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Isa 57:4 — Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, [and] draw out the tongue? [are] ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Against		Isa 10:15; Isa 37:23,29; Exd 9:17; Exd 16:7,8; Num 16:11; Luk 10:16; Act 9:4
sport		Jdg 16:25-27; Psa 69:12; Mat 27:29,39-44; 2Pe 2:13
make		Psa 35:21
draw		Jos 10:21; Job 16:9,10; Psa 22:7,13,17; Lam 2:15,16
are ye		Isa 1:4; Isa 30:1,9; Eze 2:4; Hsa 10:9; Mat 13:38; Eph 2:2,3; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6

Correlating Passages

Against

	Isa 10:15	Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.
	Isa 37:23	Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
	Isa 37:29	Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
	Exd 9:17	As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
	Exd 16:7	And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?
	Exd 16:8	And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD.
	Num 16:11	For which cause [both] thou and all thy company [are] gathered together against the LORD: and what [is] Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
	Luk 10:16	He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
	Act 9:4	And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

sport

	Jdg 16:25	And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
	Jdg 16:26	And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
	Jdg 16:27	Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
	Psa 69:12	They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I [was] the song of the drunkards.
	Mat 27:29	And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it] upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
	Mat 27:39	And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
	Mat 27:40	And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
	Mat 27:41	Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said,
	Mat 27:42	He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
	Mat 27:43	He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
	Mat 27:44	The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
	2Pe 2:13	And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

make

Psa 35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, [and] said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen [it].

draw

	Jos 10:21	And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
	Job 16:9	He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
	Job 16:10	They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
	Psa 22:7	All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],
	Psa 22:13	They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
	Psa 22:17	I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.
	Lam 2:15	All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
	Lam 2:16	All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed [her] up: certainly this [is] the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen [it].

are ye

	Isa 1:4	Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
	Isa 30:1	Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
	Isa 30:9	That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:
	Eze 2:4	For [they are] impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
	Hsa 10:9	O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
	Mat 13:38	The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];
	Eph 2:2	Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
	Eph 2:3	Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
	Eph 5:6	Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
	Col 3:6	For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 57:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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