Isaiah 26:18
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18 (A)we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
Hosea 13:13
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13 (A)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(B)at the opening of the womb.
Psalm 17:14
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14 from men by your hand, O Lord,
from (A)men of the world whose (B)portion is in this life.[a]
You fill their womb with treasure;[b]
they are satisfied with (C)children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.
Footnotes
- Psalm 17:14 Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
- Psalm 17:14 Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb
Isaiah 59:4
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4 (A)No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
(B)they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Isaiah 37:3
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3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (A)day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; (B)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
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2 Kings 19:3
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3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
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Isaiah 33:11
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11 (A)You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble;
your breath is (B)a fire that will consume you.
1 Samuel 14:45
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45 Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! (A)As the Lord lives, (B)there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.
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1 Samuel 11:13
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13 But Saul said, (A)“Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today (B)the Lord has worked (C)salvation in Israel.”
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Joshua 7:7-9
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7 And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, (A)why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! 8 O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and (B)cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
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Exodus 5:22-23
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22 Then Moses turned to the Lord and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? 23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”
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1 John 5:19
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19 We know that we are from God, and (A)the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
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John 7:7
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7 The world cannot hate you, but (A)it hates me because I testify about it that (B)its works are evil.
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