Habakkuk 2:15

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A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

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  • Gen 9:22 : 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.
  • Jer 51:7 : 7 Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
  • Rev 17:2 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth made themselves unclean, and those who are on the earth were full of the wine of her evil desires.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.
  • Rev 18:3 : 3 For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.
  • Gen 19:32-35 : 32 Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father, 33 And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away. 34 And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father. 35 And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
  • Exod 32:25 : 25 And Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them loose to their shame before their haters:
  • 2 Sam 11:13 : 13 And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.
  • 2 Sam 13:26-28 : 26 Then Absalom said, If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Is there any reason for him to go with you? 27 But Absalom went on requesting him till he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. And Absalom made a great feast like a feast for a king. 28 Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
  • Jer 25:15 : 15 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hab 2:16
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    16 You are full of shame in place of glory: take your part in the drinking, and let your shame be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand will come round to you and your glory will be covered with shame.

  • Isa 5:21-22
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    80%

    21 Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

    22 Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks!

  • Isa 5:11
    78%

    11 Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!

  • Prov 31:5-7
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    77%

    5 For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

    6 Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

    7 Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

  • Hab 2:5-6
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    77%

    5 A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

    6 Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

  • Joel 1:5
    77%

    5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.

  • Prov 20:1
    75%

    1 Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

  • Jer 13:12-13
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    74%

    12 So you are to say this word to them: This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Every skin bottle will be full of wine; and they will say to you, Is it not quite clear to us that every skin bottle will be full of wine?

    13 Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

  • Prov 23:30-31
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    74%

    30 Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.

    31 Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

  • Job 15:16
    74%

    16 How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

  • Hos 4:11
    74%

    11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

  • Jer 25:15
    74%

    15 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said to me: Take the cup of the wine of this wrath from my hand, and make all the nations to whom I send you take of it.

  • Isa 28:1
    73%

    1 Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!

  • Isa 56:12
    73%

    12 Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

  • Hab 2:14
    73%

    14 For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.

  • Ezek 23:32-34
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    73%

    32 This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.

    33 You will be broken and full of sorrow, with the cup of wonder and destruction, with the cup of your sister Samaria.

    34 And after drinking it and draining it out, you will take the last drops of it to the end, pulling off your breasts: for I have said it, says the Lord.

  • Isa 24:9
    73%

    9 There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

  • Lam 4:21
    73%

    21 Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

  • Prov 4:17
    73%

    17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • Isa 29:9
    73%

    9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

  • Mic 2:11
    73%

    11 If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

  • Obad 1:16
    73%

    16 For as you have been drinking on my holy mountain, so will all the nations go on drinking without end; they will go on drinking and the wine will go down their throats, and they will be as if they had never been.

  • Isa 51:21
    73%

    21 So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:

  • Gen 9:21
    72%

    21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

  • Isa 28:7
    72%

    7 And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

  • Prov 23:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:

    21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.

  • Jer 25:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will send among you.

    28 And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.

  • Isa 1:22
    72%

    22 Your silver is no longer true metal, your wine is mixed with water.

  • Jer 48:26
    72%

    26 Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

  • Hab 2:9
    72%

    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Nah 1:10
    71%

    10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

  • Amos 2:12
    71%

    12 But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

  • Amos 2:8
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    8 By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.

  • Jer 19:10
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    10 Then let the potter's bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you,

  • Jer 49:12
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    12 For the Lord has said, Those for whom the cup was not made ready will certainly be forced to take of it; and are you to go without punishment? you will not be without punishment, but will certainly be forced to take from the cup.

  • Ps 75:8
    71%

    8 For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red; it is well mixed, overflowing from his hand: he will make all the sinners of the earth take of it, even to the last drop.

  • Nah 3:11
    71%

    11 And you will be overcome with wine, you will become feeble; you will be looking for a safe place from those who are fighting against you.

  • Mic 6:15
    71%

    15 You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.