Isaiah 28:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give ear then to the word of the Lord, you men of pride, the rulers of this people in Jerusalem:

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  • Isa 1:10 : 10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
  • Isa 28:22 : 22 And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.
  • Isa 29:20 : 20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who are watching to do evil are cut off:
  • 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.
  • Acts 13:41 : 41 See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.
  • Isa 5:9 : 9 The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?
  • Prov 3:34 : 34 He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.
  • Prov 29:8 : 8 Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 28:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

    13For this cause the word of the Lord will be to them rule after rule, line after line, here a little, there a little; so that they may go on their way, and falling back may be broken, and taken in the net.

  • Isa 28:22
    76%

    22And now, take care that you do not make sport of him, or your bands will be made strong; for I have had word from the Lord, the Lord of armies, of an end, of a complete end, which is to come on all the land.

  • Isa 28:15
    75%

    15Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    74%

    8And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

  • Jer 28:7
    74%

    7But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people:

  • Jer 13:15
    74%

    15Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.

  • Jer 35:13
    74%

    13This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.

  • Isa 1:10
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    10Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

  • Isa 30:12
    73%

    12For this cause the Holy One of Israel says, Because you will not give ear to this word, and are looking for help in ways of deceit and evil, and are putting your hope in them:

  • Jer 13:9
    73%

    9The Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Jer 17:20
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    20And say to them, Give ear to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who come in by these doors:

  • Jer 21:11
    73%

    11About the family of the king of Judah. Give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Jer 11:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,

    3The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

  • Isa 37:22
    73%

    22This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

  • Isa 51:7
    73%

    7Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

  • Ezek 34:7
    72%

    7For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

  • Mic 3:9
    72%

    9Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

  • Jer 19:15
    72%

    15The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

  • Ezek 34:9
    72%

    9For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • Isa 30:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9For they are an uncontrolled people, false-hearted, who will not give ear to the teaching of the Lord:

    10Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

  • 2 Kgs 19:21
    72%

    21This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

  • Jer 19:3
    72%

    3Say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem; the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send evil on this place which will be bitter to the ears of anyone hearing of it.

  • Hab 1:10
    72%

    10He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

  • Jer 25:8
    72%

    8So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

  • Jer 29:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

    20And now, give ear to the word of the Lord, all you whom I have sent away prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  • Jer 7:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

    29Let your hair be cut off, O Jerusalem, and let it go, and let a song of grief go up on the open hilltops; for the Lord is turned away from the generation of his wrath and has given them up.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    72%

    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

  • Jer 22:29
    71%

    29O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!

  • Jer 22:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,

    2And say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, seated on the seat of David, you and your servants and your people who come in by these doors.

  • Jer 6:18
    71%

    18So then, give ear, you nations, and ...

  • Mic 3:12
    71%

    12For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.

  • Ezek 16:35
    71%

    35For this cause, O loose woman, give ear to the voice of the Lord:

  • Prov 29:8
    71%

    8Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

  • Jer 5:21
    71%

    21Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • Ezek 28:11
    71%

    11Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • Mic 6:16
    71%

    16For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.

  • Isa 30:1
    71%

    1Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

  • Jer 10:1
    71%

    1Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:

  • Jer 6:10
    71%

    10To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

  • Mic 2:3
    70%

    3For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.

  • Jer 25:18
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    18Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;

  • Jer 23:38
    70%

    38But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;

  • Lam 2:15
    70%

    15All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

  • Jer 8:9
    70%

    9The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?