Penury
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ISBE 19152 verse references
ISBE 1915
pen'-u-ri (machcor): In Pr 14:23, with sense of "poverty," "want": "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." In the New Testament the word in Lu 21:4 (husterema) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
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- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain