Psalms 107:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

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  • Lam 3:39 : 39 What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
  • Isa 57:17-18 : 17 I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me. 18 I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.
  • Isa 65:6-7 : 6 See, it is recorded before me, says the Lord: I will not keep back my hand, till I have sent punishment, 7 For their sins and the sins of their fathers, who were burning perfumes on the mountains, and saying evil things against me on the hills: so I will take the measure of their sins, and will send the punishment for them into their breast.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them. 34 So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.
  • Num 12:10-13 : 10 And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper. 11 Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners. 12 Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother. 13 And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.
  • Num 21:5-9 : 5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us. 6 Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel. 7 Then the people came to Moses and said, We have done wrong in crying out against the Lord and against you: make prayer to the Lord to take away the snakes from us. So Moses made prayer for the people. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, Make an image of a snake and put it on a rod, and anyone who has been wounded by the snakes, looking on it will be made well. 9 So Moses made a snake of brass and put it on a rod; and anyone who had a snakebite, after looking on the snake of brass, was made well.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion. 2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand. 3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength. 5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour. 6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day. 7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy. 8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
  • 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 7:7 : 7 I saw among the young men one without sense,
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

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    18 They are disgusted by all food, and they come near to the doors of death.

    19 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Ps 107:27-28
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    27 They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

    28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 107:16
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    16 The doors of brass are broken by his arm, and the bands of iron are cut in two.

  • Ps 107:10-13
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    10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;

    11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High:

    12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

    13 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4 Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39 And when they are made low, and crushed by trouble and sorrow,

  • Prov 14:8-9
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    8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

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  • Prov 19:29
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    29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8 Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 26:9-10
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    9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

    10 Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19 For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

  • Ps 38:5
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    5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

    7 The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Ps 107:5-6
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    5 Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

    6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;

  • Prov 22:15
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    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

  • Prov 26:7
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    7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

  • Ps 119:67
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    67 Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Prov 26:3
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    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

  • Job 36:8
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    8 And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

  • Job 12:17
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    17 He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15 The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Ps 107:34
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    34 He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

  • Job 24:12
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    12 From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

  • Job 30:8
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    8 They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

  • Ps 106:43
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    43 Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

  • Jer 30:15
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    15 Why are you crying for help because of your wound? for your pain may never be taken away: because your evil-doing was so great and because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.