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Lexicon :: Strong's H7489 - rāʿaʿ

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רָעַע
Transliteration
rāʿaʿ
Pronunciation
raw-ah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2191,2192

Strong’s Definitions

רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah'; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x

The KJV translates Strong's H7489 in the following manner: evil (20x), evildoer (10x), hurt (7x), wickedly (5x), worse (5x), afflict (5x), wicked (4x), break (3x), doer (3x), ill (3x), harm (3x), displease (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 83x
The KJV translates Strong's H7489 in the following manner: evil (20x), evildoer (10x), hurt (7x), wickedly (5x), worse (5x), afflict (5x), wicked (4x), break (3x), doer (3x), ill (3x), harm (3x), displease (2x), miscellaneous (13x).

  1. to be bad, be evil

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be displeasing

      2. to be sad

      3. to be injurious, be evil

      4. to be wicked, be evil (ethically)

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to do an injury or hurt

      2. to do evil or wickedly

      3. mischief (participle)

  2. to break, shatter

    1. (Qal)

      1. to break

      2. broken (participle)

      3. to be broken

    2. (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעַע râʻaʻ, raw-ah'; a primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally):—afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
STRONGS H7489: Abbreviations
[רָעַע]98 verb denominative be evil, bad; —
† Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רַע Numbers 22:34 + 3 times, רָ֑ע Numbers 11:10; 3rd person feminine singular רָעָה Deuteronomy 15:9 (Exodus 21:8 see I. רַע); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵרַע (Ges§ 67 p) Genesis 21:12 +; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּרַע Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56; 3rd person masculine plural יֵרְעוּ Nehemiah 2:3; —
1. be displeasing: רַע בְּעֵינֵי Numbers 11:10; Numbers 22:34 (J), Joshua 24:15 (E), Jeremiah 40:4; Proverbs 24:18 (with וְ consecutive) imperfect יֵרַע בְּעֵינֵי Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 (E), Genesis 48:17 (J), 1 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 18:8; 2 Samuel 11:25; later, וַיֵּרַעאֶל Jonah 4:1 or וירעלְ Nehemiah 2:10 (intensified by רָעָה גְרוֺלֶה), וַיֵּרַעלִי מְאֹד Nehemiah 13:8.
2. be sad: ירע לבב Deuteronomy 15:10; 1 Samuel 1:8; יֵֽֽֽרְעוּ פָנַי Nehemiah 2:3.
3. be injurious, evil: וַיִּרַע לְ Psalm 106:32 it went ill with Moses, person subject 2 Samuel 20:6; רָעָה עַיִן be grudging, with ב person, Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 28:54, Deuteronomy 28:56.
4. be evil, wicked, ethically: וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינֵי י׳ Genesis 38:10 (J) 2 Samuel 11:27; Isaiah 59:15; בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהַים 1 Chronicles 21:71 Chronicles 21:7.
†Niph. suffer hurt: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular (רַע) יֵרוֺעַ Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 13:20.
Hiph.70 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵרַע Exodus 5:23 +; 2nd person masculine singular הֲרֵעוֺתָ 1 Kings 17:20, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרֵעַ Zephaniah 1:12, וַיָּרַע 1 Kings 16:25; 2nd person masculine singular תָּרַע Psalm 44:3 [Psalm 44:2] +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָרֵעַ 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Chronicles 21:17; construct הָרַע Genesis 31:7 + 8 times, הָרֵעַ֑ Isaiah 1:16 + 4 times; Participle מֵרַע Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Proverbs 17:4; plural מְרֵעִים Isaiah 1:4 +; —
1. do an injury, hurt: absolute Genesis 44:5 (J), Isaiah 11:9 = Isaiah 65:25, Jeremiah 31:28; Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 24:8; opposed to היטיב Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 10:5; Zephaniah 1:12 (all in prov. phr. = do anything at all, compare רָע 2); הרע ל Genesis 19:9; Genesis 43:6; Exodus 5:22, Exodus 5:23; Numbers 11:11 (J) Numbers 20:15; Joshua 24:20 (E) + 5 times; with accusative of person Numbers 16:15 (J) + 4 times; with בְּ, 1 Chronicles 16:22 = Psalm 105:15 (with ל), Jeremiah 25:29; Psalm 74:3; with עִמָּדִי Genesis 31:7 (E); with על 1 Kings 17:20 bring evil upon; swear לְהָרַע, = to one's hurt, Psalm 15:4; Leviticus 5:4 (P); Participle = substantive לְבָכָם לְמֵרָ֔ע [H4827 Daniel 11:27] (shall be) for mischief.
2. do evil, wickedly: absolute Genesis 19:7 (J) 1 Samuel 12:25 (twice in verse) + 6 times; opposed to היטיב Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 13:23; with מִן compare, 1 Kings 14:9; 1 Kings 16:25; 2 Kings 21:11; Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 16:12; with accusative הֵרֵעוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם Micah 3:4, compare 1 Samuel 25:3; Participle מֵרַע evil doer, Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Proverbs 17:4; plural Jeremiah 20:13; Jeremiah 23:14; Psalm 27:2 + 7 times; וֶרַע מ׳ Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 14:20; בית מ׳ Isaiah 31:2; עֲרַתמ׳ Psalm 22:17 [Psalm 22:16]; קִחַל מ׳ Psalm 26:5; סוֺר מ׳ Psalm 64:3 [Psalm 64:2].

