Genesis 49:6

Jacob refuses to share in the fierce, self-willed anger that led Simeon and Levi to kill.

Cross-references · 26

• Gen 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
• Ps 26:9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
• Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
• Gen 34:25–26Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
• 2 Cor 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
• Prov 1:15–16my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
• Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Jer 15:17I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
• Ps 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
• Ps 26:4–5I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
• Jer 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Ps 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
• Prov 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Ps 103:1Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
• Ps 94:20–21Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
• Prov 12:5The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
• Judg 5:21The River Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the River Kishon. March on, O my soul, in strength!
• Ps 42:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
• Ps 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
• Ps 30:12that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
• Ps 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
• Ps 5:10Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
• Ps 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
• Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
• Deut 27:24‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Ps 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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