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רַע (ra) means “bad: harmful” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רַע Hebrew · H7451 661 tagged occurrences in 620 verses

Pronunciation guide: rah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7451A

רַע · ra · bad: harmful

: harmful adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions

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TBESH · H7451B

רַע · ra · bad: evil

1) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 1a) evil, distress, adversity 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

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TBESH · H7451C

רָעָה · ra.ah · distress: harm

: harm 1) evil, misery, distress, injury 1a) evil, misery, distress 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

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TBESH · H7451H

רַע · ra · bad: evil

: evil adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions

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TBESH · H7451I

רָעָה · ra.ah · distress: evil

: harm 1) evil, misery, distress, injury 1a) evil, misery, distress 1b) evil, injury, wrong 1c) evil (ethical)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7489 (רָעַע); bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

KJV glosses: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

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How translators render H7451

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
evil	142
disaster	42
the evil	26
harm	19
from evil	15
bad	14
the disaster	14
calamity	9
of evil	9
the calamity	9
and evil	7
of disaster	7
of distress	7
of trouble	7
wicked	7
the wickedness	6
a bad	5
the wicked	5
wrong	5
an evil	4
from your evil	4
of his evil	4
their wickedness	4
trouble	4
with evil	4
a disaster	3
adversity	3
for harm	3
into trouble	3
of the wicked	3
to evil	3
to harm you	3
wickedness	3
your wickedness	3
a miserable	2
affliction	2
and	2
danger	2
disasters	2
evils	2
for evil	2
from harm	2
from his wicked	2
from their evil	2
from your wicked	2
greater evil	2
is evil	2
its wickedness	2
my harm	2
of adversity	2
of calamity	2
of evil men	2
sad	2
sending disaster	2
serious	2
sickly	2
that the wicked	2
the adversity	2
the trouble	2
their evil	2
to bring disaster	2
to harm me	2
troubles	2
ugly	2
wild	2
with malice	2
worthless	2
your evil	2
your wicked	2
a heavy	1
a stingy	1
a terrible fate	1
a vicious	1
a wicked	1
about their hardship	1
according to his evil	1
all the evil	1
an evil man	1
and a wicked	1
and an offense	1
and devastating	1
and disaster	1
and evildoer	1
and hard	1
and his affliction	1
and misfortunes	1
and terrible	1
and what is not	1
and wickedness	1
and wild	1
another evil	1
any harm	1
are bad	1
are destructive	1
are evil	1
are intent on evil	1
are the afflictions	1
as well as the crimes	1
at evil	1
because of our evil	1
because of the evil	1
because of the wickedness	1
both adversity	1
bring evil	1
but disaster	1
but evil	1
but like the bad	1
but the bad figs	1
but to your own harm	1
by his own sin	1
by unjust	1
calamity is	1
cruelty	1
demise	1
devise	1
dire	1
disapproved of	1
disaster is upon them	1
disaster was	1
discomfort	1
fault	1
for a crime	1
for bad	1
for disaster	1
for its evil	1
for the wicked	1
for their wickedness	1
from his evil	1
from its evil	1
from the deadly	1
from the evil	1
from their wicked	1
from their wickedness	1
great harm	1
had evil	1
harmful	1
has kept the calamity	1
he has evil	1
her evil	1
his evil	1
his wickedness	1
i send wild	1
in a bad	1
in a cruel	1
in a failed	1
in an evil	1
in bad times	1
in his wickedness	1
in my distress	1
in severe	1
in sorrow	1
in their anguish	1
in wrongdoing	1
in your wickedness	1
is an evil	1
is bad	1
is harsh	1
is your punishment	1
it	1
it is unpleasing	1
may calamity	1
may no evil	1
misery	1
my evil	1
my own wretchedness	1
of a stingy man	1
of animosity	1
of dangerous	1
of destroying	1
of evildoers	1
of harm	1
of my trouble	1
of the terrible	1
of their evil	1
of their own evil	1
of this evil	1
of troubles	1
on evil	1
on wickedness	1
or bad	1
or low	1
pain	1
poor	1
ruin	1
she is displeasing	1
so downcast	1
such calamity	1
such disaster	1
that a vicious	1
that were sickly	1
the bad	1
the calamity he has threatened	1
the crimes	1
the deeds of the wicked	1
the evil man	1
the evil that	1
the evils	1
the misery	1
the most immoral of women	1
the most wicked	1
the wickedness that	1
the worst	1
their affliction	1
their own evil	1
their ruin	1
their wicked	1
they were in trouble	1
this evil	1
those who do evil	1
to any evil	1
to bring calamity	1
to harm him	1
to harm them	1
to his own detriment	1
to ruin	1
to the evil	1
to the harm	1
to their evil	1
to your own harm	1
tragedy	1
unpleasant	1
was as ugly	1
was grievous	1
was wicked	1
were wicked	1
what is evil	1
what was evil	1
while malice	1
wicked man	1
wicked thing	1
will surely suffer	1
with evil intent	1
with painful	1
with terrible	1
with the deadly	1
with their evil	1
with trouble	1
wretched	1
you are wicked	1
you have come to ruin	1
you wrong	1
your great	1
your other wickedness	1
your own evil	1
your ruin	1
