Verse 13

who said, 'Let us take possession of the pastures of God for ourselves.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:18 : 18 They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.
  • Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, as the angel of the Lord drives them away.
  • Job 13:25 : 25 Will You terrify a wind-driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
  • Isa 40:24 : 24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
  • Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore, I will scatter them like chaff driven by the wind of the desert.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  • Isa 41:2 : 2 Who has stirred up one from the east, calling him in righteousness to his service? He delivers nations before him and subdues kings. He turns them to dust with his sword, and like scattered straw with his bow.
  • Exod 15:7 : 7 In the greatness of Your majesty, You overthrow those who rise against You. You unleash Your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble.
  • Ps 22:1 : 1 For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.
  • Ps 44:4 : 4 For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You were pleased with them.
  • Ps 68:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A psalm of David. A song. 2 Let God arise; let His enemies be scattered, and let those who hate Him flee from His presence.
  • Ps 74:11-12 : 11 Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it from Your bosom and destroy them! 12 Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
  • Isa 17:12-14 : 12 Woe to the multitude of many peoples who roar like the roaring of the seas, and the rushing of nations that is like the rushing of mighty waters. 13 The nations roar like the crashing of mighty waters, but He rebukes them, and they flee far away. They are driven like chaff on the mountains before the wind, like tumbleweed before a storm. 14 In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more. This is the fate of those who plunder us and the lot of those who pillage us.