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Isaiah 57:4

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Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
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  1. 2 Peter 2:13Rank 1 from verse 4
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    13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

  2. Exodus 9:17Rank 2 from verse 4
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    17As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

  3. Isaiah 1:4Rank 3 from verse 4
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    4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

  4. Psalms 35:21Rank 4 from verse 4
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    21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

  5. Acts 9:4Rank 5 from verse 4
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    4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

  6. Colossians 3:6Rank 6 from verse 4
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    6For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

  7. Ephesians 2:2–3Rank 7 from verse 4
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    2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  8. Ephesians 5:6Rank 8 from verse 4
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    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  9. Exodus 16:7–8Rank 9 from verse 4
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    7And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

    8And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.

  10. Ezekiel 2:4Rank 10 from verse 4
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    4For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.

  11. Hosea 10:9Rank 11 from verse 4
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    9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

  12. Isaiah 10:15Rank 12 from verse 4
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    15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

  13. Isaiah 30:1Rank 13 from verse 4
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    1WOE to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

  14. Isaiah 30:9Rank 14 from verse 4
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    9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:

  15. Isaiah 37:23Rank 15 from verse 4
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    23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

  16. Isaiah 37:29Rank 16 from verse 4
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    29Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  17. Job 16:9–10Rank 17 from verse 4
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    9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  18. Joshua 10:21Rank 18 from verse 4
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    21And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

  19. Judges 16:25–27Rank 19 from verse 4
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    25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

    26And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

    27Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

  20. Lamentations 2:15–16Rank 20 from verse 4
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    15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

  21. Luke 10:16Rank 21 from verse 4
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    16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

  22. Matthew 13:38Rank 22 from verse 4
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    38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

  23. Matthew 27:29Rank 23 from verse 4
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    29¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

  24. Matthew 27:39–44Rank 24 from verse 4
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    39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

    40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

    41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

    42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

  25. Numbers 16:11Rank 25 from verse 4
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    11For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

  26. Psalms 22:13Rank 26 from verse 4
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    13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

  27. Psalms 22:17Rank 27 from verse 4
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    17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

  28. Psalms 22:7Rank 28 from verse 4
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    7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

  29. Psalms 69:12Rank 29 from verse 4
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    12They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.

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Isaiah 57:4

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sport

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Play, amusement, or mockery; to make sport or amuse oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

wide

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Sense 1: Broad, spacious, or opened to a great extent. Sense 2: As an adverb, fully or far apart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

draw

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1. To pull or drag. 2. To bring, lead, or attract. 3. To take out or extract. 4. To make a line.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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transgression

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The act of passing beyond or violating a law, command, or rule of duty; an offense, fault, or sin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

falsehood

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What is contrary to truth: a lie, deceit, unfaithfulness, or false appearance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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57:3¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

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

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57:5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

57:6Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

57:7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

57:8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

57:9And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

57:10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

57:11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?

57:12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

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