Lexicon :: Strong's G1904 - eperchomai

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may do these miraculous signs of mine among them,[fn]

“Any edible food coming into contact with that unclean water will become unclean, and any drinkable liquid in any container will become unclean.

“If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,

“he is to present the goat chosen by lot for the LORD and sacrifice it as a sin offering.

“and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself ​— ​or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself ​— ​

“or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest will carry out all these instructions for her.

“You must not cut his hair[fn] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He may be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the LORD; he is to let the hair of his head grow long.

“Do this to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

“If you abandon the LORD and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you, harm you, and completely destroy you, after he has been good to you.”

God also brought back to the men of Shechem all their evil. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the silver idol,[fn] while the priest was standing by the entrance of the city gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.

He took a team of oxen, cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by messengers who said, “This is what will be done to the ox of anyone who doesn’t march behind Saul and Samuel.” As a result, the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they went out united.

But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He protected us and handed over to us the raiders who came against us.

“I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged,[fn] throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

“Now get up! Go out and encourage[fn] your soldiers, for I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now! ”

Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat as he was plowing. Twelve teams of oxen were in front of him, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah walked by him and threw his mantle over him.

“If disaster comes on us ​— ​sword or judgment, pestilence or famine ​— ​we will stand before this temple and before you, for your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you because of our distress, and you will hear and deliver.”

Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons.[fn] So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart ​— ​he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem ​— ​so the LORD’s wrath didn’t come on them during Hezekiah’s lifetime.

“Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”

Now when Job’s three friends ​— ​Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite ​— ​heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,

and a cloud settle over it.

May what darkens the day terrify it.

I felt a draft[fn] on my face,

and the hair on my body stood up.

to whom alone the land was given

when no foreigner passed among them.

then be afraid of the sword,

because wrath brings punishment by the sword,

so that you may know there is a judgment.

At the height of his success[fn] distress will come to him;

the full weight of misery[fn] will crush him.

The possessions in his house will be removed,

flowing away on the day of God’s anger.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster[fn] come on them?

Does he apportion destruction in his anger?

Would he prosecute me forcefully?

No, he would certainly pay attention to me.

Yet I am not destroyed[fn] by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Can his troops be numbered?

Does his light not shine on everyone?

Will God hear his cry

when distress comes on him?

For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;

it would destroy my entire harvest.

The windstorm comes from its chamber,

and the cold from the driving north winds.

The hills yield food for him,

while all sorts of wild animals play there.

Our lives last[fn] seventy years

or, if we are strong, eighty years.

Even the best of them are[fn] struggle and sorrow;

indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

Don’t fear sudden danger

or the ruin of the wicked when it comes,

Keep off the path of the wicked;

don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.

She doesn’t consider the path of life;

she doesn’t know that her ways are unstable.

The lot is cast into the lap,

but its every decision is from the LORD.

When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes,

and along with dishonor, derision.

A person’s insight gives him patience,

and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,

an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

As a dog returns to its vomit,

so also a fool repeats his foolishness.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;

the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the king’s successor[fn] be like? He[fn] will do what has already been done.

You will not go to all the hills

that were once tilled with a hoe,

for fear of the thorns and briers.

Those hills will be places for oxen to graze

and for sheep to trample.