Ezekiel 24:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Refrain from crying, make no mourning for the dead, bind the turban of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and do not cover your lips, and do not eat the bread of men.

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  • Hos 9:4 : 4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him; their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all who eat thereof shall be polluted, for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
  • Lev 21:10 : 10 And he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor tear his clothes;
  • 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
  • Lev 10:6 : 6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, 'Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, mourn the burning which the Lord has kindled.
  • Lev 13:45 : 45 And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.'
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was silent, and did not open my mouth, because you did it.
  • Ps 46:10 : 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
  • Jer 16:4-7 : 4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth. 5 For thus says the LORD, Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. 7 Nor shall anyone break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.
  • Ezek 24:22-23 : 22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall waste away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
  • Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, declares the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them out in silence.
  • Mic 3:7 : 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 24:22-24
    3 verses
    82%

    22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

    23And your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall waste away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

    24Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done, you shall do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

  • Ezek 24:16
    82%

    16Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.

  • Jer 16:5-8
    4 verses
    76%

    5For thus says the LORD, Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

    6Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

    7Nor shall anyone break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.

    8You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

  • Ezek 24:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and in the morning I did as I was commanded.

    19And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things mean to us, that you are doing so?

  • Isa 22:12
    72%

    12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

  • Jer 22:10
    70%

    10Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  • Amos 8:10
    70%

    10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

  • Ezek 3:25
    70%

    25But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and they shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:

  • Joel 1:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

    9The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

  • Ezek 4:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8Behold, I will put bands upon you, and you shall not turn from one side to another, till you have completed the days of your siege.

    9Take also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it for the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days you shall eat of it.

  • Isa 3:24
    69%

    24And it shall come to pass, that instead of a sweet smell there shall be stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-styled hair, baldness; instead of a rich robe, a binding of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.

  • Joel 1:13
    69%

    13Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

  • Ezek 21:6
    69%

    6Sigh therefore, son of man, with the breaking of your loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

  • 1 Kgs 13:22
    69%

    22But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the LORD said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.

  • Mic 1:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Do not declare it at Gath, do not weep at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

    11Pass away, you inhabitant of Saphir, in naked shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan did not go out in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive from you his standing.

  • 2 Sam 12:21
    68%

    21His servants said to him, What is this you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate.

  • Matt 24:18
    68%

    18And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

  • Ezek 2:8
    68%

    8But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.

  • 2 Sam 12:17
    68%

    17The elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat with them.

  • Isa 47:2
    68%

    2Take the millstones and grind meal; uncover your hair, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

  • Ezek 27:31
    67%

    31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

  • Jer 13:1
    67%

    1Thus says the LORD to me, Go and get yourself a linen belt, and put it around your waist, and do not put it in water.

  • Jer 6:26
    67%

    26O daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make lamentation, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

  • Ezek 28:11
    67%

    11Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Job 2:13
    67%

    13So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

  • Jer 22:18
    67%

    18Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

  • Isa 20:2
    67%

    2At that same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take off your sandals from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

  • Job 27:15
    67%

    15Those who survive him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall not weep.

  • Exod 12:11
    67%

    11And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.

  • Mark 13:16
    67%

    16And let him who is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.

  • Matt 6:17
    67%

    17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

  • Ezek 7:18
    67%

    18They shall also clothe themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

  • Jer 2:25
    67%

    25Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved foreign gods, and after them I will go.

  • Deut 14:1
    66%

    1You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Ezek 12:4
    66%

    4Then you shall bring out your belongings by day in their sight, as belongings for exile: and you shall go forth in the evening in their sight, as those who go into captivity.

  • Ezek 12:6
    66%

    6In their sight you shall bear it upon your shoulders, and carry it forth at twilight: you shall cover your face, that you do not see the ground: for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    66%

    17For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came.

  • Exod 33:4
    66%

    4And when the people heard these bad tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on his ornaments.

  • Lev 19:28
    66%

    28You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 12:18
    66%

    18Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with shaking and with anxiety;

  • Deut 26:14
    66%

    14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I taken away any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead: but I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that you have commanded me.