Genesis 49:5

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'Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.'

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  • Gen 34:25-31 : 25 On the third day, when they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the city undetected, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields. 29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed." 31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"
  • Gen 29:33-34 : 33 She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Because the LORD heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one too.' So she named him Simeon. 34 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, 'Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, he was named Levi.
  • Gen 46:10-11 : 10 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul—the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Prov 18:9 : 9 A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

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  • Gen 34:29-30
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    29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder.

    30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed."

  • Gen 34:25-27
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    25 On the third day, when they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the city undetected, and killed every male.

    26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.

    27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

  • Gen 49:6-7
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    6 'Let me not enter their council; let me not join their assembly, for in their anger they killed men, and in their self-will they hamstrung oxen.'

    7 'Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.'

  • Gen 35:23
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    23 The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Exod 1:2
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    2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.

  • Gen 49:4
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    4 'Unstable as water, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father's bed; you defiled it—he went up onto my couch.'

  • Jer 5:16
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    16 Their quiver is like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.

  • 1 Chr 2:1
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    1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Josh 19:9
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    9 The inheritance of the descendants of Simeon was part of the territory of the descendants of Judah, because the portion for the descendants of Judah was too large for them. So the descendants of Simeon received an inheritance within Judah's territory.

  • Mic 2:1-2
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    1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.

    2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

  • Ps 37:14-15
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    14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright.

    15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  • Rom 3:15
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    15 Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • Judg 1:3
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    3 Then Judah said to his brother Simeon, "Come with me into my allotted territory, and let us fight the Canaanites together. I will also go with you into your territory." So Simeon went with him.

  • Gen 34:13
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    13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah.

  • Hos 6:9
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    9 As marauders lie in wait for someone, so a band of priests murder on the road to Shechem; they commit heinous crimes.