Isaiah 56:10
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10 (A)His watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent (B)dogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
Philippians 3:2
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2 Look out for (A)the dogs, look out for (B)the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
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Isaiah 29:10
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10 (A)For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone; (A)they are blind guides.[a] And (B)if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
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- Matthew 15:14 Some manuscripts add of the blind
Nahum 3:18
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18 Your shepherds (A)are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
(B)your nobles slumber.
Your people (C)are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
Hosea 9:7-8
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7 (A)The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
(B)The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.
8 The prophet is (C)the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet (D)a fowler's snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.
Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
Ezekiel 33:6
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6 (A)But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, (B)that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.
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Ezekiel 13:16
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16 the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem (A)and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 3:26-27
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26 And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that (A)you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, (B)for they are a rebellious house. 27 (C)But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, (D)‘Thus says the Lord God.’ (E)He who will hear, let him hear; and he who will refuse to hear, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
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Ezekiel 3:15-18
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15 (A)And I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were dwelling (B)by the Chebar canal, and I sat where they were dwelling.[a] And (C)I sat there (D)overwhelmed among them (E)seven days.
A Watchman for Israel
16 (F)And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me: 17 (G)“Son of man, (H)I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall (I)give them warning from me. 18 (J)If I say to the wicked, (K)‘You shall surely die,’ (L)and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person (M)shall die for[b] his iniquity, (N)but his blood I will require at your hand.
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- Ezekiel 3:15 Or Chebar, and to where they dwelt
- Ezekiel 3:18 Or in; also verses 19, 20
Jeremiah 23:13-14
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13 In the prophets of (A)Samaria
(B)I saw an unsavory thing:
(C)they prophesied by Baal
(D)and led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
(E)they commit adultery and walk in lies;
(F)they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
(G)all of them have become like Sodom to me,
(H)and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
Jeremiah 14:13-14
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Lying Prophets
13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets (A)say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” 14 And the Lord said to me: “The (B)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. (C)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, (D)worthless divination, and (E)the deceit of their own minds.
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Isaiah 58:1
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True and False Fasting
58 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
(A)lift up your voice like a trumpet;
(B)declare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah 52:8
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8 The voice of (A)your watchmen—they lift up their voice;
together they sing for joy;
(B)for eye to eye they see
the return of the Lord to Zion.
Proverbs 24:30-34
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30 (A)I passed by the field of a sluggard,
by the vineyard of a man (B)lacking sense,
31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone (C)wall was broken down.
32 Then I saw and (D)considered it;
I looked and received instruction.
33 (E)A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
Proverbs 6:4-10
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4 (A)Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,[a]
(B)like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 (C)Go to (D)the ant, O (E)sluggard;
consider her ways, and (F)be wise.
7 (G)Without having any chief,
(H)officer, or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread (I)in summer
and (J)gathers her food in harvest.
9 (K)How long will you lie there, (L)O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 (M)A little sleep, a little slumber,
(N)a little (O)folding of the hands to rest,
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- Proverbs 6:5 Hebrew lacks of the hunter
Luke 6:39-40
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39 He also told them a parable: (A)“Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 (B)A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is (C)fully trained will be like his teacher.
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Mark 13:34-37
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34 (A)It is like a man (B)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[a] in charge, (C)each with his work, and commands (D)the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 (E)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (F)in the evening, or (G)at midnight, or (H)when the rooster crows,[b] or (I)in the morning— 36 lest (J)he come suddenly and (K)find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: (L)Stay awake.”
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- Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
- Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.
Matthew 23:16-26
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16 “Woe to (A)you, (B)blind guides, who say, (C)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (D)the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by (E)the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19 You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or (F)the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by (G)him who dwells in it. 22 And whoever swears by (H)heaven swears by (I)the throne of God and by (J)him who sits upon it.
23 (K)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (L)you tithe mint and dill and (M)cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: (N)justice and mercy and faithfulness. (O)These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing (P)a camel!
25 (Q)“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For (R)you clean the outside of (S)the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of (T)greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of (U)the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
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Jonah 1:2-6
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2 “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that (B)great city, and call out against it, (C)for their evil[a] has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah (D)rose to flee to (E)Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to (F)Joppa and found a ship going to (G)Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to (H)Tarshish, (I)away from the presence of the Lord.
4 But (J)the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened (K)to break up. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and (L)each cried out to his god. And (M)they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, (N)call out to your god! (O)Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”
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- Jonah 1:2 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jonah
Jeremiah 6:13-14
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