Isaiah 3:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

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  • Gen 13:13 : 13 But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
  • Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
  • Gen 19:5-9 : 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where [are] the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said [again], This one [fellow] came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, [even] Lot, and came near to break the door.
  • 1 Sam 15:32 : 32 ¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 ¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.
  • Ps 73:6-7 : 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing [as] they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
  • Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time [that] I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 [As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Lam 5:16 : 16 The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
  • Ezek 23:16 : 16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Dan 7:20 : 20 And of the ten horns that [were] in his head, and [of] the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even [of] that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look [was] more stout than his fellows.
  • Hos 13:9 : 9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.

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  • 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

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  • 8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

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  • 7 O Lord, righteousness [belongeth] unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, [that are] near, and [that are] far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

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  • 13 But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.