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αὐτοῖς — 1092x G846 αὐτός
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Occurrences: 1025 times in 928 verses
Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun
Parsing: Dative Masculine Plural
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:1 - Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:1 - Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:1 - This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They began saying to each other, “Let's make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - Some vultures swooped down to eat the carcasses, but Abram chased them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:8 - And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:1 - That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:5 - They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 - Then food was served. But Abraham's servant said, “I don't want to eat until I have told you why I have come.”
“All right,” Laban said, “tell us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 - So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?”
“We are from Haran,” they answered.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:5 - “Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” he asked.
“Yes, we do,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - “Is he doing well?” Jacob asked.
“Yes, he's well,” they answered. “Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the flock now.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father's flock, for she was a shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:35 - But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Meanwhile, Jacob's sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob's family,[fn] something that should never be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - But since Shechem had defiled their sister, Dinah, Jacob's sons responded deceitfully to Shechem and his father, Hamor.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - They said to them, “We couldn't possibly allow this, because you're not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:21 - “These men are our friends,” they said. “Let's invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let's agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - “Listen to this dream,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - “Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.”
“Interpreting dreams is God's business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me your dreams.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:22 - But Pharaoh impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had predicted when he interpreted his dream.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where are you from?” he demanded.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We have come to buy food.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - And he remembered the dreams he'd had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:12 - “Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:18 - On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - “Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn't listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:24 - Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men's sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother's payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:29 - When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - When the grain they had brought from Egypt was almost gone, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can't be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - “Relax. Don't be afraid,” the household manager told them. “Your God, the God of your father, must have put this treasure into your sacks. I know I received your payment.” Then he released Simeon and brought him out to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - After greeting them, he asked, “How is your father, the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:32 - The waiters served Joseph at his own table, and his brothers were served at a separate table. The Egyptians who ate with Joseph sat at their own table, because Egyptians despise Hebrews and refuse to eat with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - But when they had gone only a short distance and were barely out of the city, Joseph said to his palace manager, “Chase after them and stop them. When you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you repaid my kindness with such evil?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 - When the palace manager caught up with the men, he spoke to them as he had been instructed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15 - “What have you done?” Joseph demanded. “Don't you know that a man like me can predict the future?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - Then Joseph kissed each of his brothers and wept over them, and after that they began talking freely with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:19 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Take wagons from the land of Egypt to carry your little children and your wives, and bring your father here.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 - So the sons of Jacob[fn] did as they were told. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them supplies for the journey.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they left, he called after them, “Don't quarrel about all this along the way!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - “Joseph is still alive!” they told him. “And he is governor of all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned at the news—he couldn't believe it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:27 - But when they repeated to Jacob everything Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him, their father's spirits revived.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have joined you here,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh's treasury.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:16 - Joseph replied, “Since your money is gone, bring me your livestock. I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:17 - So they brought their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food. In exchange for their horses, flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and donkeys, Joseph provided them with food for another year.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn't need to sell their land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - Then when you harvest it, one-fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:26 - Joseph then issued a decree still in effect in the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should receive one-fifth of all the crops grown on his land. Only the land belonging to the priests was not given to Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:16 - the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm—
may he bless these boys.
May they preserve my name
and the names of Abraham and Isaac.
And may their descendants multiply greatly
throughout the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:28 - These are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said as he told his sons good-bye. He blessed each one with an appropriate message.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.' So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - But Joseph replied, “Don't be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - No, don't be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:25 - He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - So I will raise my hand and strike the Egyptians, performing all kinds of miracles among them. Then at last he will let you go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - Pharaoh replied, “Moses and Aaron, why are you distracting the people from their tasks? Get back to work!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don't reduce the quota. They are lazy. That's why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - But Pharaoh shouted, “You're just lazy! Lazy! That's why you're saying, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:20 - As they left Pharaoh's court, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who were waiting outside for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - The foremen said to them, “May the LORD judge and punish you for making us stink before Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword into their hands, an excuse to kill us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:3 - I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty'[fn]—but I did not reveal my name, Yahweh, to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:4 - And I reaffirmed my covenant with them. Under its terms, I promised to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as foreigners.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - But the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them orders for the Israelites and for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. The LORD commanded Moses and Aaron to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the LORD said, “Lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:6 - So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did what the LORD had commanded them. Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:13 - Pharaoh's heart, however, remained hard. He still refused to listen, just as the LORD had predicted.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them. As Pharaoh and all of his officials watched, Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile. Suddenly, the whole river turned to blood!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:27 - Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he confessed. “The LORD is the righteous one, and my people and I are wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - I've also done it so you can tell your children and grandchildren about how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and about the signs I displayed among them—and so you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “All right,” he told them, “go and worship the LORD your God. But who exactly will be going with you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - (Now the LORD had caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the people of Israel. And Moses was considered a very great man in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh's officials and the Egyptian people alike.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:7 - They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.'” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:31 - Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:35 - And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed; they asked the Egyptians for clothing and articles of silver and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:36 - The LORD caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So they stripped the Egyptians of their wealth!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:38 - A rabble of non-Israelites went with them, along with great flocks and herds of livestock.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:21 - The LORD went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:22 - So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, as the water stood up like a wall on both sides.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - But some of them didn't listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:2 - So once more the people complained against Moses. “Give us water to drink!” they demanded.
“Quiet!” Moses replied. “Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the LORD?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - Moses told his father-in-law everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and Egypt on behalf of Israel. He also told about all the hardships they had experienced along the way and how the LORD had rescued his people from all their troubles.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:9 - Jethro was delighted when he heard about all the good things the LORD had done for Israel as he rescued them from the hand of the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:11 - I know now that the LORD is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God's decrees and give them his instructions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - Teach them God's decrees, and give them his instructions. Show them how to conduct their lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:7 - So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:25 - So Moses went down to the people and told them what the LORD had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:5 - You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:23 - Remember, you must not make any idols of silver or gold to rival me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any way or imitate their evil practices. Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:32 - “Make no treaties with them or their gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:14 - Moses told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you. If anyone has a dispute while I am gone, consult with them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14 - Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:27 - Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:28 - Make these poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:29 - Make special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, pans, pitchers, and jars—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - “Take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:38 - Aaron must wear it on his forehead so he may take on himself any guilt of the people of Israel when they consecrate their sacred offerings. He must always wear it on his forehead so the LORD will accept the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:40 - “For Aaron's sons, make tunics, sashes, and special head coverings that are glorious and beautiful.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - Also make linen undergarments for them, to be worn next to their bodies, reaching from their hips to their thighs.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - “This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:29 - “Aaron's sacred garments must be preserved for his descendants who succeed him, and they will wear them when they are anointed and ordained.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:46 - and they will know that I am the LORD their God. I am the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:37 - Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the LORD, and you must treat it as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:2 - So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted down gold and made a calf, and they have bowed down and sacrificed to it. They are saying, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:24 - So I told them, ‘Whoever has gold jewelry, take it off.' When they brought it to me, I simply threw it into the fire—and out came this calf!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - Moses told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - The Levites obeyed Moses' command, and about 3,000 people died that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:29 - Then Moses told the Levites, “Today you have ordained yourselves[fn] for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Today you have earned a blessing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:32 - But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:31 - But Moses called out to them and asked Aaron and all the leaders of the community to come over, and he talked with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:32 - Then all the people of Israel approached him, and Moses gave them all the instructions the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - “The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:13 - Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - Anoint them as you did their father, so they may also serve me as priests. With their anointing, Aaron's descendants are set apart for the priesthood forever, from generation to generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - When they become aware of their sin, the people must bring a young bull as an offering for their sin and present it before the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:20 - just as he does with the bull offered as a sin offering for the high priest. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the LORD,[fn] and they will be forgiven.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:36 - On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded the Israelites to give these portions to the priests as their permanent share from generation to generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:13 - Next Moses presented Aaron's sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:1 - Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way, they disobeyed the LORD by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 - Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron's cousins, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - “If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:31 - “This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - Through this process, he will purify[fn] the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:25 - Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - “If a man has sex with a slave girl whose freedom has never been purchased but who is committed to become another man's wife, he must pay full compensation to her master. But since she is not a free woman, neither the man nor the woman will be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:31 - “Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - Give them the following instructions.
