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ὥσπερ — 219x G5618 ὥσπερ

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Occurrences: 219 times in 187 verses

Speech: Adverb

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:9

Gen 37:9 - Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”

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Gen 38:11 - Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Go back to your parents' home and remain a widow until my son Shelah is old enough to marry you.” (But Judah didn't really intend to do this because he was afraid Shelah would also die, like his two brothers.) So Tamar went back to live in her father's home.

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Gen 41:2 - In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:18

Gen 41:18 - and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

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Gen 41:22 - “Then I fell asleep again, and I had another dream. This time I saw seven heads of grain, full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:48

Exo 12:48 - “If there are foreigners living among you who want to celebrate the LORD's Passover, let all their males be circumcised. Only then may they celebrate the Passover with you like any native-born Israelite. But no uncircumcised male may ever eat the Passover meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:7

Exo 21:7 - “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:10

Exo 24:10 - There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:26

Lev 4:26 - Then he must burn all the goat's fat on the altar, just as he does with the peace offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the leader from his sin, making him right with the LORD, and he will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:17

Lev 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:7

Lev 7:7 - “The same instructions apply to both the guilt offering and the sin offering. Both belong to the priest who uses them to purify someone, making that person right with the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:13

Lev 14:13 - He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:35

Lev 14:35 - The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:21

Lev 27:21 - When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart[fn] for the LORD. It will become the property of the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:40

Num 16:40 - This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person—no one who was not a descendant of Aaron—should ever enter the LORD's presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the LORD's instructions to Moses were carried out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:10

Deu 2:10 - (A race of giants called the Emites had once lived in the area of Ar. They were as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites, another race of giants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:11

Deu 2:11 - Both the Emites and the Anakites are also known as the Rephaites, though the Moabites call them Emites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:21

Deu 2:21 - They were also as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them so the Ammonites could occupy their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:22

Deu 2:22 - He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so they could settle there in their place. The descendants of Esau live there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:2

Deu 3:2 - But the LORD told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Deu 3:6 - We completely destroyed[fn] the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered—men, women, and children alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:20

Deu 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:14

Deu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:24

Deu 6:24 - And the LORD our God commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear him so he can continue to bless us and preserve our lives, as he has done to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:26

Deu 7:26 - Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:1

Deu 10:1 - “At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:10

Deu 11:10 - For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:7

Deu 18:7 - He may minister there in the name of the LORD his God, just like all his fellow Levites who are serving the LORD there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:18

Deu 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:8

Deu 20:8 - “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Deu 29:23 - They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:26

Deu 33:26 - “There is no one like the God of Israel.[fn]
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:5

Jos 1:5 - No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:15

Jos 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:14

Jos 4:14 - That day the LORD made Joshua a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites, and for the rest of his life they revered him as much as they had revered Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:5

Jos 7:5 - chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries,[fn] and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:4

Jos 11:4 - All these kings came out to fight. Their combined armies formed a vast horde. And with all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like the sand on the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:12

Jdg 7:12 - The armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels were like grains of sand on the seashore—too many to count!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:9

1Sa 21:9 - “I only have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah,” the priest replied. “It is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. Take that if you want it, for there is nothing else here.”
“There is nothing like it!” David replied. “Give it to me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:14

2Sa 14:14 - All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:6

2Sa 23:6 - But the godless are like thorns to be thrown away,
for they tear the hand that touches them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:3

2Sa 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:10

Job 2:10 - But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Job 3:16 - Why wasn't I buried like a stillborn child,
like a baby who never lives to see the light?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:21

Job 3:21 - They long for death, and it won't come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:25

Job 5:25 - You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:26

Job 5:26 - You will go to the grave at a ripe old age,
like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:7

Job 6:7 - My appetite disappears when I look at it;
I gag at the thought of eating it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:15

Job 6:15 - My brothers, you have proved as unreliable as a seasonal brook
that overflows its banks in the spring

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:16

Job 6:16 - when it is swollen with ice and melting snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:1

