Genesis 49:6
O my soul, do not come into their council; 1 do not join in their meetings, 1 for my heart has too much honor for that. 1 For in their anger they killed men. 1 It was for pleasure that they hamstrung oxen. 1
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5Simeon and Levi are brothers. 1 Weapons of violence are their swords. 1
Cross References
Genesis 34:30Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. If they gather themselves together against me and attack me, then I will be destroyed, I and my household.”
Judges 5:21The Kishon River swept them away, 2 that old river, the Kishon River. 1 March on my soul, be strong! 1
Psalms 5:10Declare them guilty, God; 1 may their schemes be their downfall! 1 Drive them out for their many transgressions, 1 for they have rebelled against you. 1
Psalms 26:4I do not associate with deceitful people, 1 nor do I mingle with dishonest people. 1
Psalms 28:3Do not drag me away with the wicked, those who do iniquity, 1 who speak peace with their neighbors but have evil in their hearts. 1
Psalms 42:5Why are you bowed down, my soul? 1 Why are you upset within me? 1 Hope in God, for again I will praise him who is my salvation. 1
Matthew Henry on Genesis 49:6-8
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. These were next in age to Reuben, and they also had been a grief and shame to Jacob, when they treacherously and… Read the whole commentary →