Verse 4

His children are far from safety; they are crushed at the gate with no one to deliver them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:5 : 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they confront their enemies at the gate.
  • Ps 119:155 : 155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek Your statutes.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate.
  • Luke 13:4-5 : 4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Job 1:19 : 19 when suddenly a mighty wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them, and they are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'
  • Job 4:10-11 : 10 The roar of the lion, the growl of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are shattered. 11 The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
  • Job 8:4 : 4 If your children have sinned against Him, He gave them over to the consequences of their transgressions.
  • Job 10:7 : 7 You know that I am not wicked, and that no one can deliver me from Your hand.
  • Job 18:16-19 : 16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither. 17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the public square. 18 He is driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world. 19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, nor any survivor where he once lived.
  • Job 27:14 : 14 If his children multiply, it is for the sword, and his offspring will not have enough bread.
  • Ps 7:2 : 2 O Lord, my God, I take refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.
  • Ps 109:9-9 : 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children. 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation. 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out. 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.