“In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the LORD, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - “Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - “But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out, for I am the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the LORD by paying the value of that person,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:33 - But as the LORD had commanded, the Levites were not included in this registration.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD's presence in the wilderness of Sinai when they burned before the LORD the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. Since they had no sons, this left only Eleazar and Ithamar to serve as priests with their father, Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:16 - So Moses listed them, just as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:48 - Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra firstborn sons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - This is what you must do so they will live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects. Aaron and his sons must always go in with them and assign a specific duty or load to each person.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:3 - This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:7 - Even if the dead person is their own father, mother, brother, or sister, they must not defile themselves, for the hair on their head is the symbol of their separation to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:23 - “Tell Aaron and his sons to bless the people of Israel with this special blessing:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:7 - Do this by sprinkling them with the water of purification, and have them shave their entire body and wash their clothing. Then they will be ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:20 - So Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel dedicated the Levites, carefully following all the LORD's instructions to Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - After that the Levites went into the Tabernacle to perform their duties, assisting Aaron and his sons. So they carried out all the commands that the LORD gave Moses concerning the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - They marched for three days after leaving the mountain of the LORD, with the Ark of the LORD's Covenant moving ahead of them to show them where to stop and rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:34 - As they moved on each day, the cloud of the LORD hovered over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the LORD heard everything they said. Then the LORD's anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the LORD had burned among them there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:4 - Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:21 - But Moses responded to the LORD, “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat for a whole month!'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:22 - Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:9 - The LORD was very angry with them, and he departed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:26 - to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:11 - And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - ‘The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:20 - Then the LORD said, “I will pardon them as you have requested.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:28 - Now tell them this: ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:25 - With it the priest will purify the whole community of Israel, making them right with the LORD,[fn] and they will be forgiven. For it was an unintentional sin, and they have corrected it with their offerings to the LORD—the special gift and the sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - These same instructions apply both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - They united against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by the LORD, and he is with all of us. What right do you have to act as though you are greater than the rest of the LORD's people?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:6 - Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the LORD's Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - But if the LORD does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave,[fn] then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:20 - And the LORD said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - because I have given them the Israelites' tithes, which have been presented as sacred offerings to the LORD. This will be the Levites' share. That is why I said they would receive no allotment of land among the Israelites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - “You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:12 - But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:13 - This place was known as the waters of Meribah (which means “arguing”) because there the people of Israel argued with the LORD, and there he demonstrated his holiness among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:16 - From there the Israelites traveled to Beer,[fn] which is the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - Then they turned and marched up the road to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and all his people attacked them at Edrei.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - That night God came to Balaam and told him, “Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - “Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being as zealous among them as I was. So I stopped destroying all Israel as I had intended to do in my zealous anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:62 - The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They will all die in the wilderness.” Not one of them survived except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:13 - Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:15 - “Why have you let all the women live?” he demanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:7 - “Why do you want to discourage the rest of the people of Israel from going across to the land the LORD has given them?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:9 - After they went up to the valley of Eshcol and explored the land, they discouraged the people of Israel from entering the land the LORD was giving them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - Go ahead and build towns for your families and pens for your flocks, but do everything you have promised.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 - So Moses gave orders to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the clans of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:29 - He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the LORD. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:33 - So Moses assigned land to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph. He gave them the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and the land of King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and surrounding lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7 - “Your northern boundary will begin at the Mediterranean Sea and run east to Mount Hor,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:10 - “The eastern boundary will start at Hazar-enan and run south to Shepham,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:3 - These towns will be for the Levites to live in, and the surrounding lands will provide pasture for their cattle, flocks, and other livestock.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - designate cities of refuge to which people can flee if they have killed someone accidentally.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:8 - Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:42 - “But the LORD told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the LORD gave Israel their land.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - “Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the LORD had vowed would happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15 - The LORD struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:19 - and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:20 - When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - Instead, commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead the people across the Jordan. He will give them all the land you now see before you as their possession.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - For what great nation has a god as near to them as the LORD our God is near to us whenever we call on him?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:29 - Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:30 - Go and tell them, “Return to your tents.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - But you stand here with me so I can give you all my commands, decrees, and regulations. You must teach them to the people so they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - This is what you must do. You must break down their pagan altars and shatter their sacred pillars. Cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:10 - But he does not hesitate to punish and destroy those who reject him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - “You must destroy all the nations the LORD your God hands over to you. Show them no mercy, and do not worship their gods, or they will trap you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - “But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted gold and made an idol for themselves!'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:28 - If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, “The Israelites died because the LORD wasn't able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.” Or they might say, “He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:11 - Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:16 - “But be careful. Don't let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the LORD and serve and worship other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:21 - so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you and your children may flourish in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:30 - do not fall into the trap of following their customs and worshiping their gods. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - For instance, they might serve other gods or worship the sun, the moon, or any of the stars—the forces of heaven—which I have strictly forbidden.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:2 - They will have no land of their own among the Israelites. The LORD himself is their special possession, just as he promised them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:18 - I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then both the accuser and accused must appear before the LORD by coming to the priests and judges in office at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.' Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person's blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:12 - “You must put four tassels on the hem of the cloak with which you cover yourself—on the front, back, and sides.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:6 - As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:8 - The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - You must not turn away from any of the commands I am giving you today, nor follow after other gods and worship them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:1 - [fn]These are the terms of the covenant the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites while they were in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Mount Sinai.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:17 - You have seen their detestable practices and their idols[fn] made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - Instead, they turned away to serve and worship gods they had not known before, gods that were not from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This[fn] is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 - “The LORD will destroy the nations living in the land, just as he destroyed Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:5 - The LORD will hand over to you the people who live there, and you must deal with them as I have commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:10 - Then Moses gave them this command: “At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release, during the Festival of Shelters,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:16 - The LORD said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23 - Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun with these words: “Be strong and courageous, for you must bring the people of Israel into the land I swore to give them. I will be with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:28 - “Now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes, so that I can speak to them directly and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:20 - He said, ‘I will abandon them;
then see what becomes of them.
For they are a twisted generation,
children without integrity.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28 - “But Israel is a senseless nation;
the people are foolish, without understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom,
from the vineyards of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poison,
and their clusters are bitter.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - Then he will ask, ‘Where are their gods,
the rocks they fled to for refuge?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:2 - “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:6 - “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:14 - Your wives, children, and livestock may remain here in the land Moses assigned to you on the east side of the Jordan River. But your strong warriors, fully armed, must lead the other tribes across the Jordan to help them conquer their territory. Stay with them
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - until the LORD gives them rest, as he has given you rest, and until they, too, possess the land the LORD your God is giving them. Only then may you return and settle here on the east side of the Jordan River in the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, assigned to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied, “Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn't know where they were from.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:16 - “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - “I accept your terms,” she replied. And she sent them on their way, leaving the scarlet rope hanging from the window.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - Then the two spies came down from the hill country, crossed the Jordan River, and reported to Joshua all that had happened to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12 - The armed warriors from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh led the Israelites across the Jordan, just as Moses had directed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast[fn] heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:7 - Then he gave orders to the people: “March around the town, and the armed men will lead the way in front of the Ark of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:4 - with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the town and be ready for action.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley.[fn] But he didn't realize there was an ambush behind the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:16 - Three days after making the treaty, they learned that these people actually lived nearby!
