Habakkuk 2:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Zech 2:13 : 13 For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.
  • Zeph 1:7 : 7 Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
  • Ps 46:10 : 10 Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
  • Jonah 2:7 : 7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
  • Mic 1:2 : 2 Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.
  • Eph 2:21-22 : 21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.
  • Ps 76:8-9 : 8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound, 9 When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
  • Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
  • Isa 6:1 : 1 In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated in his place, high and lifted up, and the Temple was full of the wide skirts of his robe.
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
  • Isa 66:6 : 6 There is a noise of war from the town, a sound from the Temple, the voice of the Lord giving punishment to his haters.
  • Jonah 2:4 : 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 13 For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.

  • 19 A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.

  • 7 Let there be no sound before the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is near: for the Lord has made ready an offering, he has made his guests holy.

  • 21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • 1 Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

  • 10 Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.

  • 30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

  • Eccl 5:1-2
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    72%

    1 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

    2 As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

  • 9 O give worship to the Lord in holy robes; be in fear before him, all the earth.

  • 1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

  • 7 All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.

  • Isa 2:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 And the images will never be seen again.

    19 And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • 9 At the voice of the Lord the roes give birth, the leaves are taken from the trees: in his Temple everything says, Glory.

  • 10 Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

  • 8 Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

  • 16 Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

  • 11 The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.

  • 8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

  • 2 Give to the Lord the full glory of his name; give him worship in holy robes.

  • 27 Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.

  • 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

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    4 Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

  • 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

  • 5 If only you would keep quiet, it would be a sign of wisdom!

  • 2 Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.

  • 6 Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place.

  • 2 You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

  • 11 For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

  • 17 The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

  • 3 Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

  • 11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.

  • 2 I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

  • 7 The Lord has given up his altar and has been turned in hate from his holy place; he has given up into the hands of the attacker the walls of her great houses: their voices have been loud in the house of the Lord as in the day of a holy meeting.

  • 2 Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

  • 19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.

  • 13 So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

  • 6 I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

  • 30 But if a revelation is given to another who is seated near, let the first be quiet.

  • 17 Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?

  • 12 Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

  • 5 Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.

  • 22 You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

  • 20 Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

  • 7 Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.

  • 7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

  • 28 Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.

  • 3 Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.

  • 16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.