Psalms 107:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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  • Lam 3:39 : 39 Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
  • Isa 57:17-18 : 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry, and he went on stubbornly in the way of his heart. 18 I have seen his ways and will heal him; I will lead him also and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
  • Isa 65:6-7 : 6 See, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their lap, 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, who have burned incense on the mountains and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore I will measure their former work into their lap.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
  • Num 12:10-13 : 10 And the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, and behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, 'Alas, my lord, I beseech you, do not lay the sin upon us, wherein we have acted foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.' 12 'Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.' 13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, 'Heal her now, O God, I beseech you.'
  • Num 21:5-9 : 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray to the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, nor chasten me in your hot displeasure. 2 For your arrows pierce deeply into me, and your hand presses me hard. 3 There is no health in my flesh because of your anger, nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am greatly bowed down; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no health in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and severely broken; I have roared because of the disquiet of my heart.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? And the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding,
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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  • Ps 107:18-19
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    18Their soul abhors all manner of food; and they draw near to the gates of death.

    19Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Ps 107:27-28
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    27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

    28Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses.

  • Ps 107:16
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    16For he has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron apart.

  • Ps 107:10-13
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    10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

    11Because they rebelled against the words of God, and despised the counsel of the Most High:

    12Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.

    13Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Ps 107:39
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    39Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

  • Prov 14:8-9
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

    9Fools mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

  • Prov 19:29
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    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • Ps 94:8
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    8Understand, you senseless among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 26:9-10
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    9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10The great God who formed all things rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.

  • Ps 53:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19For you gladly bear with fools, seeing that you yourselves are wise.

  • Ps 38:5
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    5My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

  • Ps 14:1
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    1The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds, there is none who does good.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Ps 107:5-6
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    5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

    6Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Eccl 4:5
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    5The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • Rom 1:22
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    22Professing to be wise, they became fools,

  • Prov 26:7
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    7The legs of the lame are uneven: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Ps 119:67
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    67Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

  • Prov 26:3
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    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

  • Job 36:8
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    8And if they are bound in chains, and held in cords of affliction;

  • Job 12:17
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    17He leads counselors away plundered, and makes the judges fools.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Ps 107:34
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    34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.

  • Job 24:12
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    12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out, yet God does not charge them with folly.

  • Job 30:8
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    8They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

  • Ps 106:43
    69%

    43Many times he delivered them, but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

  • Jer 30:15
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    15Why do you cry over your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.