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for the Israelite leaders had made a vow to them in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But the leaders replied, “Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This is what we must do. We must let them live, for divine anger would come upon us if we broke our oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - Let them live.” So they made them woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community, as the Israelite leaders directed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22 - Joshua called together the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you lie to us? Why did you say that you live in a distant land when you live right here among us?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:26 - So Joshua did not allow the people of Israel to kill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - He and his people became very afraid when they heard all this because Gibeon was a large town—as large as the royal cities and larger than Ai. And the Gibeonite men were strong warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - As the Amorites retreated down the road from Beth-horon, the LORD destroyed them with a terrible hailstorm from heaven that continued until they reached Azekah. The hail killed more of the enemy than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - When they brought them out, Joshua told the commanders of his army, “Come and put your feet on the kings' necks.” And they did as they were told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the LORD had instructed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 - For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the LORD had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - In general, however, the land south of the ravine belonged to Ephraim, and the land north of the ravine belonged to Manasseh. Manasseh's boundary ran along the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. North of Manasseh was the territory of Asher, and to the east was the territory of Issachar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - Joshua replied, “If there are so many of you, and if the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest where the Perizzites and Rephaites live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - Let them divide the land into seven sections, excluding Judah's territory in the south and Joseph's territory in the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land. Their role as priests of the LORD is their allotment. And the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh won't receive any more land, for they have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them on the east side of the Jordan River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:10 - And there at Shiloh, Joshua cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD to determine which tribe should have each section.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,[fn] so they attacked the town of Laish.[fn] They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:49 - After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave a piece of land to Joshua as his allocation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the local assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:2 - He told them, “You have done as Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you, and you have obeyed every order I have given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God has given the other tribes rest, as he promised them. So go back home to the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you as your possession on the east side of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community—the heads of the clans of Israel—heard this from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, they were satisfied.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:32 - Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the other leaders left the tribes of Reuben and Gad in Gilead and returned to the land of Canaan to tell the Israelites what had happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:5 - This land will be yours, for the LORD your God will himself drive out all the people living there now. You will take possession of their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:7 - Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - “But if you turn away from him and cling to the customs of the survivors of these nations remaining among you, and if you intermarry with them,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - If you break the covenant of the LORD your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5 - “Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt; and afterward I brought you out as a free people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - So he showed them a way in, and they killed everyone in the town except that man and his family.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 - Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. Instead, they moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land. Nevertheless, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:12 - They abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They went after other gods, worshiping the gods of the people around them. And they angered the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:15 - Every time Israel went out to battle, the LORD fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:16 - Then the LORD raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from their attackers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Whenever the LORD raised up a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge's lifetime. For the LORD took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But when the judge died, the people returned to their corrupt ways, behaving worse than those who had lived before them. They went after other gods, serving and worshiping them. And they refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - I did this to test Israel—to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the LORD as their ancestors did.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:4 - These people were left to test the Israelites—to see whether they would obey the commands the LORD had given to their ancestors through Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, the LORD again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:29 - They attacked the Moabites and killed about 10,000 of their strongest and most able-bodied warriors. Not one of them escaped.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - These enemy hordes, coming with their livestock and tents, were as thick as locusts; they arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they stayed until the land was stripped bare.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - Gideon then returned to Succoth and said to the leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you taunted me, saying, ‘Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your exhausted army.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - Then Gideon took the elders of the town and taught them a lesson, punishing them with thorns and briers from the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - “They were my brothers, the sons of my own mother!” Gideon exclaimed. “As surely as the LORD lives, I wouldn't kill you if you hadn't killed them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:24 - However, I do have one request—that each of you give me an earring from the plunder you collected from your fallen enemies.” (The enemies, being Ishmaelites, all wore gold earrings.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted,
“Listen to me, citizens of Shechem!
Listen to me if you want God to listen to you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive tree refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the olive oil
that blesses both God and people,
just to wave back and forth over the trees?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing my sweet fruit
just to wave back and forth over the trees?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - But the grapevine also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the wine
that cheers both God and people,
just to wave back and forth over the trees?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:43 - he divided his men into three groups and set an ambush in the fields. When Abimelech saw the people coming out of the city, he and his men jumped up from their hiding places and attacked them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:4 - His thirty sons rode around on thirty donkeys, and they owned thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are still called the Towns of Jair.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. “Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said, “No, I'm not,”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. He also gave some to his father and mother, and they ate it. But he didn't tell them he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give you thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said:
“Out of the one who eats came something to eat;
out of the strong came something sweet.” Three days later they were still trying to figure it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer:
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have solved my riddle!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - “Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won't rest until I take my revenge on you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - The men of Judah asked the Philistines, “Why are you attacking us?”
The Philistines replied, “We've come to capture Samson. We've come to pay him back for what he did to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - So 3,000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock of Etam. They said to Samson, “Don't you realize the Philistines rule over us? What are you doing to us?”
But Samson replied, “I only did to them what they did to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:12 - But the men of Judah told him, “We have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
“All right,” Samson said. “But promise that you won't kill me yourselves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. The men were hiding in the inner room as before, and again Delilah cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But again Samson snapped the ropes from his arms as if they were thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:29 - Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:6 - “Go in peace,” the priest replied. “For the LORD is watching over your journey.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, like the Sidonians; they were peaceful and secure.[fn] The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile. And they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:8 - When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - The men replied, “Come on, let's attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. What are you waiting for? Don't hesitate to go and take possession of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28 - There was no one to rescue the people, for they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby. This happened in the valley near Beth-rehob.
Then the people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the town and lived there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the assembly sent 12,000 of their best warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the 400 women of Jabesh-gilead who had been spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God's curse.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:6 - Then Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD himself has raised his fist against me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He lifts the poor from the dust
and the needy from the garbage dump.
He sets them among princes,
placing them in seats of honor.
For all the earth is the LORD's,
and he has set the world in order.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:23 - Eli said to them, “I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:1 - And Samuel's words went out to all the people of Israel.[fn] At that time Israel was at war with the Philistines. The Israelite army was camped near Ebenezer, and the Philistines were at Aphek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:6 - Then the LORD's heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:6 - Don't be stubborn and rebellious as Pharaoh and the Egyptians were. By the time God was finished with them, they were eager to let Israel go.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - But the LORD killed seventy men[fn] from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:22 - and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:12 - “Yes,” they replied. “Stay right on this road. He is at the town gates. He has just arrived to take part in a public sacrifice up at the place of worship.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and placed them at the head of the table, honoring them above the thirty special guests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - But the people soon forgot about the LORD their God, so he handed them over to Sisera, the commander of Hazor's army, and also to the Philistines and to the king of Moab, who fought against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - Then go out among the troops and tell them, ‘Bring the cattle, sheep, and goats here to me. Kill them here, and drain the blood before you eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.'”
So that night all the troops brought their animals and slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul said, “Let's chase the Philistines all night and plunder them until sunrise. Let's destroy every last one of them.”
His men replied, “We'll do whatever you think is best.”
But the priest said, “Let's ask God first.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8 - War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - “Listen here, you men of Benjamin!” Saul shouted to his officers when he heard the news. “Has that son of Jesse promised every one of you fields and vineyards? Has he promised to make you all generals and captains in his army?[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - “The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul.