† II. [רָעַע] verb break (Aramaic loan-word = Hebrew רָצַץwhich see); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural רָעוּ Jeremiah 11:16; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרֹעַ Jeremiah 15:12; Job 34:24, 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּרֹעֵם Psalm 2:9 (but see below); Infinitive absolute רֹ֫עָה Isaiah 24:19 (strike out ה as dittograph and read רֹעַ, see Hithpō`.); Participle feminine רֹעָה (? for רֹעֲעָה) [H7465 Proverbs 25:19]: —
1. transitive הֲיָרֹע בַּרְזֶל בַּרְזֶל וגו׳ Jeremiah 15:12 can one break iron, iron out of the north? compare יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים Job 34:24; תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵֹׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל Psalm 2:9 (but read תִּרְעֵם, see I. רהְ, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Hup-Now and others).
2. intransitive break = be broken, of branches Jeremiah 11:16 (in figurative; Gf Or and others; > Hi Gie are in a sad state, √ I. רעע); שֵׁן רֹעָה [H7465 Proverbs 25:19] a broken tooth (ר׳ = רֹעֲעָה ?; Frankenb Niph. Participle נְרָעָה, compare Toy, but Niph. not elsewhere; Vrss רָעָה bad). — רֹ֫עוּ Isaiah 8:9 read דְּעוּ (Greek Version of the LXX Lo Che and others, || הַאֲזִינוּ).
Hithpō`. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular + Qal Infinitive absolute (see above) צרץ [הָ] רֹעַ הִתְרֹעֲעָה Isaiah 24:19 the earth is broken asunder (|| הִתְפּוֹרְרָה פּוֹר, מוֺט הִתְמוֺטְטָה); also Infinitive construct לְהִתְרוֺעֵעַ Proverbs 18:24 will be broken in pieces (Ges§ 114 i), ruined, De and others, but < read לְהִתְרָעוֺת Vrss Toy and others, see רעה Hithp. (see, however, DrExpos. Times xi (1899-1900), 230f.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:7; 19:9; 21:11; 21:12; 21:12; 31:7; 31:7; 38:10; 43:6; 44:5; 48:17

Exodus

5:22; 5:23; 5:23; 21:8

Leviticus

5:4

Numbers

11:10; 11:10; 11:11; 16:15; 20:15; 22:34; 22:34

Deuteronomy

15:9; 15:9; 15:10; 28:54; 28:54; 28:56; 28:56

Joshua

24:15; 24:20

1 Samuel

1:8; 8:6; 12:25; 12:25; 18:8; 25:3

2 Samuel

11:25; 11:27; 20:6

1 Kings

14:9; 16:25; 16:25; 17:20; 17:20

2 Kings

21:11

1 Chronicles

16:22; 21:7; 21:7; 21:17

Nehemiah

2:3; 2:3; 2:10; 13:8

Job

34:24; 34:24

Psalms

2:9; 2:9; 15:4; 22:16; 26:5; 27:2; 44:2; 64:2; 74:3; 105:15; 106:32

Proverbs

4:16; 11:15; 13:20; 17:4; 17:4; 18:24; 24:8; 24:18

Isaiah

1:4; 1:4; 1:16; 8:9; 9:17; 9:17; 11:9; 14:20; 24:19; 24:19; 31:2; 41:23; 59:15; 65:25

Jeremiah

4:22; 7:26; 10:5; 11:16; 11:16; 13:23; 15:12; 15:12; 16:12; 20:13; 23:14; 25:29; 31:28; 40:4

Jonah

4:1

Micah

3:4

Zephaniah

1:12; 1:12

H7489

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Strong's Number H7489 matches the Hebrew רָעַע (rāʿaʿ),
which occurs 102 times in 99 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Psa 37:1–Zec 8:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - [[A Psalm of David.]] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, H7489 neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:9 - For evildoers H7489 shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict H7489 the people, and cast them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; H7489 from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:3 - Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly H7489 in the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:11 - Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked H7489 that rise up against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? H7489 or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:15 - Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:32 - They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:115

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart from me, ye evildoers: H7489 for I will keep the commandments of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; H7489 and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:15 - He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20 - He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 - A wicked doer H7489 giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: H7489 and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:8 - He that deviseth to do evil H7489 shall be called a mischievous person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:18 - Lest the LORD see it, and it displease H7489 him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:19 - Fret not thyself because of evil H7489 men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, H7489 children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:9 - Associate H7489 yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:17 - Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, H7489 and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 - They shall not hurt H7489 nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:20 - Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers H7489 shall never be renowned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:19 - The earth is utterly H7489 broken down, H7489 the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, H7489 and against the help of them that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:23 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, H7489 that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt H7489 nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, H7489 but to do good they have no knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:26 - Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse H7489 than their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, H7489 neither also is it in them to do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:23 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - Shall iron break H7489 the northern iron and the steel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - And ye have done worse H7489 than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:13 - Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, H7489 that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:29 - For, lo, I begin to bring evil H7489 on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; H7489 so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - My lord the king, these men have done evil H7489 in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill H7489 unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:1 - But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:4 - Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill H7489 in their doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:6 - In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; H7489

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:12 - And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 - For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish H7489 you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

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