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Gen 49:6 — O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

O my soul		Jdg 5:21; Psa 42:5,11; Psa 43:5; Psa 103:1; Jer 4:19; Luk 12:19
come		Gen 34:30; Psa 5:10; Psa 26:4,5; Psa 28:3; Psa 94:20,21; Psa 139:19; Pro 1:11,15,16; Pro 12:5
secret		Deu 27:24; Psa 26:9; Psa 64:2; Jer 15:17
unto their		Psa 1:1; Psa 26:9; Psa 94:20; 2Cr 6:14
honour		Psa 16:9; Psa 30:12; Psa 57:8
a man		Gen 34:25,26,30
digged down a wall		or, houghed oxen.

Correlating Passages

O my soul

	Jdg 5:21	The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
	Psa 42:5	Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.
	Psa 42:11	Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
	Psa 43:5	Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
	Psa 103:1	[[[A Psalm] of David.]] Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.
	Jer 4:19	My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
	Luk 12:19	And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.

come

	Gen 34:30	And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
	Psa 5:10	Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
	Psa 26:4	I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
	Psa 26:5	I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.
	Psa 28:3	Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
	Psa 94:20	Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
	Psa 94:21	They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
	Psa 139:19	Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
	Pro 1:11	If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
	Pro 1:15	My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
	Pro 1:16	For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
	Pro 12:5	The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

secret

	Deu 27:24	Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
	Psa 26:9	Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
	Psa 64:2	Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
	Jer 15:17	I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

unto their

	Psa 1:1	Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
	Psa 26:9	Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
	Psa 94:20	Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
	2Cr 6:14	Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

honour

	Psa 16:9	Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
	Psa 30:12	To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
	Psa 57:8	Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.

a man

	Gen 34:25	And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
	Gen 34:26	And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
	Gen 34:30	And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 49:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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