After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - I am told that it is sheep-shearing time. While your shepherds stayed among us near Carmel, we never harmed them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - These men have been very good to us, and we never suffered any harm from them. Nothing was stolen from us the whole time they were with us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16 - In fact, day and night they were like a wall of protection to us and the sheep.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - As she was riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming toward her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:4 - they wept until they could weep no more.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:19 - Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David brought everything back.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:22 - But some evil troublemakers among David's men said, “They didn't go with us, so they can't have any of the plunder we recovered. Give them their wives and children, and tell them to be gone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:13 - About the same time, Joab son of Zeruiah led David's troops out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. The two groups sat down there, facing each other from opposite sides of the pool.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - Joab and his men took Asahel's body to Bethlehem and buried him there in his father's tomb. Then they traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - But David said to Recab and Baanah, “The LORD, who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:3 - So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - And again David asked the LORD what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the LORD replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar[fn] trees.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 - You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all the kings allied with Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they surrendered to Israel and became their subjects. After that, the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So at Absalom's signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth,[fn] was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - He has probably already hidden in some pit or cave. And when he comes out and attacks and a few of your men fall, there will be panic among your troops, and the word will spread that Absalom's men are being slaughtered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Jonathan and Ahimaaz had been staying at En-rogel so as not to be seen entering and leaving the city. Arrangements had been made for a servant girl to bring them the message they were to take to King David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - When Absalom's men arrived, they asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”
The woman replied, “They were here, but they crossed over the brook.” Absalom's men looked for them without success and returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - One must use iron tools to chop them down;
they will be totally consumed by fire.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:19 - Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty[fn] and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - Once again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the LORD told him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And now, my lord the king, all Israel is waiting for you to announce who will become king after you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - the king said to them, “Take Solomon and my officials down to Gihon Spring. Solomon is to ride on my own mule.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:28 - They were constructed with side panels braced with crossbars.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:45 - then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the commands and decrees I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:7 - then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why the LORD has brought all these disasters on them.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - The older counselors replied, “If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa sent an order throughout Judah, requiring that everyone, without exception, help to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the town of Geba in Benjamin and the town of Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - “Take them alive,” Ben-hadad commanded, “whether they have come for peace or for war.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, about 400 of them, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! The Lord will give the king victory.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Aren't the rivers of Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers of Israel? Why shouldn't I wash in them and be healed?” So Naaman turned and went away in a rage.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - “Yes,” Gehazi said, “but my master has sent me to tell you that two young prophets from the hill country of Ephraim have just arrived. He would like 75 pounds[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing to give to them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So the king made a great feast for them and then sent them home to their master. After that, the Aramean raiders stayed away from the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. “We went out to the Aramean camp,” they said, “and no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasn't a single person around!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe, “Be sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes.” So robes were given to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year of Athaliah's reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the LORD. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the LORD's Temple; then he showed them the king's son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - Jehoiada told them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the royal palace itself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:12 - Yes, they worshiped idols,[fn] despite the LORD's specific and repeated warnings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Again and again the LORD had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the LORD's command not to imitate them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - But since these foreign settlers did not worship the LORD when they first arrived, the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:35 - For the LORD had made a covenant with the descendants of Jacob and commanded them: “Do not worship any other gods or bow before them or serve them or offer sacrifices to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:15 - “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked.
“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws my servant Moses gave them—I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:7 - But don't require the construction supervisors to keep account of the money they receive, for they are honest and trustworthy men.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:15 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah demolished all the buildings at the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria, just as he had done at Bethel. They had been built by the various kings of Israel and had made the LORD[fn] very angry.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - They cried out to God during the battle, and he answered their prayer because they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:55 - This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:33 - The musicians, all prominent Levites, lived at the Temple. They were exempt from other responsibilities since they were on duty at all hours.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So there at Hebron, David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:21 - Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - Some men from Manasseh defected from the Israelite army and joined David when he set out with the Philistines to fight against Saul. But as it turned out, the Philistine rulers refused to let David and his men go with them. After much discussion, they sent them back, for they said, “It will cost us our heads if David switches loyalties to Saul and turns against us.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - They feasted and drank with David for three days, for preparations had been made by their relatives for their arrival.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And people from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. Vast supplies of flour, fig cakes, clusters of raisins, wine, olive oil, cattle, sheep, and goats were brought to the celebration. There was great joy throughout the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he marched out to meet them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - And once again David asked God what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” God replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar[fn] trees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - He said to them, “You are the leaders of the Levite families. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:22 - You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - When David heard what had happened to the men, he sent messengers to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - They assisted with the burnt offerings that were presented to the LORD on Sabbath days, at new moon celebrations, and at all the appointed festivals. The required number of Levites served in the LORD's presence at all times, following all the procedures they had been given.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar were left to carry on as priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - Also from the clan of Hebron came Jeriah,[fn] who was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. (In the fortieth year of David's reign, a search was made in the records, and capable men from the clan of Hebron were found at Jazer in the land of Gilead.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - I am donating more than 112 tons of gold[fn] from Ophir and 262 tons of refined silver[fn] to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildings
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:8 - They also contributed numerous precious stones, which were deposited in the treasury of the house of the LORD under the care of Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set five on the south side and five on the north. But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:25 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave to them and to their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:19 - “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:20 - then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:22 - “And the answer will be, ‘Because his people abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead and bowed down to them. That is why he has brought all these disasters on them.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:5 - Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people went away.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:7 - The older counselors replied, “If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah's leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, “This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:14 - When Judah realized that they were being attacked from the front and the rear, they cried out to the LORD for help. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel's select troops were killed that day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the LORD and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - While they were at Gerar, they attacked all the towns in that area, and terror from the LORD came upon the people there. As a result, a vast amount of plunder was taken from these towns, too.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:4 - But whenever they were in trouble and turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him out, they found him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All in Judah were happy about this covenant, for they had entered into it with all their heart. They earnestly sought after God, and they found him. And the LORD gave them rest from their enemies on every side.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa called out all the men of Judah to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the towns of Geba and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, 400 of them, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! God will give the king victory.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - Whenever a case comes to you from fellow citizens in an outlying town, whether a murder case or some other violation of God's laws, commands, decrees, or regulations, you must warn them not to sin against the LORD, so that he will not be angry with you and them. Do this and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:12 - O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD's victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:3 - Their father had given each of them valuable gifts of silver, gold, and costly items, and also some of Judah's fortified towns. However, he designated Jehoram as the next king because he was the oldest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:3 - They all gathered at the Temple of God, where they made a solemn pact with Joash, the young king.
Jehoiada said to them, “Here is the king's son! The time has come for him to reign! The LORD has promised that a descendant of David will be our king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders who were in charge of the troops, “Take her to the soldiers in front of the Temple,[fn] and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be killed in the Temple of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:5 - He summoned the priests and Levites and gave them these instructions: “Go to all the towns of Judah and collect the required annual offerings, so that we can repair the Temple of your God. Do not delay!” But the Levites did not act immediately.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - But after Jehoiada's death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and persuaded him to listen to their advice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:19 - Yet the LORD sent prophets to bring them back to him. The prophets warned them, but still the people would not listen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amaziah had sent home raided several of the towns of Judah between Samaria and Beth-horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - When King Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down in front of them, and offered sacrifices to them!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:14 - Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and sling stones.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there in Samaria when the army of Israel returned home. He went out to meet them and said, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah and let you defeat them. But you have gone too far, killing them without mercy, and all heaven is disturbed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD's fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:23 - He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, for he said, “Since these gods helped the kings of Aram, they will help me, too, if I sacrifice to them.” But instead, they led to his ruin and the ruin of all Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - He said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Purify yourselves, and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all the defiled things from the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - At the same time, God's hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws, decrees, and regulations given through Moses—I will not send them into exile from this land that I set aside for your ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - He ordered that the altars of Baal be demolished and that the incense altars which stood above them be broken down. He also made sure that the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images were smashed and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:23 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - They divided the burnt offerings among the people by their family groups, so they could offer them to the LORD as prescribed in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:14 - Afterward the Levites prepared Passover offerings for themselves and for the priests—the descendants of Aaron—because the priests had been busy from morning till night offering the burnt offerings and the fat portions. The Levites took responsibility for all these preparations.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, descendants of Asaph, were in their assigned places, following the commands that had been given by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's seer. The gatekeepers guarded the gates and did not need to leave their posts of duty, for their Passover offerings were prepared for them by their fellow Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - So they approached Zerubbabel and the other leaders and said, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God just as you do. We have sacrificed to him ever since King Esarhaddon of Assyria brought us here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2 - Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak[fn] responded by starting again to rebuild the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them and helped them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 - But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:4 - They also asked for the names of all the men working on the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:9 - “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?'
