46 verses contain “Confusion” (in the KJV: 30, in the BSB: 16) — showing 1–46
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For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are
entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the
pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the
pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into
confusion.
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
I will send My terror
ahead of you and throw into
confusion every nation you
encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to
defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down
thereto: it is
confusion.
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted
perversely; their blood is upon them.
But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
The LORD shall send upon thee
cursing,
vexation, and
rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me.
The LORD will send curses upon you,
confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in
forsaking Him.
The LORD will
afflict you with madness, blindness, and
confusion of mind,
And the LORD
discomfited them before Israel, and
slew them with a great slaughter at
Gibeon, and
chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and
smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
And the LORD threw them into
confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at
Gibeon, pursued them along the
ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he
smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had
emerods in their secret parts.
But after they had moved the ark to
Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great
confusion and
afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it
slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly
confusion had
pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD
thundered with a great
thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and
discomfited them; and they were
smitten before Israel.
As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD
thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such
confusion that they fled before Israel.
And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great
discomfiture.
Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total
confusion, with each man
wielding the sword against his
neighbor.
Then Saul’s anger was
kindled against
Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the
perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of
Jesse to thine own
confusion, and unto the
confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
Then Saul’s anger burned against
Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a
perverse and
rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of
Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great
trespass unto this day; and for our
iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a
spoil, and to
confusion of face, as it is this day.
From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our
iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to
pillage and
humiliation, as we are this day.
The posts went out, being
hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in
Shushan the palace. And the king and
Haman sat down to drink; but the city
Shushan was
perplexed.
The couriers left,
spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of
Susa. Then the king and
Haman sat down to drink, but the city of
Susa was in
confusion.
If I be wicked,
woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of
confusion; therefore see thou mine
affliction;
If I am guilty,
woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my
affliction.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to
confusion that
devise my
hurt.
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to
harm me be driven back and confounded.
Let them be
ashamed and brought to
confusion together that
rejoice at mine
hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that
magnify themselves against me.
May those who
gloat in my distress be
ashamed and confounded; may those who
exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Let them be
ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to
confusion, that desire my
hurt.
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
Let mine
adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own
confusion, as with a
mantle.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a
robe.
The LORD hath mingled a
perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to
err in every work thereof, as a
drunken man staggereth in his
vomit.
The LORD has poured into her a spirit of
confusion. Egypt has been led
astray in all she does, as a
drunkard staggers through his own
vomit.
For it is a day of trouble, and of
treading down, and of
perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of
tumult and
trampling and
confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.
But the
cormorant and the
bittern shall possess it; the
owl also and the
raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of
confusion, and the stones of
emptiness.
The desert
owl and
screech owl will possess it, and the great
owl and
raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over
Edom a measuring line of
chaos and a
plumb line of destruction.
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their
molten images are wind and
confusion.
See, they are all a
delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
They shall be
ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to
confusion together that are makers of idols.
They will all be put to shame and
humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
For your shame ye shall have double; and for
confusion they shall
rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double:
everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of
humiliation, they will
rejoice in their share; and so they will
inherit a double portion in their land, and
everlasting joy will be theirs.
We lie down in our shame, and our
confusion covereth us: for we have
sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have
sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
Do they
provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not
provoke themselves to the
confusion of their own faces?
But am I the One they are
provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall
stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly
ashamed; for they shall not
prosper: their
everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
But the LORD is with me like a
fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will
stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an
everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us
confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of their
trespass that they have
trespassed against thee.
To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
O Lord, to us belongeth
confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have
sinned against thee.
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have
sinned against You.
How do the beasts
groan! the herds of cattle are
perplexed, because they have no pasture;
yea, the flocks of sheep are made
desolate.
How the cattle
groan! The herds
wander in
confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
The best of them is like a
brier; the most upright is sharper than a
hedge of thorns. The day for your
watchmen has come, the day of your
visitation. Now is the time of their
confusion.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
For where
envying and
strife is, there is
confusion and every evil work.
For where jealousy and
selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
That thou bring them to
confusion, and their mother to a
spoil, that there may be no offspring of them.
There shall be a
confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be
oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and
menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
Behold,
victuals shall be so good
cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then shall evils grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great
confusion.
And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.