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Judges 5:31

Judges 5:31 is verse 31 of Judges chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

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King James Version

So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

World English Bible

“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.

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Judges 5:29–31 · Berean Standard Bible

29 Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

30 ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’

31 So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 48:4

For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

Psalms 48:5

They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

Psalms 58:10

The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalms 58:11

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

Psalms 68:1

God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.

Psalms 68:2

As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

Psalms 68:3

But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

Psalms 83:9

Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon,

Psalms 83:10

who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.

Psalms 83:11

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

Psalms 83:12

who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”

Psalms 83:13

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

Psalms 83:14

As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Psalms 83:15

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Psalms 83:16

Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Psalms 83:17

May they be ever ashamed and terrified; may they perish in disgrace.

Psalms 83:18

May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

Psalms 92:9

For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

Psalms 97:8

Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

Revelation 6:10

And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

Revelation 19:2

For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

Revelation 19:3

And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”

Exodus 20:6

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 6:5

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Psalms 91:14

“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

Psalms 97:10

Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Romans 8:28

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But the one who loves God is known by God.

Ephesians 6:24

Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

1 John 4:19

We love because He first loved us.

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:21

And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

2 Samuel 23:4

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

Psalms 19:4

their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

Psalms 19:5

Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,

Psalms 37:6

He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Daniel 12:3

Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Hosea 6:3

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Matthew 13:43

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Judges 3:11

So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Judges 3:30

So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

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