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,[fn] who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - “Give the priests in Jerusalem whatever is needed in the way of young bulls, rams, and male lambs for the burnt offerings presented to the God of heaven. And without fail, provide them with as much wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil as they need each day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - to be in charge of transporting the silver, the gold, the gold bowls, and the other items that the king, his council, his officials, and all the people of Israel had presented for the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:15 - Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this course of action, and they were supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:9 - When I came to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River, I delivered the king's letters to them. The king, I should add, had sent along army officers and horsemen[fn] to protect me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of my arrival, they were very displeased that someone had come to help the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:18 - Then I told them about how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king.
They replied at once, “Yes, let's rebuild the wall!” So they began the good work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - I replied, “The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - [fn]But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the work was going ahead and that the gaps in the wall of Jerusalem were being repaired, they were furious.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - After thinking it over, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, “You are hurting your own relatives by charging interest when they borrow money!” Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of charging interest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:4 - Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:6 - and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem[fn] tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:3 - I said to them, “Do not leave the gates open during the hottest part of the day.[fn] And even while the gatekeepers are on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint the residents of Jerusalem to act as guards, everyone on a regular watch. Some will serve at sentry posts and some in front of their own homes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - And Nehemiah[fn] continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - So the people went away to eat and drink at a festive meal, to share gifts of food, and to celebrate with great joy because they had heard God's words and understood them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:12 - You led our ancestors by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night so that they could find their way.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - “You came down at Mount Sinai and spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and instructions that were just, and decrees and commands that were good.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - You instructed them concerning your holy Sabbath. And you commanded them, through Moses your servant, to obey all your commands, decrees, and instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - “You gave them bread from heaven when they were hungry and water from the rock when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you had sworn to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - “But in your great mercy you did not abandon them to die in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still led them forward by day, and the pillar of fire showed them the way through the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:20 - You sent your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not stop giving them manna from heaven or water for their thirst.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 - “Then you helped our ancestors conquer kingdoms and nations, and you placed your people in every corner of the land.[fn] They took over the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 - “They went in and took possession of the land. You subdued whole nations before them. Even the Canaanites, who inhabited the land, were powerless! Your people could deal with these nations and their kings as they pleased.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 - “But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - So you handed them over to their enemies, who made them suffer. But in their time of trouble they cried to you, and you heard them from heaven. In your great mercy, you sent them liberators who rescued them from their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:28 - “But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - “You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30 - In your love, you were patient with them for many years. You sent your Spirit, who warned them through the prophets. But still they wouldn't listen! So once again you allowed the peoples of the land to conquer them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your Law or listen to the warnings in your commands and laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:35 - Even while they had their own kingdom, they did not serve you, though you showered your goodness on them. You gave them a large, fertile land, but they refused to turn from their wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir giving thanks went northward[fn] around the other way to meet them. I followed them, together with the other half of the people, along the top of the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the offerings, the first part of the harvest, and the tithes. They were responsible to collect from the fields outside the towns the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites. For all the people of Judah took joy in the priests and Levites and their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - So I confronted the nobles of Judah. “Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?” I asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you!” And that was the last time they came on the Sabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - The celebration lasted 180 days—a tremendous display of the opulent wealth of his empire and the pomp and splendor of his majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - Women everywhere will begin to despise their husbands when they learn that Queen Vashti has refused to appear before the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:22 - He sent letters to all parts of the empire, to each province in its own script and language, proclaiming that every man should be the ruler of his own home and should say whatever he pleases.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - They spoke to him day after day, but still he refused to comply with the order. So they spoke to Haman about this to see if he would tolerate Mordecai's conduct, since Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request and do what I ask, please come with Haman tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for you. Then I will explain what this is all about.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Now go ahead and send a message to the Jews in the king's name, telling them whatever you want, and seal it with the king's signet ring. But remember that whatever has already been written in the king's name and sealed with his signet ring can never be revoked.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - The king's decree gave the Jews in every city authority to unite to defend their lives. They were allowed to kill, slaughter, and annihilate anyone of any nationality or province who might attack them or their children and wives, and to take the property of their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - And all the nobles of the provinces, the highest officers, the governors, and the royal officials helped the Jews for fear of Mordecai.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:23 - So the Jews accepted Mordecai's proposal and adopted this annual custom.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - That is why this celebration is called Purim, because it is the ancient word for casting lots.
So because of Mordecai's letter and because of what they had experienced,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:21 - Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses,
and they die in ignorance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - They find it is dark in the daytime,
and they grope at noon as if it were night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:19 - from those to whom the land was given
long before any foreigners arrived.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:6 - “God has made a mockery of me among the people;
they spit in my face.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:9 - Their homes are safe from every fear,
and God does not punish them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:17 - “Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished.
Do they ever have trouble?
Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - The black night is their morning.
They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:22 - And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,
for my counsel satisfied them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies,
or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment they die.
In the middle of the night they pass away;
the mighty are removed without human hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:9 - he shows them the reason.
He shows them their sins of pride.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:31 - By these mighty acts he nourishes[fn] the people,
giving them food in abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:12 - The clouds churn about at his direction.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:4 - Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:9 - So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite did as the LORD commanded them, and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:11 - But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them sing joyful praises forever.
Spread your protection over them,
that all who love your name may be filled with joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:3 - The godly people in the land
are my true heroes!
I take pleasure in them!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:7 - Then the earth quaked and trembled.
The foundations of the mountains shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:14 - The LORD is a friend to those who fear him.
He teaches them his covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:4 - Give them the punishment they so richly deserve!
Measure it out in proportion to their wickedness.
Pay them back for all their evil deeds!
Give them a taste of what they have done to others.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:8 - So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:40 - The LORD helps them,
rescuing them from the wicked.
He saves them,
and they find shelter in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10 - LORD, have mercy on me.
Make me well again, so I can pay them back!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the fate of fools,
though they are remembered as being wise.[fn]
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - People who boast of their wealth don't understand;
they will die, just like animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God, who has ruled forever,
will hear me and humble them.
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For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they do not fear God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They spit venom like deadly snakes;
they are like cobras that refuse to listen,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - Surrounded by unnumbered thousands of chariots,
the Lord came from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - When I dress in burlap to show sorrow,
they make fun of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:34 - Praise him, O heaven and earth,
the seas and all that move in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:10 - And so the people are dismayed and confused,
drinking in all their words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:18 - Truly, you put them on a slippery path
and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 - They forgot what he had done—
the great wonders he had shown them,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:24 - He rained down manna for them to eat;
he gave them bread from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - They ate the food of angels!
God gave them all they could hold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - The people ate their fill.
He gave them what they craved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - He routed his enemies
and sent them to eternal shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:9 - Do to them as you did to the Midianites
and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty.
But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble;
soon they disappear, and we fly away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - God will turn the sins of evil people back on them.
He will destroy them for their sins.
The LORD our God will destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:7 - He spoke to Israel from the pillar of cloud,
and they followed the laws and decrees he gave them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:8 - O LORD our God, you answered them.
You were a forgiving God to them,
but you punished them when they went wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:8 - Mountains rose and valleys sank
to the levels you decreed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - Then the young lions roar for their prey,
stalking the food provided by God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 - They all depend on you
to give them food as they need it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 - When you supply it, they gather it.
