Job 19:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

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  • Job 13:7-9 : 7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth? 8 Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters? 9 Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man? 10 He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret. 11 Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?
  • Job 15:22 : 22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
  • Job 22:4 : 4 Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?
  • Ps 1:5 : 5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,
  • Ps 9:7 : 7 But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.
  • Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer. 11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
  • Matt 7:1-2 : 1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged. 2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
  • Rom 13:1-4 : 1 Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God. 2 For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves. 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise; 4 For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
  • Jas 4:11-12 : 11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

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    8 You have been fearing the sword, and I will send the sword on you, says the Lord.

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    19 A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

  • Deut 19:20-21
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    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

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    52 Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.

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    30 Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.

  • Isa 1:20
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    20 But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

  • Ps 119:120
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    120 My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

  • Rom 13:4
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    4 For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

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

  • Deut 32:41
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    41 If I make sharp my shining sword, and my hand is outstretched for judging, I will give punishment to those who are against me, and their right reward to my haters.

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    24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

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    27 But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

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    8 For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am sending a sword on you, cutting off from you man and beast.

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    29 And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will give you punishment in this place, so that you may see that my words will certainly have effect against you for evil:

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    10 If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.

  • Deut 32:25
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    25 Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

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  • Ezek 7:15
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    15 Outside is the sword, and inside disease and need of food: he who is in the open country will be put to the sword; he who is in the town will come to his end through need of food and disease.

  • Rev 19:15
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    15 And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.

  • Jer 42:16
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    16 Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.

  • Jer 6:25
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    25 Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.

  • Exod 21:25
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    25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

  • Luke 22:49
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    49 And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

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    25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

  • Ps 90:11
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    11 Who has knowledge of the power of your wrath, or who takes note of the weight of your passion?

  • 2 Chr 29:8
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    8 And 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.

  • Job 20:25
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    25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.

  • Prov 16:14
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    14 The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

  • Prov 19:23
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    23 The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.