conversation noun
Conduct: the whole way a person lives and behaves among others. Not talk. To have one's conversation in heaven, or to let it be as becomes the gospel, is about how one lives.
The usual sense in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Proposed by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · approved by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026
Linked places (6)
…praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
King James Version · Ps 50:23 · linked by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · Open in the reader
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond…
King James Version · Gal 1:13 · linked by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · Open in the reader
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I…
King James Version · Phil 1:27 · linked by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · Open in the reader
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour,…
King James Version · Phil 3:20 · linked by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · Open in the reader
…with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
King James Version · Jas 3:13 · linked by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · Open in the reader
…hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
King James Version · 1 Pet 1:15 · linked by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026 · Open in the reader