Genesis 31:1

World English Bible (2000)

He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."

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  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
  • Isa 5:14 : 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
  • Ezek 16:44 : 44 Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
  • Matt 4:8 : 8 Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
  • 1 Tim 6:4 : 4 he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,
  • Titus 3:3 : 3 For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
  • Gen 31:8-9 : 8 If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked. 9 Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.
  • Gen 45:13 : 13 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
  • Job 31:24-25 : 24 "If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
  • Ps 49:16-17 : 16 Don't be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased. 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 64:3-4 : 3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words, 4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
  • Ps 120:3-5 : 3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. 5 Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
  • Prov 14:30 : 30 The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 31:2
    81%

    2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

  • Gen 31:42-43
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    79%

    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."

    43 Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

  • Gen 31:25-26
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    25 Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.

    26 Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?

  • Gen 31:14-16
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    14 Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

    15 Aren't we accounted by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also quite devoured our money.

    16 For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."

  • Gen 31:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36 Jacob was angry, and argued with Laban. Jacob answered Laban, "What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have hotly pursued after me?

    37 Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.

  • Gen 31:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.

    19 Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.

    20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away.

  • Gen 31:12
    77%

    12 He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.

  • Gen 31:30-33
    4 verses
    76%

    30 Now, you want to be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"

    31 Jacob answered Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, 'Lest you should take your daughters from me by force.'

    32 Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.

    33 Laban went into Jacob's tent, into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two female servants; but he didn't find them. He went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

  • Gen 27:35-36
    2 verses
    75%

    35 He said, "Your brother came with deceit, and has taken away your blessing."

    36 He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"

  • Gen 31:9
    74%

    9 Thus God has taken away your father's livestock, and given them to me.

  • Gen 31:5
    73%

    5 and said to them, "I see the expression on your father's face, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.

  • Gen 31:51
    73%

    51 Laban said to Jacob, "See this heap, and see the pillar, which I have set between me and you.

  • Gen 29:13
    73%

    13 It happened, when Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister's son, that he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.

  • Gen 30:34
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    34 Laban said, "Behold, let it be according to your word."

  • Gen 31:55
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    55 Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

  • Gen 29:15
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    15 Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what will your wages be?"

  • Gen 42:29
    73%

    29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 31:22
    72%

    22 Laban was told on the third day that Jacob had fled.