Ezekiel 16:13
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13 You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, rich fabric,[a] and embroidered cloth. You had choice flour and honey and oil for food. You grew exceedingly beautiful, fit to be a queen.(A)
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- 16.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 50:2
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.(A)
1 Kings 4:21
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21 [a]Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.[b](A)]]
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Deuteronomy 32:13-14
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13 He set him atop the heights of the land
and fed him with[a] produce of the field;
he nursed him with honey from the crags,
with oil from flinty rock,(A)
14 curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat of lambs and rams,
Bashan bulls and goats,
together with the choicest wheat—
you drank fine wine from the blood of grapes.(B)
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- 32.13 Sam Gk Syr Tg: MT he ate
Psalm 48:2
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2 beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.(A)
Psalm 45:13-14
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13 with all kinds of wealth.
The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[a](A)
14 in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(B)
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- 45.13 Or people.
All glorious is the princess within, gold embroidery is her clothing
Hosea 2:5
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5 For their mother has prostituted herself;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, “I will go after my lovers;
they give me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”(A)
Ezekiel 16:19
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19 Also my bread that I gave you—I fed you with choice flour and oil and honey—you set it before them as a pleasing odor, and so it was, says the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 16:14-15
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14 Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my splendor that I had bestowed on you, says the Lord God.
15 But you trusted in your beauty and prostituted yourself because of your fame and lavished your prostitutions on any passer-by.[a](A)
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- 16.15 Heb adds Let it be his
Lamentations 2:15
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15 All who pass along the way
clap their hands at you;
they hiss and wag their heads
at daughter Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of all the earth?”(A)
Jeremiah 13:20
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20 Lift up your eyes and see
those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
your beautiful flock?(A)
Isaiah 64:11
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11 Our holy and beautiful house,
where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned by fire,
and all our pleasant places have become ruins.(A)
Psalm 147:14
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- 147.14 Or prosperity
Psalm 81:16
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16 I would feed you[a] with the finest of the wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”(A)
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- 81.16 Cn: Heb he would feed him
Ezra 5:11
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11 This was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.(A)
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Ezra 4:20
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20 Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.(A)
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2 Samuel 8:15
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David’s Officers
15 So David reigned over all Israel, and David administered justice and equity to all his people.
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1 Samuel 12:12
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12 But when you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.(A)
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1 Samuel 10:1
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10 1
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- 10.1 Gk: Heb lacks over his people Israel. You shall . . . anointed you ruler
Deuteronomy 8:8
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8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey,
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Genesis 17:6
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6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.(A)
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