You open your hand to feed them,
and they are richly satisfied.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:27 - They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians,
and wonders in the land of Ham.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:39 - The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering
and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He gave his people the lands of pagan nations,
and they harvested crops that others had planted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:15 - So he gave them what they asked for,
but he sent a plague along with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:26 - Therefore, he solemnly swore
that he would kill them in the wilderness,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 - They angered the LORD with all these things,
so a plague broke out among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - They worshiped their idols,
which led to their downfall.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - Hungry and thirsty,
they nearly died.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - I am a joke to people everywhere;
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 - He has shown his great power to his people
by giving them the lands of other nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:8 - And those who make idols are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:93 - I will never forget your commandments,
for by them you give me life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Those who love your instructions have great peace
and do not stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:7 - I search for peace;
but when I speak of peace, they want war!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:8 - My advice is wholesome.
There is nothing devious or crooked in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - A wise king scatters the wicked like wheat,
then runs his threshing wheel over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:11 - We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:5 - I made gardens and parks, filling them with all kinds of fruit trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 - So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe[fn] and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:1 - Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Whatever they did in their lifetime—loving, hating, envying—is all long gone. They no longer play a part in anything here on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:9 - When you work in a quarry,
stones might fall and crush you.
When you chop wood,
there is danger with each stroke of your ax.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For the LORD has rejected his people,
the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with practices from the East
and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
They have made alliances with pagans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don't even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:6 - ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah's king.'
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 - Many will stumble and fall,
never to rise again.
They will be snared and captured.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:2 - “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.
Call up an army against Babylon.
Wave your hand to encourage them
as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:22 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“I, myself, have risen against Babylon!
I will destroy its children and its children's children,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - This message came to me concerning Egypt:
Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt,
riding on a swift cloud.
The idols of Egypt tremble.
The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will confuse their plans.
They will plead with their idols for wisdom
and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them,
so all their suggestions are wrong.
They cause Egypt to stagger
like a drunk in his vomit.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:16 - In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fist of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the LORD of Heaven's Armies has laid out his plans against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven's Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:5 - Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18 - But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD's priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:15 - O LORD, you have made our nation great;
yes, you have made us great.
You have extended our borders,
and we give you the glory!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - But those who die in the LORD will live;
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - So the LORD will spell out his message for them again,
one line at a time,
one line at a time,
a little here,
and a little there,
so that they will stumble and fall.
They will be injured, trapped, and captured.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - Egypt's promises are worthless!
Therefore, I call her Rahab—
the Harmless Dragon.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:24 - The people of Israel will no longer say,
“We are sick and helpless,”
for the LORD will forgive their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:16 - Search the book of the LORD,
and see what he will do.
Not one of these birds and animals will be missing,
and none will lack a mate,
for the LORD has promised this.
His Spirit will make it all come true.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 - He has surveyed and divided the land
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:4 - Then the Assyrian king's chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:16 - I will lead blind Israel down a new path,
guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
I will brighten the darkness before them
and smooth out the road ahead of them.
Yes, I will indeed do these things;
I will not forsake them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:23 - Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing.
Shout for joy, O depths of the earth!
Break into song,
O mountains and forests and every tree!
For the LORD has redeemed Jacob
and is glorified in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - Have any of your idols ever told you this?
Come, all of you, and listen:
The LORD has chosen Cyrus as his ally.
He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon
and to destroy the Babylonian[fn] armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:21 - They were not thirsty
when he led them through the desert.
He divided the rock,
and water gushed out for them to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:11 - And I will make my mountains into level paths for them.
The highways will be raised above the valleys.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:10 - Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 - I will give them—within the walls of my house—
a memorial and a name
far greater than sons and daughters could give.
For the name I give them is an everlasting one.
It will never disappear!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:9 - So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:21 - “And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children's children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:8 - “For I, the LORD, love justice.
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:4 - For the time has come for me to avenge my people,
to ransom them from their oppressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:8 - He said, “They are my very own people.
Surely they will not betray me again.”
And he became their Savior.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 - But they rebelled against him
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he became their enemy
and fought against them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 - Then they remembered those days of old
when Moses led his people out of Egypt.
They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea,
with Moses as their shepherd?
Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit
to be among his people?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:4 - I will send them great trouble—
all the things they feared.
For when I called, they did not answer.
When I spoke, they did not listen.
They deliberately sinned before my very eyes
and chose to do what they know I despise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:2 - “Look at the shrines on every hilltop.
Is there any place you have not been defiled
by your adultery with other gods?
You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer.
You sit alone like a nomad in the desert.
You have polluted the land with your prostitution
and your wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the LORD.
“Look high and low; search throughout the city!
If you can find even one just and honest person,
I will not destroy the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - So I will go and speak to their leaders.
Surely they know the ways of the LORD
and understand God's laws.”
But the leaders, too, as one man,
had thrown off God's yoke
and broken his chains.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:13 - God's prophets are all windbags
who don't really speak for him.
Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - “And when your people ask, ‘Why did the LORD our God do all this to us?' you must reply, ‘You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:21 - Listen, you foolish and senseless people,
with eyes that do not see
and ears that do not hear.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:10 - To whom can I give warning?
Who will listen when I speak?
Their ears are closed,
and they cannot hear.
They scorn the word of the LORD.
They don't want to listen at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:22 - When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not burnt offerings and sacrifices I wanted from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:23 - This is what I told them: ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - “Tell them all this, but do not expect them to listen. Shout out your warnings, but do not expect them to respond.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars—the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - These wise teachers will fall
into the trap of their own foolishness,
for they have rejected the word of the LORD.
Are they so wise after all?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - Their gods are like
helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!
They cannot speak,
and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of such gods,
for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.'”
Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They have returned to the sins of their forefathers. They have refused to listen to me and are worshiping other gods. Israel and Judah have both broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - Then the people of Judah and Jerusalem will pray to their idols and burn incense before them. But the idols will not save them when disaster strikes!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 - Even your brothers, members of your own family,
have turned against you.
They plot and raise complaints against you.
Do not trust them,
no matter how pleasantly they speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:10 - These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - So this is what the LORD says to his people:
“You love to wander far from me
and do not restrain yourselves.
Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people.
Now I will remember all your wickedness
and will punish you for your sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - As for the people to whom they prophesy—their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters—all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:11 - “Then you will give them the LORD's reply: ‘It is because your ancestors were unfaithful to me. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - LORD, you are my strength and fortress,
my refuge in the day of trouble!
Nations from around the world
will come to you and say,
“Our ancestors left us a foolish heritage,
for they worshiped worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:21 - The LORD says,
“Now I will show them my power;
now I will show them my might.
At last they will know and understand
that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:17 - I will scatter my people before their enemies
as the east wind scatters dust.
And in all their trouble I will turn my back on them
and refuse to notice their distress.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - LORD, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
Don't forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
Deal with them in your anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from the LORD, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - As for you, Pashhur, you and all your household will go as captives to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you prophesied that everything would be all right.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - O LORD of Heaven's Armies,
you test those who are righteous,
and you examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.
Let me see your vengeance against them,
for I have committed my cause to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[fn] who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:9 - And the answer will be, ‘Because they violated their covenant with the LORD their God by worshiping other gods.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:4 - Then I will appoint responsible shepherds who will care for them, and they will never be afraid again. Not a single one will be lost or missing. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:12 - “Therefore, the paths they take
will become slippery.
They will be chased through the dark,
and there they will fall.
