Numbers 24:21

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Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his oracle: 'Your dwelling is secure, your nest is set in the rock.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 15:19 : 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
  • Judg 1:16 : 16 The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went and lived among the people there.
  • Job 29:18 : 18 I said, 'I will die with my nest, and my days will be as numerous as the sand.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 24:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22Yet you Kenites will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.

    23Then he spoke his oracle: 'Alas! Who can survive when God does this?'

  • Num 24:20
    75%

    20Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his oracle: 'Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.'

  • Job 39:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?

    28It dwells and lodges on the rocky crag, on the sharp point of the cliff and its stronghold.

  • Jer 49:16
    70%

    16The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

  • Gen 15:19
    70%

    19the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

  • Exod 33:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Then the LORD said, 'There is a place near Me where you may stand on a rock.'

    22When My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

  • 1 Sam 15:6
    69%

    6Saul said to the Kenites, 'Go, depart, leave the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • Judg 4:11
    68%

    11Meanwhile, Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent near the great tree in Zaanannim, which is beside Kedesh.

  • Prov 30:26
    68%

    26Rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags.

  • Isa 33:16
    68%

    16He will dwell on the heights; his refuge will be the rocky fortresses. His bread will be provided, and his water will be sure.

  • Job 30:6
    68%

    6They dwell in the dry streambeds, in holes in the ground, and among the rocks.

  • Jer 48:28
    68%

    28Abandon your cities and dwell among the rocks, O inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that makes its nest in the sides of the cave's opening.

  • Num 23:9
    68%

    9For from the top of the rocks I see them, from the hills I behold them; they are a people who live apart and do not consider themselves among the nations.

  • Job 28:7-9
    3 verses
    67%

    7No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the hawk's eye seen it.

    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, nor has the lion prowled over it.

    9Man lays his hand on the hardest rock and overturns mountains from their roots.

  • Deut 32:13
    67%

    13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the produce of the fields. He gave him honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag.

  • Judg 1:16
    67%

    16The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went and lived among the people there.

  • Isa 22:16
    67%

    16'What right do you have here, and who gave you the right to be here, that you carve out a tomb for yourself here, cutting out a burial site on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?'

  • Obad 1:3-4
    2 verses
    67%

    3The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

    4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 27:10
    66%

    10When Achish asked, "Where did you raid today?" David replied, "Against the Negev of Judah, against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the Negev of the Kenites."

  • Judg 6:2
    66%

    2Midian's power overwhelmed Israel, and because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

  • Num 24:9
    66%

    9He crouched, he lay down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Those who bless you will be blessed; those who curse you will be cursed.

  • 1 Sam 30:29
    66%

    29to those in Racal, in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;

  • Job 8:17
    66%

    17Their roots are entwined around a heap of rocks; they look for a home among the stones.

  • Ps 104:18
    66%

    18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the hyraxes.

  • Job 15:28
    65%

    28he will dwell in desolated cities, in houses no one inhabits, destined to become ruins.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    65%

    13May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • Ps 27:5
    65%

    5For He will hide me in His shelter on the day of trouble. He will conceal me in the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

  • Num 13:29
    65%

    29The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.

  • Deut 32:31
    65%

    31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede this.

  • Num 24:5
    65%

    5How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel!

  • Ps 31:21
    65%

    21You hide them in the shelter of your presence from the schemes of men; you conceal them in a shelter from quarrelsome tongues.

  • Job 29:18
    65%

    18I said, 'I will die with my nest, and my days will be as numerous as the sand.'

  • Judg 5:24
    65%

    24Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

  • Num 23:24
    65%

    24'The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.'

  • Deut 33:15
    65%

    15With the best from the ancient mountains and the precious things from the everlasting hills,

  • Job 24:23
    64%

    23He allows them to rest in security, but His eyes are on their ways.

  • Job 38:40
    64%

    40when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?

  • Hab 3:7
    64%

    7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the dwellings of Midian trembled.

  • Deut 25:17
    64%

    17Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey out of Egypt,

  • Deut 33:27
    64%

    27The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemies before you, saying, 'Destroy them!'

  • Hab 2:9
    64%

    9Woe to the one who gains unjust wealth for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of calamity!

  • Deut 32:10-11
    2 verses
    64%

    10He found him in a desolate land, in a barren wasteland with howling winds. He surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the apple of His eye.

    11Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings, took him, and carried him on His pinions.

  • Job 27:18
    64%

    18He builds his house like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.