Job 7:1 - “Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Job 7:2 - like a worker who longs for the shade,
like a servant waiting to be paid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Job 7:9 - Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes,
those who die[fn] will not come back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:4

Job 10:4 - Are your eyes like those of a human?
Do you see things only as people see them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:10

Job 10:10 - You guided my conception
and formed me in the womb.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:16

Job 10:16 - And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
and display your awesome power against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:19

Job 10:19 - It would be as though I had never existed,
going directly from the womb to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:15

Job 11:15 - Then your face will brighten with innocence.
You will be strong and free of fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Job 11:16 - You will forget your misery;
it will be like water flowing away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:17

Job 11:17 - Your life will be brighter than the noonday.
Even darkness will be as bright as morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:25

Job 12:25 - They grope in the darkness without a light.
He makes them stagger like drunkards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:28

Job 13:28 - I waste away like rotting wood,
like a moth-eaten coat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:2

Job 14:2 - We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Job 14:6 - So leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:9

Job 14:9 - at the scent of water it will bud
and sprout again like a new seedling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:24

Job 15:24 - That dark day terrifies them.
They live in distress and anguish,
like a king preparing for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:33

Job 15:33 - They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early,
like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:12

Job 16:12 - “I was living quietly until he shattered me.
He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces.
Then he set me up as his target,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:3

Job 18:3 - Do you think we are mere animals?
Do you think we are stupid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:10

Job 19:10 - He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:11

Job 19:11 - His fury burns against me;
he counts me as an enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:22

Job 19:22 - Must you also persecute me, like God does?
Haven't you chewed me up enough?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:8

Job 20:8 - They will fade like a dream and not be found.
They will vanish like a vision in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Job 20:18 - They will give back everything they worked for.
Their wealth will bring them no joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:18

Job 21:18 - Are they driven before the wind like straw?
Are they carried away by the storm like chaff?
Not at all!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:25

Job 22:25 - the Almighty himself will be your treasure.
He will be your precious silver!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:10

Job 23:10 - “But he knows where I am going.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Job 24:5 - Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:20

Job 24:20 - Their own mothers will forget them.
Maggots will find them sweet to eat.
No one will remember them.
Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:24

Job 24:24 - And though they are great now,
in a moment they will be gone like all others,
cut off like heads of grain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:7

Job 27:7 - “May my enemy be punished like the wicked,
my adversary like those who do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:16

Job 27:16 - “Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:18

Job 27:18 - The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider's web,[fn]
as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:20

Job 27:20 - Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
and they are blown away in the storms of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:18

Job 29:18 - “I thought, ‘Surely I will die surrounded by my family
after a long, good life.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Job 29:23 - They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:15

Job 30:15 - I live in terror now.
My honor has blown away in the wind,
and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:18

Job 30:18 - With a strong hand, God grabs my shirt.
He grips me by the collar of my coat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:19

Job 32:19 - I am like a cask of wine without a vent,
like a new wineskin ready to burst!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:10

Job 33:10 - God is picking a quarrel with me,
and he considers me his enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:24

Job 33:24 - he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:25

Job 33:25 - Then his body will become as healthy as a child's,
firm and youthful again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:7

Job 34:7 - “Tell me, has there ever been a man like Job,
with his thirst for irreverent talk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Job 34:36 - Job, you deserve the maximum penalty
for the wicked way you have talked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Job 37:21 - We cannot look at the sun,
for it shines brightly in the sky
when the wind clears away the clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:3

Job 38:3 - Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:30

Job 38:30 - For the water turns to ice as hard as rock,
and the surface of the water freezes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:38

Job 38:38 - when the parched ground is dry
and the soil has hardened into clods?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:7

Job 40:7 - “Brace yourself like a man,
because I have some questions for you,
and you must answer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:5

Job 41:5 - Can you make it a pet like a bird,
or give it to your little girls to play with?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:15

Job 41:15 - Its scales are like rows of shields
tightly sealed together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:24

Job 41:24 - Its heart is hard as rock,
hard as a millstone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:27

Job 41:27 - Iron is nothing but straw to that creature,
and bronze is like rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:30

Job 41:30 - Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:31

Job 41:31 - “Leviathan makes the water boil with its commotion.
It stirs the depths like a pot of ointment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:32

Job 41:32 - The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:7

Job 42:7 - After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.