your troubles	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
evil	167
the evil	25
an evil	19
from evil	14
and evil	11
of evil	11
all the evil	8
from his evil	7
my hurt	6
of the wicked	6
this evil	6
wickedness	6
and the evil	5
for evil	5
him of the evil	5
mischief	5
not evil	5
of the evil	5
or bad	5
and the wickedness	4
evils	4
hurt	4
into mischief	4
me evil	4
no evil	4
the wickedness	4
to evil	4
all their wickedness	3
all this evil	3
and sore	3
ill	3
in an evil	3
naught	3
of their evil	3
of this evil	3
of trouble	3
that evil	3
the wicked	3
wicked	3
affliction	2
against you for evil	2
and bad	2
and not evil	2
bad	2
concerning me but evil	2
for the wickedness	2
from their evil	2
grievous	2
his wickedness	2
in his wickedness	2
me of the evil	2
mischiefs	2
of adversity	2
of his evil	2
of their trouble	2
sad	2
thee evil	2
their wickedness	2
there shall no evil	2
thy wickedness	2
wickedly	2
ye from your evil	2
a sore	1
a wicked	1
according to his wickedness	1
against all mine evil	1
against an evil	1
against evil	1
against it for their wickedness	1
against me for evil	1
all evil	1
all the wicked	1
all the wickedness	1
all their evil	1
all this wickedness	1
all thy wickedness	1
and a wicked	1
and all the evil	1
and an evil	1
and as the evil	1
and for all whose wickedness	1
and his affliction	1
and ill favoured	1
and it shall come to pass when the evil	1
and not of evil	1
and of evil	1
and the ill	1
and the ill favoured	1
and the noisome	1
and there was no harm	1
and will cause the evil	1
and with thy wickedness	1
and your own wickedness	1
any evil	1
any evilfavouredness	1
any ill	1
are not these evils	1
at mine hurt	1
away evil	1
because it went evil	1
because of all the evil	1
because of trouble	1
before thy wickedness	1
behold evil	1
behold this evil	1
beside the mischief	1
but evil	1
but if wickedness	1
but mischief	1
but the hurt	1
by evil	1
concerning the evil	1
even for all the evil	1
evil things	1
exceedingly	1
for a bad	1
for all the evil	1
for all the evils	1
for all thy wickedness	1
for all your evils	1
for an evil	1
for mischief	1
for the evils	1
for the wicked	1
for their wickedness	1
for wickedness	1
forward the affliction	1
from every evil	1
from his wickedness	1
from the evil	1
from the hurtful	1
from thee when thou doest evil	1
from their wicked	1
from their wickedness	1
from wickedness	1
have taken evil	1
her wickedness	1
him from his grief	1
him no harm	1
him over all the evil	1
him unto evil	1
his harm	1
i cause noisome	1
if she please	1
ill favoured	1
in adversity	1
in all evil	1
in evil	1
in the evil	1
in their calamities	1
in their own wickedness	1
in thy mischief	1
in thy wickedness	1
is evil	1
it displeased	1
lest some evil	1
let all their wickedness	1
me from all evil	1
me mischief	1
me wrong	1
mischievous	1
more evil	1
my wretchedness	1
myself when evil	1
naughty	1
neither evil	1
neither shall evil	1
none of the evil	1
nor bad	1
nor evil	1
not	1
not from his evil	1
not he neither shall evil	1
not in an evil	1
not that evil	1
not thy wickedness	1
not what evil	1
of all the evil	1
of all this evil	1
of an evil	1
of evil men	1
of my trouble	1
of sore	1
of their wickedness	1
of thy trouble	1
of troubles	1
of your evil	1
of your great	1
oh let the wickedness	1
on mischief	1
on their affliction	1
or a bad	1
or what evil	1
out evil things	1
over another to his own hurt	1
over thee for upon whom hath not thy wickedness	1
over them for evil	1
sadly	1
sake not according to your wicked	1
shall evil	1
shall smart	1
shall there be evil	1
some evil	1
sore	1
such evil	1
such wickedness	1
that his wicked	1
that the evil	1
that the wicked	1
that the wickedness	1
that there was evil	1
that they may do evil	1
that thou displease	1
that wicked	1
that your wickedness	1
the afflictions	1
the distress	1
the mischief	1
the wicked ones	1
the worst	1
thee from all evil	1
thee from every wicked	1
thee from the evil	1
thee no harm	1
thee of the evil	1
their evil	1
their hurt	1
them a displeasure	1
them exceedingly	1
them from their evil	1
then evil	1
therefore shall evil	1
therefore the misery	1
therefore this evil	1
therefore thou hast caused all this evil	1
thereof to their hurt	1
these evil	1
they from their wicked	1
thine own wickedness	1
this sore	1
this wicked	1
this wickedness	1
thou thyself in mischief	1
though wickedness	1
thy hurt	1
to an heavy	1
to do mischief	1
to mischief	1
to the evil	1
to your hurt	1
to your own hurt	1
unto all this evil	1
unto him behold now an evil	1
unto me but evil	1
unto me for harm	1
unto me for their trouble	1
unto thee bad	1
unto thee evil	1
unto thee than all the evil	1
unto them what evil	1
upon the evil	1
upon them all this evil	1
upon them for evil	1
upon them the evil	1
upon us for our evil	1
upon you all evil	1
us all the evil	1
us in unto this evil	1
us no hurt	1
us none evil	1
us we pray thee for whose cause this evil	1
vex	1
was against them for evil	1
was evil	1
was wicked	1
what wickedness	1
while the evil	1
with a sore	1
with evil	1
with mischief	1
with sore	1
with sorrow	1
with their wickedness	1
worse	1
ye now from your evil	1
you and evil	1
you hurt	1
you out of all your adversities	1
your evil	1
your own evil	1

