Genesis 49:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

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  • Gen 37:24 : 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
  • John 16:33 : 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Gen 39:7-9 : 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
  • Gen 42:21 : 21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
  • Gen 37:4 : 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
  • Gen 37:18 : 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 49:22
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    22Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

  • Gen 49:24
    76%

    24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • Job 39:23
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    23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

  • Gen 37:4-5
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    70%

    4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

  • Job 16:13
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    13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

  • Lam 2:4
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    4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

  • Ps 69:26
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    26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

  • Gen 49:26
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    26The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my pronitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

  • Gen 37:18
    69%

    18And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Gen 27:41
    69%

    41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

  • Deut 33:11
    69%

    11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

  • Acts 7:9
    69%

    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

  • 2 Chr 35:23
    69%

    23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

  • Gen 49:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Cursed be their anr, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

    8Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.

  • Deut 32:23
    68%

    23I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

  • Ps 64:7
    68%

    7But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

  • Isa 49:2
    68%

    2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

  • Gen 48:22
    68%

    22Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

  • Gen 37:8
    68%

    8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

  • Ps 7:13
    68%

    13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

  • Job 27:23
    68%

    23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  • Ps 37:14
    67%

    14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Gen 48:17
    67%

    17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

  • Ps 89:41
    67%

    41All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

  • Ps 89:23
    67%

    23And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

  • Ps 64:3
    67%

    3Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

  • 1 Sam 31:3
    67%

    3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.