Ezekiel 16:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

And your fame went out among the nations for your beauty; for it was perfect through my splendor, which I had bestowed upon you, says the Lord GOD.

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  • Lam 2:15 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
  • 1 Kgs 10:24 : 24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • 2 Chr 2:11-12 : 11 Then Huram, the king of Tyre, answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD has loved his people, he has made you king over them. 12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to King David a wise son, endowed with prudence and understanding, that might build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom.
  • 2 Chr 9:23 : 23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
  • Deut 4:6-8 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
  • Deut 4:32-38 : 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
  • Josh 9:6-9 : 6 And they went to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make a treaty with us. 7 And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us; how then shall we make a treaty with you? 8 And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and where do you come from? 9 And they said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,
  • 1 Kgs 10:1-9 : 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great entourage, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon answered all her questions: there was nothing hidden from the king, which he did not tell her. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5 And the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the service of his officials, and their clothing, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom. 7 However I did not believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom. 9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones: no more such abundance of spices came as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 11 Moreover the navy of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great supply of almug wood, and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug wood pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, also harps and lyres for singers: no such almug wood came, nor was seen, until this day. 13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

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    9Then I washed you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

    10I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with badger's skin, and I wrapped you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk.

    11I adorned you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

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    18And took your embroidered garments, and covered them; and you have set my oil and my incense before them.

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    35Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD;

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