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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
leave .
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Examples
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Now these things which God’s word leaveth free and indifferent (in respect of their nature and kind) are such things as it neither showeth to be good nor evil.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Daniel Bruno Sanz: Bad Moon, Burnt Qurans, Birthers and Flat Earthers Daniel Bruno Sanz 2010
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The best known satanic reference in the New Testament is in Matthew 4:5-11, where “Satan took Jesus up to an exceedingly high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them: and saith onto him, All these things I will give thee if thou will fall down and worship me” Jesus declined the offer, whereupon “the devil leaveth him and, behold, angels came and ministered onto him”
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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When signing the Treaty of Moscow, which surrendered 10% of Finnish territory to the USSR, the deeply religious Kallio, in his agony of mind, quoted from Isaiah: "Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened."
Kyösti Kallio Matterhorn 2009
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When signing the Treaty of Moscow, which surrendered 10% of Finnish territory to the USSR, the deeply religious Kallio, in his agony of mind, quoted from Isaiah: "Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened."
Archive 2009-06-01 Matterhorn 2009
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The best known satanic reference in the New Testament is in Matthew 4:5-11, where “Satan took Jesus up to an exceedingly high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them: and saith onto him, All these things I will give thee if thou will fall down and worship me” Jesus declined the offer, whereupon “the devil leaveth him and, behold, angels came and ministered onto him”
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Whereupon quoth one to the other, “This one is like the fish: when he leaveth the water he dieth.”
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