Ezekiel 21:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 13:9 : 9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
  • Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
  • Ezek 16:46 : 46 Your older sister is Samaria, living at your left hand, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, living at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
  • Ezek 21:4 : 4 Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:
  • Ezek 21:20 : 20 Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.

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  • Isa 30:21
    79%

    21 And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

  • Ezek 21:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17 And I will put my hands together with a loud sound, and I will let my wrath have rest: I the Lord have said it.

    18 And the word of the Lord came to me again, saying,

    19 And you, son of man, have two ways marked out, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; let the two of them come out of one land: and let there be a pillar at the top of the road:

    20 Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.

  • Deut 5:32
    75%

    32 Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

  • Prov 4:27
    75%

    27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil.

  • Ezek 21:15
    74%

    15 In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.

  • Ezek 21:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2 Son of man, let your face be turned to Jerusalem, let your words be dropped in the direction of her holy place, and be a prophet against the land of Israel;

    3 And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.

    4 Because I am going to have the upright and the evil cut off from you, for this cause my sword will go out from its cover against all flesh from the south to the north:

  • Jer 15:2
    74%

    2 And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.

  • Deut 28:14
    73%

    14 Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.

  • Gen 13:9
    73%

    9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

  • Jer 1:17
    72%

    17 So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

  • Ezek 21:22
    72%

    22 At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls.

  • Jer 21:8
    72%

    8 And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.

  • Jer 17:19
    72%

    19 This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

  • Ezek 22:14
    72%

    14 Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.

  • Deut 28:25
    71%

    25 The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Jer 44:11
    71%

    11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;

  • Ezek 4:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

    8 And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.

  • Ezek 39:3
    71%

    3 And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.

  • Jer 6:25
    71%

    25 Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

  • Job 30:12
    71%

    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

  • Amos 9:4
    71%

    4 And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

  • Josh 23:6
    71%

    6 So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

  • Prov 4:25
    71%

    25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

  • Deut 17:11
    71%

    11 Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

  • Isa 30:11
    70%

    11 Get out of the good way, turning from the right road; do not keep the Holy One of Israel before our minds.

  • Jer 38:21
    70%

    21 But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:

  • Isa 8:11
    70%

    11 For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

  • Nah 2:1
    70%

    1 See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.

  • Lev 26:17
    70%

    17 And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

  • Isa 9:20
    70%

    20 On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

  • Ps 21:12
    70%

    12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

  • Jer 18:11
    70%

    11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.

  • Matt 25:33
    70%

    33 And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.

  • Ezek 15:7
    70%

    7 And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.

  • Prov 21:29
    70%

    29 The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Ezek 16:40
    70%

    40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.

  • Amos 4:3
    70%

    3 And you will go out through the broken places, every one going straight before her, and you will be sent into Harmon, says the Lord.

  • Jer 26:14
    70%

    14 As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.

  • Prov 4:15
    70%

    15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Joel 3:11
    70%

    11 And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have given for a price to the sons of the Greeks, to send them far away from their land:

  • Deut 6:19
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    19 To send out from before you all those who are against you.

  • Obad 1:14
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    14 And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble.