Bible Cross References
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Numbers 23:7
Balaam uttered this prophecy: "Balak king of Moab has brought me From Syria, from the eastern mountains. 'Come speak for me,' he said. 'Put a curse on the people of Israel.'
Numbers 23:18
and Balaam uttered this prophecy: "Come, Balak son of Zippor, And listen to what I have to say.
Isaiah 14:4-19
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When he does this, they are to mock the king of Babylon and say: "The cruel king has fallen! He will never oppress anyone again!
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The LORD has ended the power of the evil rulers
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who angrily oppressed the peoples and never stopped persecuting the nations they had conquered.
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Now at last the whole world enjoys rest and peace, and everyone sings for joy.
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The cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice over the fallen king, because there is no one to cut them down, now that he is gone!
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"The world of the dead is getting ready to welcome the king of Babylon. The ghosts of those who were powerful on earth are stirring about. The ghosts of kings are rising from their thrones.
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They all call out to him, 'Now you are as weak as we are! You are one of us!
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You used to be honored with the music of harps, but now here you are in the world of the dead. You lie on a bed of maggots and are covered with a blanket of worms.' "
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King of Babylon, bright morning star, you have fallen from heaven! In the past you conquered nations, but now you have been thrown to the ground.
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You were determined to climb up to heaven and to place your throne above the highest stars. You thought you would sit like a king on that mountain in the north where the gods assemble.
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You said you would climb to the tops of the clouds and be like the Almighty.
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But instead, you have been brought down to the deepest part of the world of the dead.
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The dead will stare and gape at you. They will ask, "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble?
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Is this the man who destroyed cities and turned the world into a desert? Is this the man who never freed his prisoners or let them go home?"
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All the kings of the earth lie in their magnificent tombs,
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but you have no tomb, and your corpse is thrown out to rot. It is covered by the bodies of soldiers killed in battle, thrown with them into a rocky pit, and trampled down.
Jeremiah 29:22
When the people who were taken away as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylonia want to bring a curse on someone, they will say, 'May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylonia roasted alive!'
Jeremiah 50:13
Because of my anger no one will live in Babylon; it will be left in ruins, and all who pass by will be shocked and amazed.
Ezekiel 32:21
The greatest heroes and those who fought on the Egyptian side welcome the Egyptians to the world of the dead. They shout: 'The ungodly who were killed in battle have come down here, and here they lie!'
Micah 2:4
When that time comes, people will use the story about you as an example of disaster, and they will sing this song of despair about your experience: We are completely ruined! The LORD has taken our land away And given it to those who took us captive."
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Habakkuk 1:9
"Their armies advance in violent conquest, and everyone is terrified as they approach. Their captives are as numerous as grains of sand.
Habakkuk 1:10
They treat kings with contempt and laugh at high officials. No fortress can stop them---they pile up earth against it and capture it.
Habakkuk 1:15
The Babylonians catch people with hooks, as though they were fish. They drag them off in nets and shout for joy over their catch!
Job 20:15-29
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The wicked vomit up the wealth they stole; God takes it back, even out of their stomachs.
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What the evil people swallow is like poison; it kills them like the bite of a deadly snake.
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They will not live to see rivers of olive oil or streams that flow with milk and honey.
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They will have to give up all they have worked for; they will have no chance to enjoy their wealth,
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because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.
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Their greed is never satisfied.
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When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.
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At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them.
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Let them eat all they want! God will punish them in fury and anger.
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When they try to escape from an iron sword, a bronze bow will shoot them down.
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Arrows stick through their bodies; the shiny points drip with their blood, and terror grips their hearts.
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Everything they have saved is destroyed; a fire not lit by human hands burns them and all their family.
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Heaven reveals their sin, and the earth gives testimony against them.
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All their wealth will be destroyed in the flood of God's anger.
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This is the fate of wicked people, the fate that God assigns to them.
Job 22:6-10
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To make a brother repay you the money he owed, you took away his clothes and left him nothing to wear.
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You refused water to those who were tired, and refused to feed those who were hungry.
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You used your power and your position to take over the whole land.
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You not only refused to help widows, but you also robbed and mistreated orphans.
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So now there are pitfalls all around you, and suddenly you are full of fear.
Proverbs 22:16
If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.
Jeremiah 51:34
The king of Babylonia cut Jerusalem up and ate it. He emptied the city like a jar; like a monster he swallowed it. He took what he wanted and threw the rest away.
Jeremiah 51:35
Let the people of Zion say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for the violence done to us!" Let the people of Jerusalem say, "May Babylonia be held responsible for what we have suffered!"
James 5:1-4
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And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
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Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths.
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Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you and will eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days.
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You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.
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Psalm 94:3
How much longer will the wicked be glad? How much longer, LORD?
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself ? ' "
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
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What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married;
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those who weep, as though they were not sad; those who laugh, as though they were not happy; those who buy, as though they did not own what they bought;
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those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray.
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Habakkuk 2:13
The nations you conquered wore themselves out in useless labor, and all they have built goes up in flames. The LORD Almighty has done this.
Isaiah 44:20
It makes as much sense as eating ashes. His foolish ideas have so misled him that he is beyond help. He won't admit to himself that the idol he holds in his hand is not a god at all.
Isaiah 55:2
Why spend money on what does not satisfy? Why spend your wages and still be hungry? Listen to me and do what I say, and you will enjoy the best food of all.