Psalms 107:17

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Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.

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  • Lam 3:39 : 39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
  • Isa 57:17-18 : 17 Because of their sinful greed, I was angry; I struck them and turned away in anger, yet they continued in their willful ways. 18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to them and to those who mourn for them.
  • Isa 65:6-7 : 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps. 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your ancestors together,' says the LORD, 'because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached me on the hills; I will measure their former deeds into their laps.'
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague. 34 So they named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.
  • Num 12:10-13 : 10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam's skin was leprous—it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a skin disease. 11 And he said to Moses, 'Please, my lord, do not hold this sin against us. We acted foolishly and sinned. 12 Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother's womb with its flesh half eaten away.' 13 So Moses cried out to the LORD, 'O God, please heal her!'
  • Num 21:5-9 : 5 The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!' 6 Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people. 8 The LORD said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will live.' 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole, and if a serpent bit someone, they looked at the bronze serpent and lived.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and commit abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 2 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 3 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me. 4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 5 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 7 I am bent over and deeply bowed down; all day long I go about mourning. 8 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 107:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    18They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

    19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

  • Prov 19:3
    75%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Ps 107:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27They reeled and staggered like drunkards, and all their skill was useless.

    28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.

  • Ps 107:16
    74%

    16For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

  • Ps 107:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in misery and chains.

    11For they had rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

    12So He humbled their hearts with labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

    13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

  • Jer 5:4
    74%

    4Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.'

  • Prov 1:32
    73%

    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Ps 107:39
    73%

    39Yet they were diminished and brought low through oppression, calamity, and sorrow.

  • Prov 14:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9Fools mock at making amends for guilt, but goodwill is found among the upright.

  • Prov 19:29
    72%

    29Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

  • Ps 94:8
    72%

    8Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

  • Prov 17:25
    72%

    25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 17:21
    72%

    21The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Prov 26:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

    10A master archer who wounds all and one who hires a fool or passersby are alike.

  • Ps 53:1
    71%

    1For the director, according to Mahalath. A contemplative psalm of David.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
    71%

    19For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

  • Ps 38:5
    71%

    5For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear.

  • Ps 14:1
    71%

    1To the director. Of David. The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt and commit abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
    71%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Ps 107:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Hungry and thirsty, their souls grew faint within them.

    6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

  • Prov 22:15
    70%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

  • Eccl 4:5
    70%

    5The fool folds his hands and ruins himself.

  • Jer 4:22
    70%

    22For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Rom 1:22
    70%

    22Claiming to be wise, they became fools.

  • Prov 26:7
    70%

    7Like the legs of a lame person that hang limp, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

  • Eccl 10:3
    70%

    3Even while walking along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how foolish he is.

  • Ps 119:67
    70%

    67Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

    16Every prudent person acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts their folly.

  • Ps 92:6
    70%

    6How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

  • Prov 26:3
    70%

    3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

  • Job 36:8
    70%

    8If they are bound in chains and held captive by cords of suffering,

  • Job 12:17
    70%

    17"He leads counselors away stripped and makes fools of judges."

  • Eccl 10:15
    70%

    15The work of fools wearies them because they do not even know how to go to the city.

  • Ps 107:34
    69%

    34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.

  • Job 24:12
    69%

    12From the city, the dying groan, and the life of the wounded cries out, but God does not regard their folly.

  • Job 30:8
    69%

    8They are sons of fools, nameless men, driven out from the land.

  • Ps 106:43
    69%

    43Many times He delivered them, but they were rebellious in their plans and sank into their iniquity.

  • Jer 30:15
    69%

    15Why do you cry out over your injury? Your pain is incurable. Because of your great guilt and many sins, I have done these things to you.

  • Prov 12:15
    69%

    15The way of a fool seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.