1 Chronicles 16:21
He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake,
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 12:17 : 17 But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Gen 20:3 : 3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”
- Exod 7:15-18 : 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake. 16 Tell him,‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say,“Release my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness!” But until now you have not listened. 17 This is what the LORD has said:“By this you will know that I am the LORD: I am going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood. 18 Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.”’”
- Exod 9:13-18 : 13 The Seventh Blow: Hail The LORD said to Moses,“Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him,‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has said:“Release my people so that they may serve me! 14 For this time I will send all my plagues on your very self and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with plague, and you would have been destroyed from the earth. 16 But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth. 17 You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them. 18 I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
- Gen 31:24 : 24 But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him,“Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.”
- Gen 31:29 : 29 I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
- Gen 31:42 : 42 If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Ps 105:13-153 verses95%
13 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.
14 He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,
15 saying,“Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
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22 saying,“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
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20 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.
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26 It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
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5 O Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
- Job 36:6-72 verses70%
6 He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.
7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
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2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king.
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22 No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him.
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6 It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.
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4 They replied,“You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”
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33 For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.
- Lam 3:35-362 verses69%
35 to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,
36 to defraud a person in a lawsuit– the Lord does not approve of such things!
- Prov 16:12-132 verses69%
12 Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness.
13 The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.
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21 those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
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25 But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.
- Job 34:18-192 verses68%
18 who says to a king,‘Worthless man’ and to nobles,‘Wicked men,’
19 who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?
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23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.
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1 Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.
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26 He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see,
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41 All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors.
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10 The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.
- Job 31:29-302 verses68%
29 If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–
30 I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–
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1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!
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10 The king said,“Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”
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2 Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow.
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8 Indeed, he says:“Are not my officials all kings?
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8 They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles,
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1 A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
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23 for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.
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40 He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.
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24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.
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5 May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
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19 He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
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23 For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.
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21 You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
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51 Your enemies, O LORD, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps.
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16 Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’
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2 Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.
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20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!
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21 When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
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31 No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.
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28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.
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4 The Lord’s Dispute against the Sinful Priesthood Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!