Matthew 23:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." Matthew 23:24 KJVcopysave
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Job 7:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?" Job 7:19 KJVcopysave
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Psalms 56:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High." Psalms 56:2 KJVcopysave
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Ecclesiastes 10:12chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself." Ecclesiastes 10:12 KJVcopysave
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Proverbs 1:12chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:" Proverbs 1:12 KJVcopysave
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Proverbs 26:2chapter contextsimilarmeaning"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come." Proverbs 26:2 KJVcopysave
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Amos 8:4chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail," Amos 8:4 KJVcopysave
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Isaiah 38:14chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me." Isaiah 38:14 KJVcopysave
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
2 Samuel 20:20chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy." 2 Samuel 20:20 KJVcopysave
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
Psalms 56:1chapter contextsimilarmeaning"(To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.) Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me." Psalms 56:1 KJVcopysave
(To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.) Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Numbers 16:34chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also." Numbers 16:34 KJVcopysave
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Psalms 84:3chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God." Psalms 84:3 KJVcopysave
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Job 20:18chapter contextsimilarmeaning"That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein." Job 20:18 KJVcopysave
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
2 Samuel 20:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?" 2 Samuel 20:19 KJVcopysave
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
Psalms 69:15chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me." Psalms 69:15 KJVcopysave
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalms 21:9chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them." Psalms 21:9 KJVcopysave
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Jeremiah 8:7chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD." Jeremiah 8:7 KJVcopysave
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Psalms 57:3chapter contextsimilarmeaning"He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth." Psalms 57:3 KJVcopysave
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Hosea 8:7chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up." Hosea 8:7 KJVcopysave
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Jonah 1:17chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." Jonah 1:17 KJVcopysave
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Obadiah 1:16chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been." Obadiah 1:16 KJVcopysave
For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
Numbers 16:30chapter contextsimilarmeaning"But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD." Numbers 16:30 KJVcopysave
But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Isaiah 25:8chapter contextsimilarmeaning"He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it." Isaiah 25:8 KJVcopysave
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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