1 Chronicles 16:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

He allowed no one to do them wrong; yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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  • Gen 12:17 : 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
  • Exod 7:15-18 : 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning; see, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's edge until he comes; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. 16 And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, you have not listened. 17 Thus says the LORD, By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river.
  • Exod 9:13-18 : 13 And the LORD said to Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For at this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, upon your servants, and upon your people; that you may know there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may strike you and your people with pestilence; and you shall be cut off from the earth. 16 And indeed, for this purpose, I have raised you up, to show in you my power; that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet you exalt yourself against my people, that you will not let them go? 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very severe hail, such as has not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in my power to do you harm: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Beware that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.

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  • Ps 105:13-15
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    95%

    13When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

    14He allowed no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes;

    15Saying, Do not touch my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

  • 22Saying, 'Do not touch my anointed, and do my prophets no harm.'

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

  • 26Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

  • 5The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  • Job 36:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

    7He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he establishes them forever, and they are exalted.

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    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

  • 22The enemy shall not exact from him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

  • 6He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.

  • 4And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from any man's hand.

  • 33For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

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    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks what is right.

  • 21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • 25But those who rebuke him shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly?

    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • 23Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously:

  • 1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule with justice.

  • 26He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others,

  • 41All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a reproach to his neighbors.

  • 10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted myself up when evil found him;

    30Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul.

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    1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

  • 10And the king said, Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.

  • 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

  • 8For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings?

  • 8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

  • 1O LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, nor chasten me in your hot displeasure.

  • 23For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • 40He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way.

  • 24For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him; but when he cried to Him, He heard.

  • 5Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for my prayer shall still be in their calamities.

  • 19He leads princes away plundered, and overthrows the mighty.

  • 23For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • 21You rebuke the proud, the cursed, who stray from Your commandments.

  • 51With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.

  • 16For the king will hear, to deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  • 2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • 20He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise the LORD.

  • 21These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.

  • 31Who will declare his way to his face? And who will repay him for what he has done?

  • 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He hears the cry of the afflicted.

  • 4Yet let no one strive, nor reprove another, for your people are like those who contend with the priest.