1 Chronicles 16:21

World English Bible (2000)

He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 12:17 : 17 Yahweh 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 of the 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. Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. 16 You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened. 17 Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"
  • Exod 9:13-18 : 13 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; 16 but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; 17 as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go. 18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
  • Gen 31:24 : 24 God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 It is in the power of my hand to hurt you, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad.'
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 105:13-15
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    95%

    13 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

    14 He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,

    15 "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"

  • 22 "Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"

  • 20 They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.

  • 26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

  • 5 The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

  • Job 36:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

    7 He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

  • 70%

    2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

  • 22 No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

  • 6 who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

  • 4 They said, "You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand."

  • 33 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    69%

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

    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

  • 69%

    12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

    13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

  • 21 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.

  • 25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    68%

    18 Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?

    19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

  • 23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

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

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

  • 41 All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

  • 10 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

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

    30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);

  • 68%

    1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

  • 10 The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."

  • 2 Who has raised up one from the east? Who called him to his foot in righteousness? He hands over nations to him, and makes him rule over kings. He gives them like the dust to his sword, like the driven stubble to his bow.

  • 8 For he says, "Aren't all of my princes kings?

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

  • 1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

  • 23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

  • 40 He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in a trackless waste.

  • 24 For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.

  • 5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

  • 19 He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

  • 23 For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

  • 21 You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

  • 51 With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

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

  • 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • 20 He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!

  • 21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

  • 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

  • 28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him. He heard the cry of the afflicted.

  • 4 "Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.