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Pro 1:12 - Let's swallow them alive, like the grave[fn];
let's swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:5

Pro 6:5 - Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:11

Pro 6:11 - then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:2

Pro 7:2 - Obey my commands and live!
Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Pro 7:22 - He followed her at once,
like an ox going to the slaughter.
He was like a stag caught in a trap,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Pro 7:23 - awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:26

Pro 10:26 - Lazy people irritate their employers,
like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:14

Pro 11:14 - Without wise leadership, a nation falls;
there is safety in having many advisers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:22

Pro 11:22 - A beautiful woman who lacks discretion
is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:4

Pro 12:4 - A worthy wife is a crown for her husband,
but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:15

Pro 16:15 - When the king smiles, there is life;
his favor refreshes like a spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:3

Pro 17:3 - Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the LORD tests the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:19

Pro 18:19 - An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city.
Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:12

Pro 19:12 - The king's anger is like a lion's roar,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:1

Pro 21:1 - The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the LORD;
he guides it wherever he pleases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Pro 23:5 - In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:32

Pro 23:32 - For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;
it stings like a viper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:34

Pro 23:34 - You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,
clinging to a swaying mast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Pro 24:22 - for disaster will hit them suddenly.
Who knows what punishment will come
from the LORD and the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:30

Pro 24:30 - I walked by the field of a lazy person,
the vineyard of one with no common sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:34

Pro 24:34 - then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:13

Pro 25:13 - Trustworthy messengers refresh like snow in summer.
They revive the spirit of their employer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:14

Pro 25:14 - A person who promises a gift but doesn't give it
is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:20

Pro 25:20 - Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart
is like taking someone's coat in cold weather
or pouring vinegar in a wound.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:25

Pro 25:25 - Good news from far away
is like cold water to the thirsty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:26

Pro 25:26 - If the godly give in to the wicked,
it's like polluting a fountain or muddying a spring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:28

Pro 25:28 - A person without self-control
is like a city with broken-down walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:1

Pro 26:1 - Honor is no more associated with fools
than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Pro 26:2 - Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:3

Pro 26:3 - Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle,
and a fool with a rod to his back!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:11

Pro 26:11 - As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Pro 26:14 - As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:17

Pro 26:17 - Interfering in someone else's argument
is as foolish as yanking a dog's ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:18

Pro 26:18 - Just as damaging
as a madman shooting a deadly weapon

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:23

Pro 26:23 - Smooth[fn] words may hide a wicked heart,
just as a pretty glaze covers a clay pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:8

Pro 27:8 - A person who strays from home
is like a bird that strays from its nest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:19

Pro 27:19 - As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:1

Pro 28:1 - The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,
but the godly are as bold as lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:3

Pro 28:3 - A poor person who oppresses the poor
is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:16

Ecc 5:16 - And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:10

Isa 14:10 - With one voice they all cry out,
‘Now you are as weak as we are!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:9

Isa 27:9 - The LORD did this to purge Israel's[fn] wickedness,
to take away all her sin.
As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:21

Isa 28:21 - The LORD will come as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim
and against the Amorites at Gibeon.
He will come to do a strange thing;
he will come to do an unusual deed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:12

Isa 38:12 - My life has been blown away
like a shepherd's tent in a storm.
It has been cut short,
as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom.
Suddenly, my life was over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:7

Isa 44:7 - Who is like me?
Let him step forward and prove to you his power.
Let him do as I have done since ancient times
when I established a people and explained its future.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:6

Isa 51:6 - Look up to the skies above,
and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
but my salvation lasts forever.
My righteous rule will never end!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:8

Isa 51:8 - For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing.
The worm will eat at them as it eats wool.
But my righteousness will last forever.
My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:8

Isa 55:8 - “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:10

Jer 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!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:9

