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Micah 2:2–7

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And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.
¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
¶ O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
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From verse 2

  1. Isaiah 5:8Rank 1 from verse 2
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    8¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

  2. Amos 8:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

  3. Jeremiah 22:17Rank 3 from verse 2
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    17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  4. Ezekiel 18:12Rank 4 from verse 2
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    12Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  5. 1 Kings 21:2–19Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

    3And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

    4And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

    5¶ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

    6And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

    7And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

    8So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

    9And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

    10And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

    11And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

    12They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

    13And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

    14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

    15¶ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

    16And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

    17¶ And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

    19And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

  6. 1 Samuel 12:3–4Rank 6 from verse 2
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    3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

    4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.

  7. 1 Timothy 6:10Rank 7 from verse 2
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    10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  8. 2 Kings 9:26Rank 8 from verse 2
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    26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

  9. Exodus 20:17Rank 9 from verse 2
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    17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

  10. Exodus 22:21–24Rank 10 from verse 2
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    21¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

    22¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

    23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

    24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  11. Job 24:2–12Rank 11 from verse 2
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    2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

    3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

    4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

    5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

    6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

    7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

    8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

    9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

    10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

    11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

    12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

  12. Malachi 3:5Rank 12 from verse 2
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  13. Matthew 23:13Rank 13 from verse 2
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    13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

  14. Micah 3:9Rank 14 from verse 2
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    9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

  15. Nehemiah 5:1–5Rank 15 from verse 2
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    1AND there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

    2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

    3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

    4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

    5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

  16. Ezekiel 22:12Rank 16 from verse 2
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    12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

  17. Habakkuk 2:5–9Rank 17 from verse 2
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    5¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

    6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

    7Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

    8Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

    9¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  18. Job 31:38Rank 18 from verse 2
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    38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

From verse 3

  1. Amos 5:13Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

  2. Isaiah 2:11–12Rank 2 from verse 3
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    11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

  3. Jeremiah 8:3Rank 3 from verse 3
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    3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.

  4. Jeremiah 18:11Rank 4 from verse 3
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    11¶ Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

  5. Amos 9:1–4Rank 5 from verse 3
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    1I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

    2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

    3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

    4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

  6. Isaiah 28:14–18Rank 6 from verse 3
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    14¶ Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

    15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

    16¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

    17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

    18¶ And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

  7. James 2:13Rank 7 from verse 3
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    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  8. Lamentations 2:17Rank 8 from verse 3
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    17The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

  9. Lamentations 5:5Rank 9 from verse 3
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    5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

  10. Amos 2:14–2Rank 10 from verse 3
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  11. Daniel 5:20–23Rank 11 from verse 3
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    20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

    21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

    22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  12. Isaiah 3:16Rank 12 from verse 3
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    16¶ Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

  13. Jeremiah 13:15–17Rank 13 from verse 3
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    15¶ Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.

    16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

    17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

  14. Jeremiah 34:17Rank 14 from verse 3
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    17Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  15. Lamentations 1:14Rank 15 from verse 3
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    14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

  16. Micah 2:1Rank 16 from verse 3
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    1WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  17. Zephaniah 1:17–18Rank 17 from verse 3
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    17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

    18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  18. Jeremiah 36:23Rank 18 from verse 3
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    23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

  19. Ephesians 5:16Rank 19 from verse 3
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    16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  20. Daniel 4:37Rank 20 from verse 3
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    37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  21. Isaiah 5:19Rank 21 from verse 3
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    19That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

  22. Jeremiah 27:12Rank 22 from verse 3
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    12¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

  23. Jeremiah 43:2Rank 23 from verse 3
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    2Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

  24. Romans 16:4Rank 24 from verse 3
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    4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

From verse 4

  1. Habakkuk 2:6Rank 1 from verse 4
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    6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

  2. Deuteronomy 28:29Rank 2 from verse 4
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    29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

  3. Isaiah 24:3Rank 3 from verse 4
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    3The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

  4. Isaiah 6:11Rank 4 from verse 4
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    11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

  5. Jeremiah 9:10Rank 5 from verse 4
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    10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

  6. Jeremiah 9:17–21Rank 6 from verse 4
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    17¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

    18And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

    19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

    20Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

    21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

  7. Micah 1:15Rank 7 from verse 4
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    15Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

  8. Numbers 23:7Rank 8 from verse 4
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    7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

