Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have walked in the way of Cain and have plunged into Balaam's error for profit. They have perished in Korah's rebellion.

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Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

In Context

10But these people slander whatever they do not understand, and what they do understand—what unreasoning animals know by instinct—these are what destroy them.

12These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts, when they feast with you shamelessly—shepherds who only feed themselves. They are clouds without rain, carried along by winds. They are autumn trees without fruit—twice dead, torn up by the roots.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:3It came about that in the course of time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground as an offering to Yahweh.

Numbers 22:1The people of Israel traveled on until they camped in the plains of Moab near Jericho, on the other side of the Jordan River from the city.

Numbers 31:16Look, these women caused the people of Israel, through Balaam's advice, to commit sin against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, when the plague spread among Yahweh's community.

Joshua 24:9Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, got up and attacked Israel. He sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you.

Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces witnesses against them; and they tell of their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. 1 Woe to them! For they have completed a catastrophe for themselves. 1

Jeremiah 13:27I have seen your adultery and neighing, 1 the wickedness of your prostitution on the hills and in the fields, 1 and I have seen these detestable things! 1 Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long until you are made clean again?”

Matthew Henry on Jude 1:9-16

Contumacious Professors. ( a. d. 66.) 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of… Read the whole commentary →

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