James Version "prayer" in Job 15:4 (the Revised Version, margin "meditation," Hebrew siach).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.