Judges 9:7
And they told it to Yotham; and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizzim, and he lifted up his voice, and cried; and he said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, so that God may hearken unto you.
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Genesis 37:6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed.
Deuteronomy 27:12These shall stand upon mount Gerizzim to bless the people, when ye are come over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
Psalms 18:40(18:41) And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; and those that hate me,—that I may destroy them.
Proverbs 1:28Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
Proverbs 28:9When one turneth away his ear so as not to listen to the law, even his prayer becometh an abomination.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this [rather] the fast that I will choose? to open the snares of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye should break asunder every yoke?
Matthew Henry on Judges 9:2-7
The Usurpation of Abimelech. ( b. c. 1209.) 1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in… Read the whole commentary →