Exodus 23:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.”
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“But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 23:22 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
- Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.
- Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- Numbers 24:9He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
- Deuteronomy 30:7Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
- Joshua 9:7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
- Psalms 35:1Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.
- Jeremiah 30:20Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
- Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
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