Isaiah 28:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 36:15-16 : 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Isa 28:13 : 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Jer 25:3-7 : 3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
Matt 21:34-41 : 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one , and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Phil 3:1 : 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
2 Tim 3:7 : 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Heb 5:12 : 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Jer 11:7 : 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Neh 9:29-30 : 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments,(which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Isa 5:4 : 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Deut 6:1-6 : 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 28:11-14
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11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
14Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isa 28:9
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9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isa 29:11-13
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11And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
12And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
13Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isa 28:26
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26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Isa 30:20-21
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20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
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Isa 28:16-17
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16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
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Isa 57:14
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14And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Prov 4:2
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11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Isa 8:11
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11For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Isa 29:24
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24They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Prov 22:6
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6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov 16:8
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8Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Isa 8:20
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20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isa 30:8-10
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8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
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Prov 8:9
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9They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Isa 29:17
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17Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
Prov 10:13
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13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Isa 30:12-13
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12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
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Prov 6:23
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23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Prov 1:8
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8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Job 8:10
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10Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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5The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
Prov 23:12
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15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
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1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Rom 2:20
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Prov 1:4-5
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4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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Jer 10:1
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1Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Prov 1:2
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2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Prov 9:9
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9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Jer 5:20
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20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Exod 21:25
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25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Prov 24:32
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32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Heb 5:12
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12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Isa 28:20
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20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Isa 50:4
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4The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Isa 2:3
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3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.