1 Chronicles 16:21

American Standard Version (1901)

He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:17 : 17 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
  • Exod 7:15-18 : 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. 17 Thus saith Jehovah, In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.
  • Exod 9:13-18 : 13 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 105:13-15
    3 verses
    95%

    13 And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

    14 He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

    15 [ Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

  • 22 [ Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

  • 20 And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

  • 26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.

  • 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • Job 36:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked, But giveth to the afflicted [their] right.

    7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: But with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.

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    2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] ,

  • 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

  • 6 that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

  • 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

  • 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

  • 69%

    12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

    13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.

  • 21 that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

  • 25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18 [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked;

    19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  • 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

  • 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

  • 26 He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

  • 41 All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

  • 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

    30 (Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

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    1 [For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

  • 2 Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.

  • 8 For he saith, Are not my princes all of them kings?

  • 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;

  • 1 [A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

  • 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.

  • 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

  • 5 Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

  • 19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.

  • 23 For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.

  • 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.

  • 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

  • 16 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  • 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 evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation; And as for his ordinances, they have not known them. Praise ye Jehovah.

  • 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

  • 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

  • 28 So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

  • 4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.