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Naught [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Bad; worthless; of no value or account.

2. Things naught and things indifferent.

3. It is naught it is naught says the buyer. Proverbs 20:14 .

Naught [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. In no degree

2. To wealth or sovereign power he naught applied.

Naught [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Nothing.

2. Doth Job serve God for naught? Job 1:9 .

3. Thou sellest thy people for naught Psalms 44:12 .

4. To set at naught to slight, to disregard or despise.

5. Ye have set at naught all my counsel. Proverbs 1:25 .

Naught [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

2. Hence, vile; base; naughty.

Naught [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Nothing.

2. The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.

3. In no degree; not at all.

Naughtily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

nautily. Wickedly; corruptly.

Naughtily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a naughty manner; wickedly; perversely.

Naughtiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Nautiness.

2. Badness; wickedness; evil principle or purpose.

3. I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart. 1 Samuel 17:28 .

4. Slight wickedness of children; perverseness; mischievousness.

5. , adjective Nauty.

6. Wicked; corrupt.

7. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Proverbs 6:1 .

8. Bad; worthless.

9. The other basket had very naughty figs. Jeremiah 24:1 .

10. Mischievous; perverse; froward; as a naughty child. It is now seldom used except in the latter sense, as applied to children.

Naughtiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being naughty; perverseness; badness; wickedness.

Naughtly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Naughtily; wrongly.

Naughty [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having little or nothing.

2. Worthless; bad; good for nothing.

3. hence, corrupt; wicked.

4. Mischievous; perverse; froward; guilty of disobedient or improper conduct; as, a naughty child.

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1 Samuel 17:28

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

2 Kings 2:19

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

Proverbs 6:12

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 20:14

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

James 1:21

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

Wisdom of Solomon 4:12

For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.

Wisdom of Solomon 12:10

But executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that their cogitation would never be changed.