For I will bring disaster upon them
at the time fixed for their punishment.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - I am against these false prophets. Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead my people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:33 - “Suppose one of the people or one of the prophets or priests asks you, ‘What prophecy has the LORD burdened you with now?' You must reply, ‘You are the burden![fn] The LORD says he will abandon you!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:7 - I will give them hearts that recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:10 - And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - Do not provoke my anger by worshiping idols you made with your own hands. Then I will not harm you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:27 - Then the LORD said to me, “Now tell them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink from this cup of my anger. Get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, for I am sending terrible wars against you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will change my mind about the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:4 - Give them this message for their masters: ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:18 - If they really are prophets and speak the LORD's messages, let them pray to the LORD of Heaven's Armies. Let them pray that the articles remaining in the LORD's Temple and in the king's palace and in the palaces of Jerusalem will not be carried away to Babylon!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:23 - For these men have done terrible things among my people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have lied in my name, saying things I did not command. I am a witness to this. I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:9 - For my people will serve the LORD their God
and their king descended from David—
the king I will raise up for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33 - “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - You gave the people of Israel this land that you had promised their ancestors long before—a land flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:23 - Our ancestors came and conquered it and lived in it, but they refused to obey you or follow your word. They have not done anything you commanded. That is why you have sent this terrible disaster upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing. What an incredible evil, causing Judah to sin so greatly!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:38 - They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:39 - And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:40 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:6 - “Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem's wounds and give it prosperity and true peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:9 - Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see all the good I do for my people, and they will tremble with awe at the peace and prosperity I provide for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you, “Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing things right. Stop worshiping other gods so that you might live in peace here in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you would not listen to me or obey me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:18 - Then Jeremiah turned to the Recabites and said, “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed your ancestor Jehonadab in every respect, following all his instructions.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - Perhaps the people of Judah will repent when they hear again all the terrible things I have planned for them. Then I will be able to forgive their sins and wrongdoings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - So you go to the Temple on the next day of fasting, and read the messages from the LORD that I have had you write on this scroll. Read them so the people who are there from all over Judah will hear them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:13 - When Micaiah told them about the messages Baruch was reading to the people,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:26 - If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan's dungeon, for fear you would die there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:27 - Sure enough, it wasn't long before the king's officials came to Jeremiah and asked him why the king had called for him. But Jeremiah followed the king's instructions, and they left without finding out the truth. No one had overheard the conversation between Jeremiah and the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Gedaliah vowed to them that the Babylonians[fn] meant them no harm. “Don't be afraid to serve them. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you,” he promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - They said to him, “Did you know that Baalis, king of Ammon, has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah refused to believe them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and see what has happened to Gedaliah!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:4 - “All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the LORD your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:9 - He said to them, “You sent me to the LORD, the God of Israel, with your request, and this is his reply:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:23 - They will cut down her people like trees,” says the LORD,
“for they are more numerous than locusts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:13 - At last Moab will be ashamed of his idol Chemosh,
as the people of Israel were ashamed of their gold calf at Bethel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:1 - This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the LORD says:
“Are there no descendants of Israel
to inherit the land of Gad?
Why are you, who worship Molech,[fn]
living in its towns?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Destroy even her young bulls—
it will be terrible for them, too!
Slaughter them all!
For Babylon's day of reckoning has come.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - Destroying armies come against Babylon.
Her mighty men are captured,
and their weapons break in their hands.
For the LORD is a God who gives just punishment;
he always repays in full.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:18 - They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, basins, dishes, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - “I begged my allies for help,
but they betrayed me.
My priests and leaders
starved to death in the city,
even as they searched for food
to save their lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:22 - “Look at all their evil deeds, LORD.
Punish them,
as you have punished me
for all my sins.
My groans are many,
and I am sick at heart.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:64 - Pay them back, LORD,
for all the evil they have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:65 - Give them hard and stubborn hearts,
and then let your curse fall on them!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The parched tongues of their little ones
stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst.
The children cry for bread,
but no one has any to give them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:16 - The LORD himself has scattered them,
and he no longer helps them.
People show no respect for the priests
and no longer honor the leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:18 - The rims of the four wheels were tall and frightening, and they were covered with eyes all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:20 - The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - Spread out above them was a surface like the sky, glittering like crystal.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:17 - “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:25 - There, son of man, you will be tied with ropes so you cannot go out among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:26 - And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unable to rebuke them, for they are rebels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:6 - but she has rebelled against my regulations and decrees and has been even more wicked than the surrounding nations. She has refused to obey the regulations and decrees I gave her to follow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:9 - Because of your detestable idols, I will punish you like I have never punished anyone before or ever will again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king and the prince will stand helpless,
weeping in despair,
and the people's hands
will tremble with fear.
I will bring on them
the evil they have done to others,
and they will receive the punishment
they so richly deserve.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - “Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the LORD, so now he has given their land to us!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:16 - “Therefore, tell the exiles, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17 - I, the Sovereign LORD, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:19 - And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:20 - so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:11 - Explain that your actions are a sign to show what will soon happen to them, for they will be driven into exile as captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:3 - “Son of man, these leaders have set up idols[fn] in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the LORD, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:20 - “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:21 - Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - this is what I am going to do. I will gather together all your allies—the lovers with whom you have sinned, both those you loved and those you hated—and I will strip you naked in front of them so they can stare at you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:4 - “Son of man, bring charges against them and condemn them. Make them realize how detestable the sins of their ancestors really were.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:5 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel—when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt—I took a solemn oath that I, the LORD, would be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them—a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - “But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they were obsessed with, or forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I threatened to pour out my fury on them to satisfy my anger while they were still in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:11 - There I gave them my decrees and regulations so they could find life by keeping them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:12 - And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the LORD, who had set them apart to be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:16 - For they had rejected my regulations, refused to follow my decrees, and violated my Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:25 - I gave them over to worthless decrees and regulations that would not lead to life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:43 - You will look back on all the ways you defiled yourselves and will hate yourselves because of the evil you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - The people of Jerusalem will think it is a false omen, because of their treaty with the Babylonians. But the king of Babylon will remind the people of their rebellion. Then he will attack and capture them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:27 - And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:17 - I will execute terrible vengeance against them to punish them for what they have done. And when I have inflicted my revenge, they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:25 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - At that time I will send swift messengers in ships
to terrify the complacent Ethiopians.
Great panic will come upon them
on that day of Egypt's certain destruction.
Watch for it!
It is sure to come!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:16 - None of their past sins will be brought up again, for they have done what is just and right, and they will surely live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:19 - But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:25 - So tell these people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols,[fn] and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don't act on it!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:24 - And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:29 - “And I will make their land famous for its crops, so my people will never again suffer from famines or the insults of foreign nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel's prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21 - And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:23 - They will never again pollute themselves with their idols[fn] and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful backsliding. I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:26 - And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,[fn] and I will put my Temple among them forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:27 - I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:9 - “Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:13 - Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:24 - I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:27 - When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:28 - Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - When the priests leave the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:11 - and they will be ashamed[fn] of what they have done. Describe to them all the specifications of the Temple—including its entrances and exits—and everything else about it. Tell them about its decrees and laws. Write down all these specifications and decrees as they watch so they will be sure to remember and follow them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:11 - They may still be Temple guards and gatekeepers, and they may slaughter the animals brought for burnt offerings and be present to help the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:12 - But they encouraged my people to worship idols, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have taken a solemn oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:23 - They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:28 - “The priests will not have any property or possession of land, for I alone am their special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:29 - Their food will come from the gifts and sacrifices brought to the Temple by the people—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Whatever anyone sets apart[fn] for the LORD will belong to the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:4 - This area will be holy, set aside for the priests who minister to the LORD in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:17 - But if the prince gives a gift of land from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year.[fn] At that time the land will return to the prince. But when the prince gives gifts to his sons, those gifts will be permanent.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:21 - “Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - These foreigners are to be given land within the territory of the tribe with whom they now live. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - “Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan's territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:12 - It will be their special portion when the land is distributed, the most sacred land of all. Next to the priests' territory will lie the land where the other Levites will live.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - “Select only strong, healthy, and good-looking young men,” he said. “Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:6 - Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:7 - The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names:
Daniel was called Belteshazzar.
