Matthew 2:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Then Herod preuely called the wyse men, and dyligently enquyred of them, what tyme the starre appered,

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  • Exod 1:10 : 10 Vp, let vs deale wysely with them, yt there be not so many of them. For yf there shulde ryse vp eny warre agaynst vs, they might ioyne them selues also vnto oure enemies, and ouercome vs, & so get them out of the lande.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 & he sayde: I wyl geue him her, yt she maye be a snare vnto him, & that the handes of ye Philistynes maye come vpon him. And he sayde vnto Dauid: This daye shalt thou be my doughters husbade ye secode time.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 yee to rauish the poore, when he hath gotten him in to his nett. 10 Then smyteth he, then oppresseth he & casteth downe the poore with his auctorite.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 O cast thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they maye preuely hurte ye innocet, & sodely to hit him wt out eny feare. 5 They haue deuysed myschefe, and commoned amonge them selues, how they maye laye snares: tush (saye they) who shall se them? 6 They ymagin wickednesse, and kepe it secrete amonge them selues, euery man in ye depe of his herte.
  • Ps 83:3-4 : 3 They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people, & take councell agaynst thy secrete ones. 4 Come (saye they) let vs rote them out from amonge the people, that the name of Israel maye be put out of remebraunce.
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the, 6 sayenge: We will go downe in to Iuda, vexe the, and brynge them vnder vs, and set a Kynge there, euen the sonne of Taball. 7 For thus saieth the LORDE God ther to, It shall not so go forth, nether come so to passe:
  • Ezek 38:10-11 : 10 Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE God: At the same tyme shal many thinges come in to thy mynde, so that thou shalt ymagyn myschefe, 11 and saye: I wil vp to yonder playne londe, seinge they syt at ease, and dwell so safely (for they dwell all without eny walles, they haue nether barres nor dores)
  • Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then assembled together the hye prestes and the scrybes, and the elders of the people in to the palace of the hye prest which was called Caiphas, 4 and helde a councell, how they might take Iesus by disceate, and kyll him. 5 But they sayde: Not on the holy daye, lest there be an vproure in the people.
  • Rev 12:1-5 : 1 And there appeared a greate token in heauen. A woman clothed with the Sonne, and the mone vnder her fete, and vpon her heed a crowne of twolue starres. 2 And she was with childe, and cryed trauaillinge in byrth, and payned redy to be delyuered. 3 And there appeared another token in heauen, and beholde a greate reed dragon, hauinge seuen heades, and ten hornes and seue crownes vpo his heades: 4 and his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stode before the woma, which was ready to be delyuered: for to devoure her childe as sone as it were borne. 5 And she brought forth a man childe, which shulde rule all nacions with a rod of yron. And her sonne was taken vp vnto God, and to his seate.
  • Rev 12:15 : 15 And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woma, as it had bene a ryuer, that he might cause her to be caught of ye floud.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 2:1-6
    6 verses
    85%

    1When Iesus was borne at Bethlee in Iury, in the tyme of Herode the kynge, Beholde, there came wyse men from the east to Ierusale,

    2saynge: Where is the new borne kynge of the Iues? We haue sene his starre in the east, and are come to worship him.

    3When Herode ye kynge had herde thys, he was troubled, & all Ierusale with hym,

    4and he gathered all the hye Prestes and Scribes of ye people, & axed of them, where Christ shulde be borne.

    5And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet:

    6And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury, art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda. For out of ye shall come vnto me the captayne, that shall gouerne my people Israel.

  • Matt 2:8-17
    10 verses
    84%

    8and sent them to Bethleem, sainge: Go, and searche dyligently for the chylde. And when ye haue founde hym, bringe me worde agayne, that I maye come and worshippe hym also.

    9When they had heard the kynge, they departed: and lo, the starre which they sawe in the east, went before them, tyll it came, and stode ouer the place where the chylde was.

    10When they sawe the starre, they were maruelously glad:

    11and went into the house, and found the chylde with Mary his mother, and kneled downe and worshipped hym, & opened ther treasures, and offred vnto hym gyftes: gold, franckynsence and myrre.

    12And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they shuld not go ageine to Herod, they returned into their awne countre another waye.

    13When they were departed: beholde, the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame, sayinge: aryse, and take the chylde and his mother, and flye into Egypte, and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym.

    14The he arose, and toke the chylde and his mother by night, and departed into Egypte,

    15and was there vnto ye deeth of Herod, that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spoke of the LORDE, by the Prophet, which sayeth: out of Egypte haue I called my sonne.

    16Then Herod perceauynge yt he was disceaued of the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth, and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem, and in all the coastes there of, as many as were two yere olde and vnder, accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men.

