Isaiah 56:10
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10 His watchmen are (A)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(B)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[a]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
Philippians 3:2
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2 (A)Beware of dogs, beware of (B)evil workers, (C)beware of the mutilation!
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Isaiah 29:10
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10 For (A)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (B)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (C)the seers.
Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone. (A)They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
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Nahum 3:18
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18 (A)Your shepherds slumber, O (B)king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are (C)scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
Hosea 9:7-8
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7 The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
8 The (D)watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a [a]fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
Ezekiel 33:6
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6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them, (A)he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.’
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Luke 6:39-40
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39 And He spoke a parable to them: (A)“Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch? 40 (B)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is perfectly trained will be like his teacher.
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Hosea 4:6
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6 (A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
(B)Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
Ezekiel 13:16
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16 that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who (A)see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,’ ” says the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 3:15-18
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15 Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and (A)I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
Ezekiel Is a Watchman
16 Now it (B)came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 17 (C)“Son of man, I have made you (D)a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them (E)warning from Me: 18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man (F)shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
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Jeremiah 23:13-14
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13 “And I have seen [a]folly in the prophets of Samaria:
(A)They prophesied by Baal
And (B)caused My people Israel to err.
14 Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
(C)They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They also (D)strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one turns back from his wickedness.
All of them are like (E)Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 23:13 Lit. distastefulness
Jeremiah 14:13-14
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13 (A)Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you [a]assured (B)peace in this place.’ ”
14 And the Lord said to me, (C)“The prophets prophesy lies in My name. (D)I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, [b]divination, a worthless thing, and the (E)deceit of their heart.
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- Jeremiah 14:13 true
- Jeremiah 14:14 Telling the future by signs and omens
Isaiah 58:1
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Fasting that Pleases God
58 “Cry aloud, [a]spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(A)Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:1 do not hold back
Isaiah 52:8
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8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the Lord brings back Zion.
Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
31 And there it was, (A)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
33 (B)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
34 (C)So shall your poverty come like [a]a prowler,
And your need like [b]an armed man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:34 Lit. one who walks about
- Proverbs 24:34 Lit. a man with a shield
Proverbs 6:4-10
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4 (A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.
The Folly of Indolence
6 (B)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no [b]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her [c]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 (C)How long will you [d]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
- Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
- Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down
Mark 13:34-37
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34 (A)It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave (B)authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 (C)Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— 36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!”
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Matthew 23:16-26
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16 “Woe to you, (A)blind guides, who say, (B)‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’ 17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold (C)or the temple that [a]sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift (D)or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore he who [b]swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by (E)Him who [c]dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by (F)the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (G)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (H)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (I)For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and [d]self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
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- Matthew 23:17 NU sanctified
- Matthew 23:20 Swears an oath
- Matthew 23:21 M dwelt
- Matthew 23:25 M unrighteousness
Jonah 1:2-6
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2 “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that (B)great city, and cry out against it; for (C)their wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to (D)Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to (E)Tarshish (F)from the presence of the Lord.
The Storm at Sea
4 But (G)the Lord [a]sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.
5 Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten [b]the load. But Jonah had gone down (H)into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.
6 So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, (I)call on your God; (J)perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
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Ezekiel 3:26-27
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26 (A)I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that you shall be mute and (B)not be [a]one to rebuke them, (C)for they are a rebellious house. 27 (D)But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, (E)‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
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- Ezekiel 3:26 Lit. one who rebukes
Jeremiah 6:13-14
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13 “Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is given to (A)covetousness;
And from the prophet even to the (B)priest,
Everyone deals falsely.
14 They have also (C)healed the [a]hurt of My people [b]slightly,
(D)Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’
When there is no peace.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:14 Lit. crushing
- Jeremiah 6:14 Superficially
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