Genesis 10:9

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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore, it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."

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  • Gen 6:4 : 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humanity and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  • Gen 6:11 : 11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents.
  • Gen 27:30 : 30 As soon as Isaac finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from his hunting.
  • 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 During his time of distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I am sending many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that, I will send many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
  • Ezek 13:18 : 18 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands for all wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height to ensnare lives. Will you hunt down the lives of my people but preserve your own?
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    8Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be a mighty man on the earth.

  • 1 Chr 1:10
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    10Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

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    10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

    11From that land, Asshur went out and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

  • Gen 11:9
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    9That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

  • Mic 5:6
    66%

    6The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man nor depend on the sons of men.

  • Ps 135:10
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    10He struck down many nations and killed mighty kings—

  • Gen 11:4
    65%

    4Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

  • Job 41:10
    64%

    10His sneezes flash forth light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

  • Amos 5:9
    64%

    9He flashes destruction upon the mighty and brings ruin upon the fortified city.

  • Gen 4:15
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    15But the LORD said to him, 'Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.' Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

  • Gen 6:4
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    4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humanity and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown.