Job 12:23
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
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- Isa 9:3 : 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
- Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
- Isa 60:22 : 22 The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.
- Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Exod 1:20 : 20 And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
- Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
- Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
- Zech 10:8 : 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
- Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
- Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
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24 He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom; The deceived and the deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
19 He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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23 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
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15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
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24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men [in ways] past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
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6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
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7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
- Ps 107:38-403 verses70%
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
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22 Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
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6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
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23 But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.
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12 And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,
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10 If he pass through, and shut up, And call unto judgment, then who can hinder him?
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12 And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
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6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
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23 He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.
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12 Behold, he seizeth [the prey], who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?
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10 Who smote many nations, And slew mighty kings,
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3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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11 He hath stretched out his hand over the sea, he hath shaken the kingdoms: Jehovah hath given commandment concerning Canaan, to destroy the strongholds thereof.
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23 then will Jehovah drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
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7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;
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1 Behold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
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23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
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9 that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
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6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
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39 And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whosoever acknowledgeth [him] he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.
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12 to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.
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6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
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12 He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
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12 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
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10 Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
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24 And he increased his people greatly, And made them stronger than their adversaries.
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12 He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.
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19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
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17 Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?
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9 I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.