  9. 2 Chronicles 35:25Rank 9 from verse 4
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    25¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

  10. 2 Chronicles 36:20–21Rank 10 from verse 4
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    20And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

    21To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

  11. 2 Kings 17:23–24Rank 11 from verse 4
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    23Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

    24¶ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

  12. 2 Samuel 1:17Rank 12 from verse 4
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    17¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

  13. Amos 5:1Rank 13 from verse 4
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    1HEAR ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

  14. Amos 5:17Rank 14 from verse 4
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    17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

  15. Ezekiel 16:44Rank 15 from verse 4
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    44¶ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

  16. Ezekiel 2:10Rank 16 from verse 4
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    10And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

  17. Isaiah 14:4Rank 17 from verse 4
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    4¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

  18. Isaiah 63:17–18Rank 18 from verse 4
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    17¶ O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

    18The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

  19. Jeremiah 14:18Rank 19 from verse 4
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    18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

  20. Jeremiah 25:9–11Rank 20 from verse 4
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    9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

    10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.

    11And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

  21. Jeremiah 4:13Rank 21 from verse 4
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    13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

  22. Job 27:1Rank 22 from verse 4
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    1MOREOVER Job continued his parable, and said,

  23. Joel 1:13Rank 23 from verse 4
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    13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

  24. Joel 1:8Rank 24 from verse 4
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    8¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

  25. Lamentations 1:1–5Rank 25 from verse 4
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    1HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

    2She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

    3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

    4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

    5Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

  26. Mark 12:12Rank 26 from verse 4
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    12And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

  27. Micah 2:10Rank 27 from verse 4
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    10Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.

  28. Numbers 23:18Rank 28 from verse 4
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    18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

  29. Numbers 24:15Rank 29 from verse 4
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    15¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

  30. Numbers 24:3Rank 30 from verse 4
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    3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

  31. Zephaniah 1:2Rank 31 from verse 4
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    2I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the Lord.

From verse 5

  1. Deuteronomy 32:8Rank 1 from verse 5
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    8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  2. Joshua 18:4Rank 2 from verse 5
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    4Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

  3. Joshua 18:10Rank 3 from verse 5
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    10¶ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  4. Deuteronomy 23:2Rank 4 from verse 5
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    2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

  5. Deuteronomy 23:8Rank 5 from verse 5
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    8The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

  6. Hosea 9:3Rank 6 from verse 5
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    3They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  7. Nehemiah 7:61Rank 7 from verse 5
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    61And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

  8. Psalms 16:6Rank 8 from verse 5
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    6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

From verse 6

  1. Amos 2:12Rank 1 from verse 6
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    12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

  2. Isaiah 30:10Rank 2 from verse 6
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    10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

  3. Acts 5:40Rank 3 from verse 6
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    40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

  4. Ezekiel 3:26Rank 4 from verse 6
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    26And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16Rank 5 from verse 6
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    15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

    16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

  6. Acts 4:17Rank 6 from verse 6
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    17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

  7. Acts 5:28Rank 7 from verse 6
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    28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

  8. Acts 7:51Rank 8 from verse 6
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    51¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

  9. Amos 7:13Rank 9 from verse 6
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    13But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court.

  10. Amos 8:11–13Rank 10 from verse 6
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    11¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:

    12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

    13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

  11. Ezekiel 20:46Rank 11 from verse 6
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    46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

  12. Ezekiel 21:2Rank 12 from verse 6
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    2Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  13. Jeremiah 26:20–23Rank 13 from verse 6
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    20And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

    21And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;

    22And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

    23And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

  14. Jeremiah 26:8–9Rank 14 from verse 6
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    8¶ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

    9Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

  15. Jeremiah 6:14–15Rank 15 from verse 6
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    14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

    15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

  16. Jeremiah 8:11–12Rank 16 from verse 6
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    11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

    12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

  17. Micah 6:16Rank 17 from verse 6
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    16¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  18. Psalms 74:9Rank 18 from verse 6
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    9We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

From verse 7

  1. Psalms 84:11Rank 1 from verse 7
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    11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

  2. Jeremiah 15:16Rank 2 from verse 7
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    16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts.

