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Jeremiah 49:31

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Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.

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Ezekiel 38:11rank 4

You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—

Deuteronomy 33:28rank 3

So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

Isaiah 47:8rank 3

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’

Numbers 23:9rank 3

For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

Micah 7:14rank 3

Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Zephaniah 2:15rank 2

This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

Isaiah 32:9rank 2

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Ezekiel 39:6rank 2

I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

Nahum 1:12rank 2

This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.

Psalms 123:4rank 2

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

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