Psalms 105:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

When they were [but] a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

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  • Gen 34:30 : 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
  • Deut 7:7 : 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:
  • Heb 11:9 : 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
  • Gen 23:4 : 4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
  • Deut 26:5 : 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
  • Ezek 33:24-33 : 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we [are] many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely they that [are] in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that [is] in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that [be] in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I [am] the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. 30 ¶ Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their covetousness. 32 And, lo, thou [art] unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.
  • Acts 7:5 : 5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
  • Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
  • Heb 11:12 : 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

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    90%

    18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;

    19When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

    20And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people;

  • Ps 105:13
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    13When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people;

  • Ps 105:11
    75%

    11Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

  • Exod 6:4
    71%

    4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

  • Acts 7:5-6
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    71%

    5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

    6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.

  • Deut 4:27
    71%

    27And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

  • Ps 107:4
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    4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

  • Job 15:19
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    19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

  • Gen 15:13
    69%

    13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

  • Ps 114:1
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    1¶ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

  • Deut 26:5
    69%

    5And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

  • Heb 11:9
    68%

    9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

  • Acts 7:17
    68%

    17¶ But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Ps 105:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

    24And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

  • Deut 10:19
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    19Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

  • Num 13:18
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    18And see the land, what it [is]; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they [be] strong or weak, few or many;

  • Ps 78:55
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    55He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

  • Neh 9:23
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    23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess [it].

  • Ps 107:39
    68%

    39Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

  • Gen 37:1
    68%

    1¶ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
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    15For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.

  • Exod 1:7
    68%

    7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

  • Gen 47:27
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    27¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

  • Deut 10:22
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    22Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  • Deut 28:62
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    62And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

  • Exod 32:13
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    13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever.

  • Ps 105:44
    67%

    44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

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    7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

  • Deut 32:8
    67%

    8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  • Exod 23:30
    67%

    30By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

  • 1 Sam 12:8
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    8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

  • Gen 13:6
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    6And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

  • Num 32:16
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    16¶ And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

  • Ps 105:17
    67%

    17He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold for a servant:

  • Deut 7:7
    67%

    7The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:

  • Exod 1:10
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    10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land.

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    6¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.

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    10The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

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    66%

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  • Ps 135:12
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    12And gave their land [for] an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them], and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Gen 42:12
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    12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

  • Num 20:15
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    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

  • Ezek 33:24
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    24Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we [are] many; the land is given us for inheritance.

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    17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

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    2Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.