Joel 2:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

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Referenced Verses

Zech 1:14 : 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Zech 8:2 : 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Ps 103:13 : 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Isa 60:10 : 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Lam 3:22 : 22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Hos 11:8-9 : 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Deut 32:16 : 16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deut 32:36 : 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Deut 32:43 : 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Ps 103:17 : 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Isa 42:13 : 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Luke 15:20 : 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Zech 8:1-2
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1Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
2Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Joel 2:17
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17Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel 2:19
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19Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
Nah 1:2
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2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
Zech 1:14-15
2 verses
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14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
Ezek 39:25
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25Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
Ps 135:14
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14For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.
Ps 79:5
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5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry{H8799)} for ever? shall thy jealousy burn{H8799)} like fire?
Deut 6:15
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15(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deut 32:21
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21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Deut 32:36
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36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
Ps 80:4
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4O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry{H8804)} against the prayer of thy people?
Zeph 1:18
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18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Zeph 3:8
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8Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Ezek 38:19
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19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Ezek 36:5-6
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5Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
6Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Deut 4:24
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24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Lam 2:2
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2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Jer 9:9
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9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Exod 34:14
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14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
Lam 4:16
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16The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
Deut 29:27
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27And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
Isa 30:19
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19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Jer 4:8
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8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Isa 9:17
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17Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Zech 11:6
71%
6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
Exod 32:14
71%
14And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Deut 32:43
71%
43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Joel 3:2
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2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Jer 5:9
71%
9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Prov 6:34
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34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Judg 2:20
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20And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
Zeph 2:11
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11The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
Isa 42:13
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13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Ps 106:40
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40Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Ps 78:21
70%
21Therefore the LORD heard{H8804)} this, and was wroth{H8691)}: so a fire was kindled{H8738)} against Jacob, and anger also came up{H8804)} against Israel;
Jer 12:15
70%
15And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Deut 32:19
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19And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Jer 5:29
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29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Prov 24:18
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18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Ezek 35:10
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10Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
Ps 78:58
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58For they provoked him to anger{H8686)} with their high places, and moved him to jealousy{H8686)} with their graven images.
Jer 13:17
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17But 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.
Isa 63:15
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15Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Exod 32:11
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11And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Amos 7:3
70%
3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.