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Gen 31:1 — And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Jacob		Gen 31:8,9; Job 31:31; Psa 57:4; Psa 64:3,4; Psa 120:3-5; Pro 14:30; Pro 27:4; Ecc 4:4; Eze 16:44; Tts 3:3
glory		"""Glory"" is here used for ""wealth,"" riches, or property; since those who possess riches, generally make them the subject of glory. The original word cavod, signifies both ""glory"" and ""weight."" Gen 45:13; Est 5:11; Job 31:24,25; Psa 17:14; Psa 49:16,17; Ecc 4:4; Isa 5:14; Jer 9:23; Mat 4:8; 1Ti 6:4; 1Pe 1:24"

Correlating Passages

Jacob

	Gen 31:8	If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
	Gen 31:9	Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
	Job 31:31	If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
	Psa 57:4	My soul [is] among lions: [and] I lie [even among] them that are set on fire, [even] the sons of men, whose teeth [are] spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
	Psa 64:3	Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
	Psa 64:4	That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
	Psa 120:3	What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
	Psa 120:4	Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
	Psa 120:5	Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, [that] I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
	Pro 14:30	A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
	Pro 27:4	Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
	Ecc 4:4	Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Eze 16:44	Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As [is] the mother, [so is] her daughter.
	Tts 3:3	For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.

glory

	Gen 45:13	And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
	Est 5:11	And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
	Job 31:24	If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
	Job 31:25	If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
	Psa 17:14	From men [which are] thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, [which have] their portion in [this] life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their babes.
	Psa 49:16	Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
	Psa 49:17	For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
	Ecc 4:4	Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Isa 5:14	Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
	Jer 9:23	Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches:
	Mat 4:8	Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
	1Ti 6:4	He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
	1Pe 1:24	For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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