Ezekiel 16:63

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“so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.””

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BSBPD

“so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“So that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezekiel 16:63 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
  2. Ezra 9:6and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
  3. Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
  4. Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
  5. Psalms 65:3When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
  6. Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
  7. Psalms 85:3You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
  8. Isaiah 33:24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
  9. Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
  10. Lamentations 3:39Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
  11. Ezekiel 16:61Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
  12. Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
  13. Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
  14. Romans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
  15. Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  16. Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
  17. Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  18. Romans 9:19One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
  19. 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
  20. Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
  21. Titus 3:3For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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