Judges 9:7

Modern English Version

When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He raised his voice and called out, saying to them, “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Cross References

Genesis 37:6

He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have dreamed.

Proverbs 21:13

He who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry out, but will not be heard.

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15

When you reach out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

John 4:20

Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you all say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”

Deuteronomy 11:29

Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you are entering to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 11:30

Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, west where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

Deuteronomy 27:12

These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you cross over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

James 2:13

For he who has shown no mercy will have judgment without mercy, for mercy triumphs over judgment.

Joshua 8:33

All Israel, resident foreigner and native alike, with its elders, officials, and judges, were standing on either side of the ark in front of the Levite priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded from the beginning, in order to bless the people of Israel.

Judges 9:6

All the leaders of Shechem and everyone from Beth-millo gathered together by the oak near the pillar in Shechem to make Abimelech king.

Judges 9:8

The trees once went out to anoint a king over them. They said to the olive tree, ‘Rule over us!’