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Sufficient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Enough; equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; competent; as provision sufficient for the family; water sufficient for the voyage; an army sufficient to defend the country.

2. My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Corinthians 12:9 .

3. Qualified; competent; possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; as a man sufficient for an office.

4. Fit; able; of competent power or ability.

5. Who is sufficient for these things? 2 Corinthians 2:6 .

Sufficient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.

2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.

3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.

4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.

Sufficiently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To a sufficient degree; enough; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food and clothing; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.

Sufficiently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties.

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19 KJV and 5 BSB verses contain “sufficient” — showing the first 20. Show all 21 verses (searchable)

Exodus 36:7

For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.

since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.

Leviticus 25:21

Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.

But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years.

Deuteronomy 15:8

But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

Deuteronomy 19:15

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Deuteronomy 33:7

And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”

2 Chronicles 30:3

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 25:16

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

Isaiah 23:18

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

Matthew 6:34

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Luke 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

John 6:7

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

2 Corinthians 2:6

Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.

The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

2 Corinthians 12:9

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Esdras 12:43

Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?

Judith 16:16

For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savour unto thee, and all the fat is not sufficient for thy burnt offering: but he that feareth the Lord is great at all times.

Wisdom of Solomon 18:12

So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.

Sirach 31:19

A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.