Topic
Byword
6 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 28:37ISBE
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
- 1 Kings 9:7ISBE
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
- 2 Chronicles 7:20ISBE
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
- Job 17:6ISBE
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
- Job 30:9ISBE
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
- Psalms 44:14ISBE
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.