    17Then was yt fulfilled which was spoken by ye Prophet Ieremy sayinge:

  • Matt 2:19-22
    4 verses
    73%

    19When Herode was deed: beholde, an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte,

    20sayinge: arise and take the chylde and his mother, & go into ye londe of Israel. For they are deed, which sought the chyldes life.

    21And he arose vp, and toke ye chylde and his mother, & came into the londe of Israel.

    22But whe he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury, in ye rowme of his father Herode, he was afrayde to go thither. Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned asyde into the parties of Galile,

  • Luke 23:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7And whan he perceaued that he was vnder Herodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode, which was also at Ierusale in those dayes.

    8When Herode sawe Iesus, he was exceadinge glad, for he had longe bene desyrous to se him: because he had herde moch of him, & hoped to se a miracle of hi.

    9And he axed him many thinges. Neuertheles he answered him nothinge.

  • Luke 2:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15And it fortuned wha the angels were gone from the in to heaue, the shepherdes sayde one to another: let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem, and se this thinge that is happened, which ye LORDE hath shewed vnto vs.

    16And they came wt haist, & founde both Mary and Ioseph, & the babe layed in ye maunger.

    17And whan they had sene it, they published abrode the sayenge, yt was tolde the of this childe.

    18And all they that herde it, wondred at the wordes, which the shepherdes had tolde them.

  • Matt 14:1
    70%

    1At that tyme Herode ye Tetrarcha herde of ye fame of Iesu,

  • Dan 5:15
    70%

    15Now haue there bene brought me, wise and connynge charmers, to rede this wrytynge, and to shewe me the meanynge theroff: But they coude not tell me, what this matter signified.

  • Luke 2:6-9
    4 verses
    69%

    6And it fortuned whyle they were there, ye tyme was come, that she shulde be delyuered.

    7And she brought forth hir first begotte sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger: for they had els no rowme in the ynne.

    8And there were in ye same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes, and watchinge their flocke by night.

    9And beholde, ye angell of the LORDE stode by the, and ye brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them, and they were sore afrayed.

  • Esth 1:13
    69%

    13And the kynge spake to ye wyse men that had vnderstondinge in the ordinaunces of the londe (for the kinges matters must be hadled before all soch as haue knowlege of the lawe and iudgment:

  • Acts 12:19
    68%

    19Whan Herode had called for him, and founde him not, he caused the kepers to be examyned, and commaunded the to be caried awaye, and he wente downe fro Iewry vnto Cesarea, and there abode.

  • Acts 12:1
    68%

    1At the same tyme layed kynge Herode handes vpon certayne of the congregacion, to vexe them.

  • Mark 6:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20Notwithstodinge Herode feared Iho, for he knew that he was a iust and holy man: and he kepte him, and herkened vnto him in many thinges, and herde him gladly.

    21And there came a conuenient daye, that Herode on his byrth daye made a supper to the lordes, captaynes and chefe estates of Galile.

  • Luke 2:20
    68%

    20And the shepherdes returned, praysinge and laudinge God, for all that they had herde and sene, euen as it was tolde them.

  • Luke 9:9
    68%

    9And Herode sayde: Iho haue I beheaded, who is this then, of who I heare soch thinges? And he desyred to se him.

  • Dan 4:6
    67%

    6Then sent I out a commission, that all they which were of wi?dome at Babilo shulde be brought before me, to tell me the interpretacion of the dreame.

  • Dan 2:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2Then the kynge comaunded to call together all ye soythsayers, charmers, witches and Caldees, for to shewe the kynge his dreame. So they came, and stode before the kynge.

    3And the kynge sayde vnto them: I haue dreamed a dreame, & my sprete was so troubled therwith, yt I haue clene forgotten, what I dreamed.

  • Luke 2:12
    67%

    12And take this for a token: Ye shal fynde the babe swadled, and layed in a maunger.

  • Luke 9:7
    67%

    7Herode the Tetrarcha herde of all that was done by him. And he toke care, for so moch as it was sayde of some: Iho is rysen agayne from the deed:

  • Acts 12:21
    66%

    21But vpon a daye appoynted, Herode put on ye kyngly apparell, sat him downe vpon the iudgment seate, and made an oracion vnto them.

  • Matt 1:19
    66%

    19But Ioseph her hussbande was a perfect man, and wolde not bringe her to shame, but was mynded to put her awaie secretely.

  • Dan 2:13
    66%

    13and ye proclamacion wete forth, that the wyse me shulde be slayne. They sought also to slaye Daniel with his copanyons.