Verses containing H7451

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Ecclesiastes 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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Source alternate reference: 4.17
Ecclesiastes 5:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
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Source alternate reference: 5.12
Ecclesiastes 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.
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Source alternate reference: 5.13
Ecclesiastes 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
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Source alternate reference: 5.15
Ecclesiastes 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
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Ecclesiastes 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
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Ecclesiastes 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
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Ecclesiastes 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
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Ecclesiastes 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
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Ecclesiastes 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
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Ecclesiastes 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
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Ecclesiastes 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
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Ecclesiastes 8:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
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Ecclesiastes 9:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.
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Ecclesiastes 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
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Ecclesiastes 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
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Ecclesiastes 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
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Ecclesiastes 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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Ecclesiastes 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”
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Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
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Isaiah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
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Isaiah 5:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
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Isaiah 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
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Isaiah 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
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Isaiah 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
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Isaiah 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.
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Isaiah 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
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Isaiah 32:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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Isaiah 33:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
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Isaiah 45:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
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Isaiah 47:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
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Isaiah 47:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
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Isaiah 56:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
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Isaiah 57:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
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Isaiah 59:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
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Isaiah 59:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
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Isaiah 65:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
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Isaiah 66:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
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Jeremiah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
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Jeremiah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
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Jeremiah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
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Jeremiah 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
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Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
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Jeremiah 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
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Jeremiah 2:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
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