Genesis 10:9

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He was a powerful fighter who defied the Lord; which is why there's the expression, “Like Nimrod, a powerful fighter who defied the Lord.”

Cross References

Genesis 10:10

His kingdom began in the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, all located in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 10:8

Cush was also the father of Nimrod, who set himself up as the first tyrant on earth.

Genesis 13:13

(The people of Sodom were very wicked, committing terrible sins that offended the Lord.)

Genesis 25:27

The boys grew up and Esau became a skilled hunter, at home in the countryside. Jacob was quiet and liked to stay at home in the tents.

Genesis 27:30

After Isaac finished blessing Jacob—in fact Jacob had just left his father—Esau returned from his hunting trip.

Genesis 6:11

God saw how corrupt the whole world had become, full of violent and lawless people.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants on earth in those days, and also later on. They were born after the sons of God slept with the daughters of these people. Their sons became the great warriors and famous men of ancient times.

2 Chronicles 28:22

Even at this time when he was having so much trouble, King Ahaz sinned more and more against the Lord.

Psalm 52:7

“See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”

Isaiah 18:2

They send messengers downriver in papyrus boats. Swift messengers, go and take a message to a tall and smooth-skinned people, to a people feared by everyone, to a very powerful nation of conquerors, whose land is washed away by rivers.

Jeremiah 16:16

But for the moment I'm going to send for many fishermen and they'll catch them, declares the Lord. Then I'm going to send for many hunters, and they'll hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from their hiding places in the rocks.

Ezekiel 13:18

and tell them that this is what the Lord God says: Disaster is coming to the women who sew bracelets of magic charms for their wrists and make veils for all kinds of people to wear as ways to trap and exploit them. Do you think you can trap the lives of my people yet still keep your own?

Micah 7:2

All the good people in the country are gone, there's no one who does right left anywhere. Everyone is looking to murder others; they try to trap even their own brothers.