Job 39:16
(39:19) He sheweth himselfe cruell vnto his yong ones, as they were not his, and is without feare, as if he trauailed in vaine.
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- Lam 4:3 : 3 Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
- Hab 2:13 : 13 Beholde, is it not of the Lorde of hostes that the people shal labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.
- Rom 1:31 : 31 Without vnderstanding, couenant breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, mercilesse.
- Deut 28:56-57 : 56 The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husbande that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter, 57 And at her afterbirth (that shall come out from betweene her feete) and at her childre, which she shall beare: for when all things lacke, she shall eate them secretly, during the siege and straitnesse, wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in thy cities.
- 1 Kgs 3:26-27 : 26 Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, & slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it. 27 Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.
- 2 Kgs 6:28-29 : 28 Also the King said vnto her, What ayleth thee? And she answered, This woman sayde vnto me, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him to day, and we will eate my sonne to morowe, 29 So we sod my sonne, and did eate him: & I saide to her the day after, Giue thy sonne, that we may eate him, but she hath hid her sonne.
- Eccl 10:15 : 15 The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
- Lam 2:20 : 20 Beholde, O Lord, and consider to whome thou hast done thus: shall the women eate their fruite, and children of a spanne long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slaine in the Sanctuarie of the Lord?
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Job 39:14-152 verses84%
14 (39:17) Which leaueth his egges in the earth, and maketh them hote in the dust,
15 (39:18) And forgetteth that the foote might scatter the, or that the wild beast might breake the.
- Job 39:17-182 verses82%
17 (39:20) For God had depriued him of wisedom, and hath giuen him no part of vnderstanding.
18 (39:21) When time is, he mounteth on hie: he mocketh the horse and his rider.
- Deut 28:56-572 verses78%
56 The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husbande that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter,
57 And at her afterbirth (that shall come out from betweene her feete) and at her childre, which she shall beare: for when all things lacke, she shall eate them secretly, during the siege and straitnesse, wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in thy cities.
- Job 39:28-303 verses76%
28 (39:31) Shee abideth and remaineth in the rocke, euen vpon the toppe of the rocke, and the tower.
29 (39:32) From thence she spieth for meate, and her eyes beholde afarre off.
30 (39:33) His young ones also sucke vp blood: and where the slaine are, there is she.
- Lam 4:3-42 verses73%
3 Euen the dragons draw out the breastes, and giue sucke to their yong, but the daughter of my people is become cruell like the ostriches in the wildernesse.
4 The tongue of the sucking childe cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the yong children aske bread, but no man breaketh it vnto them.
- Job 39:1-44 verses73%
1 (39:4) Knowest thou the time when the wilde goates bring foorth yong? or doest thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
2 (39:5) Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?
3 (39:6) They bow them selues: they bruise their yong and cast out their sorowes.
4 (39:7) Yet their yong waxe fatte, and growe vp with corne: they goe foorth and returne not vnto them.
- Hos 2:3-42 verses73%
3 Lest I strippe her naked, and set her as in the day that shee was borne, and make her as a wildernes, and leaue her like a drie land, and slaie her for thirst.
4 And I wil haue no pitie vpon her children: for they be the children of fornications.
- Ezek 19:2-32 verses73%
2 And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,
3 And she brought vp one of her whelps, and it became a lyon, and it learned to catch the praye, and it deuoured men.
- Isa 51:18-192 verses73%
18 There is none to guide her among all the sonnes, whome she hath brought foorth: there is none that taketh her by the hand of all the sonnes that she hath brought vp.
19 These two thinges are come vnto thee: who will lament thee? desolation and destruction and famine, and the sworde: by whome shall I comfort thee?
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15 Can a woman forget her childe, & not haue compassion on the sonne of her wombe? Though they should forget, yet wil I not forget thee.
- Nah 2:10-112 verses72%
10 She is emptie and voyde and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and sorowe is in all loynes, and the faces of the all gather blackenesse.
11 Where is the dwelling of the lyons, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon, and the lionesse walked, and the lyons whelpe, & none made them afrayde.
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9 Shee that hath borne seuen, hath bene made weake: her heart hath failed: the sunne hath failed her, whiles it was day: she hath bene confounded, and ashamed, and the residue of them will I deliuer vnto the sworde before their enemies, sayth the Lord.
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12 Though they bring vp their children, yet I will depriue them from being men: yea, woe to them, when I depart from them.
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5 Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon.
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13 The sorowes of a trauailing woman shall come vpon him: he is an vnwise sonne, els would he not stande still at the time, euen at the breaking forth of the children.
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18 (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)
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5 Yea, the hinde also calued in the fielde, & forsooke it, because there was no grasse.
- Prov 30:16-172 verses70%
16 The graue, and the barren wombe, the earth that cannot be satisfied with water, and the fire that sayeth not, It is ynough.
17 The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.
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10 Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
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21 He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.
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14 O Lorde, giue them: what wilt thou giue them? giue them a baren wombe and drie breasts.
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6 She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
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11 (She is babling and loud: whose feete can not abide in her house.
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20 And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.
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20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
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5 They that were full, are hired foorth for bread, and the hungrie are no more hired, so that the barren hath borne seuen: and shee that had many children, is feeble.
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44 Beholde, all that vse prouerbes, shall vse this prouerbe against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
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10 Yet was she caried awaye, and went into captiuitie: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streetes: and they cast lottes for her noble men, and al her myghtie men were bound in chaines.
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10 The hands of the pitifull women haue sodden their owne children, which were their meate in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.
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3 For thus sayeth the Lorde concerning the sonnes, and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, & concerning their mothers that beare them, & concerning their fathers, that beget them in this land,
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17 She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
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17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.
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27 She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.
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12 Therefore your mother shall bee sore confounded, and she that bare you, shall be ashamed: beholde, the vttermost of the nations shalbe a desert, a drie land, and a wildernes.
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6 Therefore beholde, I will stoope thy way with thornes, and make an hedge, that shee shall not finde her pathes.