  3. Psalms 15:2Rank 3 from verse 7
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    2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

  4. Hosea 14:9Rank 4 from verse 7
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  5. Isaiah 50:2Rank 5 from verse 7
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    2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

  6. Proverbs 10:29Rank 6 from verse 7
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    29The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  7. Proverbs 10:9Rank 7 from verse 7
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    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  8. Proverbs 28:18Rank 8 from verse 7
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    18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  9. Psalms 119:92–93Rank 9 from verse 7
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    92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

    93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

  10. Psalms 119:99–103Rank 10 from verse 7
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    99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

    100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

    101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

    102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

    103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

  11. Psalms 19:7–11Rank 11 from verse 7
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    7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

    8The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

    9The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

    10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

    11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  12. Zechariah 4:6Rank 12 from verse 7
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    6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

  13. 2 Corinthians 6:12Rank 13 from verse 7
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    12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

  14. 2 Timothy 3:5Rank 14 from verse 7
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    5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

  15. Isaiah 48:1–2Rank 15 from verse 7
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    1HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

    2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.

  16. Isaiah 58:1Rank 16 from verse 7
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    1CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

  17. Isaiah 59:1–2Rank 17 from verse 7
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    1BEHOLD, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

    2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

  18. Jeremiah 2:4Rank 18 from verse 7
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    4Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

  19. John 8:39Rank 19 from verse 7
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    39They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

  20. Matthew 3:8Rank 20 from verse 7
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    8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

  21. Micah 3:9Rank 21 from verse 7
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    9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

  22. Numbers 11:23Rank 22 from verse 7
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    23And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

  23. Proverbs 14:2Rank 23 from verse 7
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    2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

  24. Proverbs 2:7Rank 24 from verse 7
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    7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

  25. Psalms 119:65Rank 25 from verse 7
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    65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.

  26. Psalms 119:70–71Rank 26 from verse 7
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    70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

    71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

  27. Romans 2:28–29Rank 27 from verse 7
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    28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  28. Romans 7:13Rank 28 from verse 7
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    13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.

  29. Romans 9:6–13Rank 29 from verse 7
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    6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

    7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

    8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

    9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.

    10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

    11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

    12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

    13As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Micah 2:2

COMBINED MEANING

covet

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Sense 1: To desire or long for earnestly. Sense 2: To desire unlawfully or greedily what belongs to another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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

COMBINED MEANING

houses

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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

devise

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To form, plan, purpose, design, or contrive in the mind; to arrange means or work for accomplishing an intended end, whether good or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

remove

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To take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 2:4

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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

COMBINED MEANING

parable

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A figurative saying, comparison, or narrative that sets one matter beside another to convey meaning.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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

COMBINED MEANING

lament

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To mourn, grieve, weep, wail, or express sorrow; an expression or song of grief.

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

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spoiled

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of spoil, meaning to plunder, rob, strip, ruin, or deprive of what is possessed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

changed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of change, meaning to make or become different; to alter, exchange, replace, or pass from one state to another.

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

COMBINED MEANING

portion

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A part, share, allotment, inheritance, assigned duty, reward, or outcome belonging or given to someone.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

removed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remove, meaning to take or put away in any manner; to cause to leave a person or thing; to banish or destroy. To cause to change place; to put from its place in any manner.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

turning

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Moving or changing direction; a bend or corner; turning away is departure or removal, while turning something into another state is alteration or conversion.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 2:5

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

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

COMBINED MEANING

cord

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A string or small rope made of twisted strands, including a line used for measuring.

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

COMBINED MEANING

lot

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1. An object cast or drawn to decide or assign a matter. 2. A portion, inheritance, office, place, or condition assigned or allotted.

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

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

congregation

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1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 2:6

COMBINED MEANING

prophesy

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To declare or convey a message as divinely inspired, including foretelling, whether truly or falsely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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

COMBINED MEANING

shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Micah 2:7

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

named

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of name, meaning to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

spirit

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Sense 1: An immaterial living or personal being distinct from a body. Sense 2: The inward life, disposition, mind, or courage of a person. Sense 3: The Holy Spirit, the divine Spirit of God.

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

COMBINED MEANING

straitened

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1. Confined, narrowed, or restricted in room, movement, or power. 2. Inwardly pressed, distressed, or constrained. 3. Narrowed or restricted in affection or openness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:1WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

2:2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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2:3Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

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2:4¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

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2:5Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.

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2:6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

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2:7¶ O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

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2:8Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

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