Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known; Treasury of Scripture the children. or, naughty men Judges 19:22 Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about... Judges 20:13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death... 1 Samuel 2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. 1 Samuel 10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. 1 Samuel 25:17,25 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household... 2 Samuel 16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: 2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said... 2 Samuel 23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 1 Kings 21:10,13 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king... 2 Chronicles 13:7 And there are gathered to him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon... John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning... 2 Corinthians 6:15 And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? 1 John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God... Belial Belial is derived by some from {beli}, not, and al, over, i.e, one so proud and envious as not to bear a superior; by others, from {beli}, not, and ol, a yoke, i.e. a lawless, ungovernable person, () `lawless men,' as the LXX render. It is, however, more probably derived from {beli}, not, and {yaal}, profit, i. e., a worthless person, good for nothing to himself or others, and capable of nothing but mischief. are gone Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven... 2 Kings 17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king... 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us... Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Let us Deuteronomy 13:2,6 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known...
Context Idolatrous Cities to Be Destroyed
12If you shall hear say in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, saying, 13Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known; 14Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked among you; 15You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the middle of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 17And there shall stick nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers; 18When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Children of Belial are gone out of the midst of thee, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, and have said: Let us go, and serve strange gods which you know not:
Darby Bible Translation
There are men, children of Belial, gone out from among you, and they have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, whom ye have not known;
King James Bible
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
Young's Literal Translation
Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known --
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