Jer 14:9 - Are you also confused?
Is our champion helpless to save us?
You are right here among us, LORD.
We are known as your people.
Please don't abandon us now!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:14

Jer 23:14 - But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse!
They commit adultery and love dishonesty.
They encourage those who are doing evil
so that no one turns away from their sins.
These prophets are as wicked
as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:29

Jer 23:29 - Does not my word burn like fire?”
says the LORD.
“Is it not like a mighty hammer
that smashes a rock to pieces?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Jer 25:30 - “Now prophesy all these things, and say to them,
“‘The LORD will roar against his own land
from his holy dwelling in heaven.
He will shout like those who tread grapes;
he will shout against everyone on earth.

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Jer 25:34 - Weep and moan, you evil shepherds!
Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock!
The time of your slaughter has arrived;
you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.

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Jer 25:38 - He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey,
and their land will be made desolate
by the sword of the enemy
and the LORD's fierce anger.

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Jer 26:6 - then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'”

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Jer 26:9 - “What right do you have to prophesy in the LORD's name that this Temple will be destroyed like Shiloh? What do you mean, saying that Jerusalem will be destroyed and left with no inhabitants?” And all the people threatened him as he stood in front of the Temple.

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Jer 31:12 - They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem.
They will be radiant because of the LORD's good gifts—
the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil,
and the healthy flocks and herds.
Their life will be like a watered garden,
and all their sorrows will be gone.

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Jer 31:18 - I have heard Israel[fn] saying,
‘You disciplined me severely,
like a calf that needs training for the yoke.
Turn me again to you and restore me,
for you alone are the LORD my God.

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Jer 31:28 - In the past I deliberately uprooted and tore down this nation. I overthrew it, destroyed it, and brought disaster upon it. But in the future I will just as deliberately plant it and build it up. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 43:12 - He will set fire to the temples of Egypt's gods; he will burn the temples and carry the idols away as plunder. He will pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks fleas from his cloak. And he himself will leave unharmed.

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Jer 46:21 - Egypt's mercenaries have become like fattened calves.
They, too, will turn and run,
for it is a day of great disaster for Egypt,
a time of great punishment.

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Jer 48:6 - Flee for your lives!
Hide[fn] in the wilderness!

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Jer 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]

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Jer 48:36 - My heart moans like a flute for Moab and Kir-hareseth, for all their wealth has disappeared.

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Jer 49:16 - You have been deceived
by the fear you inspire in others
and by your own pride.
You live in a rock fortress
and control the mountain heights.
But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles,
I will bring you crashing down,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 49:18 - It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.

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Jer 49:19 - I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Jer 49:22 - Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,
spreading his wings over Bozrah.
Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish
like a woman in labor.

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Jer 50:8 - “But now, flee from Babylon!
Leave the land of the Babylonians.
Like male goats at the head of the flock,
lead my people home again.

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Jer 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
As they ride forward on horses,
they sound like a roaring sea.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, Babylon.

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Jer 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Babylon from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Lam 1:20 - “LORD, see my anguish!
My heart is broken
and my soul despairs,
for I have rebelled against you.
In the streets the sword kills,
and at home there is only death.

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Lam 4:6 - The guilt[fn] of my people
is greater than that of Sodom,
where utter disaster struck in a moment
and no hand offered help.

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Lam 4:8 - But now their faces are blacker than soot.
No one recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin sticks to their bones;
it is as dry and hard as wood.

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Eze 34:12 - I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day.

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Eze 36:11 - I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Hos 9:7 - The time of Israel's punishment has come;
the day of payment is here.
Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
you say, “The prophets are crazy
and the inspired men are fools!”

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Hos 13:3 - Therefore, they will disappear like the morning mist,
like dew in the morning sun,
like chaff blown by the wind,
like smoke from a chimney.

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Mic 7:18 - Where is another God like you,
who pardons the guilt of the remnant,
overlooking the sins of his special people?
You will not stay angry with your people forever,
because you delight in showing unfailing love.

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