Psalms 144:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[That] our oxen [may be] strong to labour; [that there be] no breaking in, nor going out; that [there be] no complaining in our streets.

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  • Deut 28:7 : 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Judg 5:8 : 8 They chose new gods; then [was] war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
  • Judg 6:6 : 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 13:17-23 : 17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way [that leadeth to] Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: 18 And another company turned the way [to] Bethhoron: and another company turned [to] the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make [them] swords or spears: 20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that [were] with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
  • 1 Sam 31:7 : 7 And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
  • Isa 24:11 : 11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
  • Jer 13:17-19 : 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive. 18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open [them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
  • Jer 14:2 : 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
  • Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
  • Lam 1:4-6 : 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she [is] in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts [that] find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
  • Zech 8:3-5 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

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  • Ps 144:12-13
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    12 That our sons [may be] as plants grown up in their youth; [that] our daughters [may be] as corner stones, polished [after] the similitude of a palace:

    13 [That] our garners [may be] full, affording all manner of store: [that] our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

  • 15 Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.

  • 4 ¶ Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.

  • Job 21:9-10
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    9 Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.

    10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

  • 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

  • 20 Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.

  • 15 We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!

  • 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • Joel 1:16-18
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    16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

    18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • Ps 147:13-14
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    13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

    14 He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

  • 25 And [on] all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  • 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

  • 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

  • 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

  • 5 And in those times [there was] no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations [were] upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

  • 11 [Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.

  • 28 Bread [corn] is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break [it with] the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it [with] his horsemen.

  • 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:

  • 10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow [are] in the midst of it.

  • 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  • 23 ¶ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.

  • 11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

  • 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.

  • 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

  • Isa 24:10-11
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    10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

    11 [There is] a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

  • 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

  • 12 Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.

  • 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

  • Isa 30:23-24
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    23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

    24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

  • 18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

  • 25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy [and] fear [is] on every side.

  • 24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;

  • 7 Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.

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    15 But the men [were] very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

    16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

  • 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.

  • 14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

  • 2 [Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].

  • 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

  • 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;

  • 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

  • 15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.