Deuteronomy 32:23

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“I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.”

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BSBPD

“I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 32:23 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
  2. Leviticus 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
  3. Deuteronomy 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
  4. Deuteronomy 29:21and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
  5. 2 Kings 22:17because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
  6. Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
  7. Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
  8. Isaiah 24:17Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
  9. Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
  10. Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
  11. Lamentations 3:13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
  12. Ezekiel 5:16When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
  13. Ezekiel 9:6Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
  14. Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
  15. Matthew 24:7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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