Psalms 107:17

American Standard Version (1901)

Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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  • Lam 3:39 : 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
  • Isa 57:17-18 : 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
  • Isa 65:6-7 : 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom, 7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
  • Num 12:10-13 : 10 And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh, my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. 12 Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.
  • Num 21:5-9 : 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 [A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

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  • Ps 107:18-19
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    18Their soul abhorreth all manner of food; And they draw near unto the gates of death.

    19Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saveth them out of their distresses.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Ps 107:27-28
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    27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.

    28Then they cry unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.

  • Ps 107:16
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    16For he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.

  • Ps 107:10-13
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    10Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,

    11Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

    12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; They fell down, and there was none to help.

    13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he saved them out of their distresses.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

  • Prov 14:8-9
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

    9A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Prov 26:9-10
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    9[ As] a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves] .

  • Ps 38:5
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    5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • Ps 107:5-6
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    5Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.

    6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

  • Prov 26:7
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    7The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Ps 119:67
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    67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth [his] folly.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

  • Prov 26:3
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    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

  • Job 36:8
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    8And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;

  • Job 12:17
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    17He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he fools.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Ps 107:34
    69%

    34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

  • Job 24:12
    69%

    12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

  • Job 30:8
    69%

    8[ They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

  • Ps 106:43
    69%

    43Many times did he deliver them; But they were rebellious in their counsel, And were brought low in their iniquity.

  • Jer 30:15
    69%

    15Why criest thou for thy hurt? thy pain is incurable: for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.