Habakkuk 2:6
"Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!"
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- Jeremiah 50:13
"Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 29:22
"And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;"
Read in chapter → - Job 20:15
"He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly."
Read in chapter → - Micah 2:4
"In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 23:7
"And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 14:4
"That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!"
Read in chapter → - Job 22:6
"For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing."
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 4:7
"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 1:15
"They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 44:20
"He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?"
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