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Deut 12:18

Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose — you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns — and you are to rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.

Josh 23:13

then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

Judg 15:2

“I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”

2Sam 6:10

He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

2Sam 12:4

“Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

2Sam 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”

2Sam 18:33

The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you — O Absalom, my son, my son!”

2Sam 23:16

So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord.

1Chr 11:18

So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the Lord.

1Chr 13:13

He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

2Chr 28:20

Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help.

Neh 5:16

Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. All my men were assembled there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

Esth 2:4

Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.

Esth 2:17

Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than any of the other virgins. So he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Esth 3:6

Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.

Esth 4:4

When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

Job 31:40

then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

Prov 8:10

Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

Prov 11:8

The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked instead.

Eccl 6:2

God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

Isa 3:24

Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.

Isa 55:13

Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord’s renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.”

Isa 60:17

Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and well-being your ruler.

Isa 61:3

and provide for those who grieve in Zion — to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

Isa 61:7

Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.

Jer 7:24

But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

Jer 9:14

Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts; they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”

Jer 11:8

But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.’ ”

Jer 14:12

Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.”

Jer 16:12

But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.

Jer 30:9

Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Jer 31:13

Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

Jer 31:30

Instead, everyone will die for their own sin; whoever eats sour grapes — their own teeth will be set on edge.

Jer 36:26

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden them.

Jer 37:14

“That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

Jer 43:5

Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.

Ezek 4:15

“Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”

Ezek 36:34

The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it.

Ezek 44:8

Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.

Dan 1:16

So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

Dan 5:23

Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.

Dan 11:38

Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his ancestors he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.

Jonah 1:13

Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.

Hab 2:16

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed! The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.

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