Lamentations 3:65

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.
Deut 27:15-26 : 15 Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25 Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Ps 109:17-18 : 17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. 18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man loveth not the Lord, let him be anathema. Maranatha.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:64
82%
64Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.
Lam 3:66
81%
66Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
Ps 69:22-27
6 verses
78%
22Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
25Let their habitation be desolate; Let none dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.
Ps 28:4
77%
4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
Deut 28:20
75%
20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Deut 30:7
75%
7And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.
Hos 9:14
75%
14Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Ps 109:28
74%
28Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
Job 3:8
74%
8Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Jer 24:9
74%
9I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Ps 109:17
74%
17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Mal 3:9
74%
9Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
Ps 5:10
74%
10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.
Ps 59:12
73%
12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.
Rom 3:14-15
2 verses
73%
14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Ps 2:5
73%
5Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Deut 29:27
73%
27therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;
Deut 28:16-18
3 verses
73%
16Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
Ps 94:5
73%
5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
Ps 35:6
73%
6Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
Ps 21:9-10
2 verses
72%
9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
10Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men.
Jer 18:23
72%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Rom 11:10
72%
10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.
Ps 37:22
72%
22For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.
Isa 3:9
72%
9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
Ps 83:15
72%
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
Prov 3:33
72%
33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
Gen 49:7
72%
7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Ps 109:15
72%
15Let them be before Jehovah continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
Mal 2:2
71%
2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Ps 64:7
71%
7But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded.
Jer 4:18
71%
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.
Ps 37:15
71%
15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.
Ps 83:17
71%
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
Jer 17:3
71%
3O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures for a spoil, [and] thy high places, because of sin, throughout all thy borders.
Jer 18:21
71%
21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.
Ps 80:5
71%
5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Ps 107:34
71%
34A fruitful land into a salt desert, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Jer 15:13
71%
13[Thy substance] [and thy treasures] [will I give] [for a spoil] [without price,] [and that for all thy sins,] [even in all thy borders.]