Genesis 31:7
But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.
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- Num 14:22 : 22 Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;
- Neh 4:12 : 12 And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.
- Ps 37:28 : 28 For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
- Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.
- Gen 31:41 : 41 These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
- Zech 8:23 : 23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
- Gen 20:6 : 6 And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
- Lev 26:26 : 26 When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.
- Ps 105:14-15 : 14 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them, 15 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
- Isa 4:1 : 1 And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.
- Isa 54:17 : 17 No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
- Job 1:10 : 10 Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
- Job 19:3 : 3 Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.
- Job 19:8 : 8 My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 31:38-425 verses82%
38These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
39Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
40This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
41These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.
- Gen 31:8-103 verses81%
8If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.
9So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.
10And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.
- Gen 31:5-62 verses79%
5And he said to them, It is clear to me that your father's feeling is no longer what it was to me; but the God of my father has been with me
6And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,
- Gen 31:27-304 verses76%
27Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?
28You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.
29It is in my power to do you damage: but the God of your father came to me this night, saying, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.
30And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?
- Gen 30:27-326 verses75%
27And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
28Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.
29Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.
30For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
31And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
32Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
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12If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
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32For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
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15Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?
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7And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:
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12And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.
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9Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
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13And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.
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25And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?
- Gen 31:15-162 verses70%
15Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.
16For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.
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34For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
- Gen 42:28-292 verses69%
28And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?
29So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,
- Gen 27:35-362 verses69%
35And he said, Your brother came with deceit, and took away your blessing.
36And he said, Is it because he is named Jacob that he has twice taken my place? for he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not kept a blessing for me?
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6And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
- Gen 31:1-22 verses69%
1Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
2And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.
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36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
- Gen 37:10-112 verses69%
10And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
11And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
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9And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
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17Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.
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34And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
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23Now, then, give me your oath, in the name of God, that you will not be false to me or to my sons after me, but that as I have been good to you, so you will be to me and to this land where you have been living.
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27And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.