Hananiah was called Shadrach.
Mishael was called Meshach.
Azariah was called Abednego.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 - God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you refuse to serve my gods or to worship the gold statue I have set up?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god[fn]!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But when one of her relatives[fn] becomes king of the south, he will raise an army and enter the fortress of the king of the north and defeat him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - Without warning he will enter the richest areas of the land. Then he will distribute among his followers the plunder and wealth of the rich—something his predecessors had never done. He will plot the overthrow of strongholds, but this will last for only a short while.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - Claiming this foreign god's help, he will attack the strongest fortresses. He will honor those who submit to him, appointing them to positions of authority and dividing the land among them as their reward.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved'—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - [fn]“Yet the time will come when Israel's people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,' it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:13 - I will punish her for all those times
when she burned incense to her images of Baal,
when she put on her earrings and jewels
and went out to look for her lovers
but forgot all about me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - On that day I will make a covenant
with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky
and the animals that scurry along the ground
so they will not harm you.
I will remove all weapons of war from the land,
all swords and bows,
so you can live unafraid
in peace and safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:4 - Your deeds won't let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:7 - They have betrayed the honor of the LORD,
bearing children that are not his.
Now their false religion will devour them
along with their wealth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - Burning like an oven,
they consume their leaders.
They kill their kings one after another,
and no one cries to me for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - “What sorrow awaits those who have deserted me!
Let them die, for they have rebelled against me.
I wanted to redeem them,
but they have told lies about me.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - There you will make no offerings of wine to the LORD.
None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
but they may not offer it to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if you do have children who grow up,
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - O LORD, what should I request for your people?
I will ask for wombs that don't give birth
and breasts that give no milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I led Israel along
with my ropes of kindness and love.
I lifted the yoke from his neck,
and I myself stooped to feed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - Now they continue to sin by making silver idols,
images shaped skillfully with human hands.
“Sacrifice to these,” they cry,
“and kiss the calf idols!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:7 - So now I will attack you like a lion,
like a leopard that lurks along the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:8 - Like a bear whose cubs have been taken away,
I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
and mangle you like a wild animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How the animals moan with hunger!
The herds of cattle wander about confused,
because they have no pasture.
The flocks of sheep and goats bleat in misery.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:15 - I will firmly plant them there
in their own land.
They will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them,”
says the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:7 - “All your allies will turn against you.
They will help to chase you from your land.
They will promise you peace
while plotting to deceive and destroy you.
Your trusted friends will set traps for you,
and you won't even know about it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:10 - The sailors were terrified when they heard this, for he had already told them he was running away from the LORD. “Oh, why did you do it?” they groaned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:10 - When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 - “Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!”[fn]
says the LORD.
“For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,
so you can trample many nations to pieces.
You will present their stolen riches to the LORD,
their wealth to the LORD of all the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your guards[fn] and officials are also like swarming locusts
that crowd together in the hedges on a cold day.
But like locusts that fly away when the sun comes up,
all of them will fly away and disappear.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 - Then they will worship their nets
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:7 - Suddenly, your debtors will take action.
They will turn on you and take all you have,
while you stand trembling and helpless.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - They will receive the wages of their pride,
for they have scoffed at the people of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:4 - Don't be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:9 - I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven's Armies has sent me.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:1 - Ask the LORD for rain in the spring,
for he makes the storm clouds.
And he will send showers of rain
so every field becomes a lush pasture.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:6 - “I will strengthen Judah and save Israel[fn];
I will restore them because of my compassion.
It will be as though I had never rejected them,
for I am the LORD their God, who will hear their cries.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:8 - When I whistle to them, they will come running,
for I have redeemed them.
From the few who are left,
they will grow as numerous as they were before.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the LORD! Now I'm rich!' Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:8 - On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will be like God, like the angel of the LORD who goes before them!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Heaven's Armies. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders[fn] in the Temple of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Esau's descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the LORD of Heaven's Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,' and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:17 - You have wearied the LORD with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD's sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
D-DPN
Occurrences: 56 times in 53 verses
Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun
Parsing: Dative Neuter Plural
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:5 - You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:33 - They alone may eat the meat and bread used for their purification[fn] in the ordination ceremony. No one else may eat them, for these things are set apart and holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:16 - Then he made special containers of pure gold for the table—bowls, pans, jars, and pitchers—to be used in pouring out liquid offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - And so at last the Tabernacle[fn] was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:9 - “Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:10 - But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:12 - Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:4 - You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:5 - If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - So obey my instructions, and do not defile yourselves by committing any of these detestable practices that were committed by the people who lived in the land before you. I am the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:8 - He may not eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile him. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - and you must not accept such an animal from foreigners and then offer it as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf, for they are mutilated or defective.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:15 - and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - These four clans were responsible for the care of the Ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the various articles used in the sanctuary, the inner curtain, and all the equipment related to their use.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Next they must cover the lampstand with a blue cloth, along with its lamps, lamp snuffers, trays, and special jars of olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - They must take all the remaining furnishings of the sanctuary and wrap them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine goatskin leather, and place them on the carrying frame.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - All the altar utensils—the firepans, meat forks, shovels, basins, and all the containers—must be placed on the cloth, and a covering of fine goatskin leather must be spread over them. Finally, they must put the carrying poles in place.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - They are also to carry the curtains for the courtyard walls that surround the Tabernacle and altar, the curtain across the courtyard entrance, the ropes, and all the equipment related to their use. The Gershonites are responsible for all these items.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don't be seduced into worshiping them. The LORD your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:9 - You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:7 - Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:9 - “Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:10 - You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. They are ceremonially unclean for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in your land—the walls you trusted to protect you—are knocked down. They will attack all the towns in the land the LORD your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:17 - Joseph has the majesty of a young bull;
he has the horns of a wild ox.
He will gore distant nations,
driving them to the ends of the earth.
This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim
and the thousands of Manasseh.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - “Then the earth quaked and trembled.
The foundations of the heavens shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:21 - He followed the example of his father, worshiping the same idols his father had worshiped.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had broken down. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:22 - He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as his father, Manasseh, had done. He worshiped and sacrificed to all the idols his father had made.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - “You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember them, O my God, for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the priests and Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - but their fame will not last.
They will die, just like animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:12 - Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:34 - Israel failed to destroy the nations in the land,
as the LORD had commanded them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - He will send a signal to distant nations far away
and whistle to those at the ends of the earth.
They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—
shattered so completely that
there won't be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - Some people pour out their silver and gold
and hire a craftsman to make a god from it.
Then they bow down and worship it!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:5 - From the center of the cloud came four living beings that looked human,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:21 - When the beings moved, the wheels moved. When the beings stopped, the wheels stopped. When the beings flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:17 - When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37 - They have committed both adultery and murder—adultery by worshiping idols and murder by burning as sacrifices the children they bore to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:8 - Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor,[fn] Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:12 - The other three beasts had their authority taken from them, but they were allowed to live a while longer.[fn]
P-DPM
Occurrences: 11 times in 9 verses
Speech: Personal / Possessive Pronoun
Parsing: Dative Plural Masculine
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:14 - They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, dishes, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - Gedaliah vowed to them that the Babylonian officials meant them no harm. “Don't be afraid of them. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you,” he promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:18 - And those who make idols are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:6 - He made heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them.
He keeps every promise forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - He counts the stars
and calls them all by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:20 - He has not done this for any other nation;
they do not know his regulations.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9 - to execute the judgment written against them.
This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:5 - Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
Let those with understanding receive guidance
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