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Deuteronomy 28:54
Deuteronomy 28:54 is verse 54 of Deuteronomy chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
Hebrew the wife of his bosom
King James Version
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
World English Bible
The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining,
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Deuteronomy 28:52–56 · Berean Standard Bible
52 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
53 Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
54 The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
55 refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
56 The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 28:22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Deuteronomy 13:6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
2 Samuel 12:3but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
Matthew 7:9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Matthew 7:10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
Matthew 7:11So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
Luke 11:11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Luke 11:12Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”