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Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Neither are you able to do good—you who are accustomed to doing evil.

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ASV

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

KJV

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְha.ya.ha.Fokh¿ will he changeH2015 →
כּוּשִׁי֙ku.Shia CushiteH3569 →
עוֹר֔וֹo.Roskin hisH5785 →
וְנָמֵ֖רve.na.Merand a leopardH5246 →
חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יוcha.var.bu.ro.Tavspots itsH2272 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859 →
תּוּכְל֣וּtu.khe.Luyou will be ableH3201 →
לְהֵיטִ֔יבle.hei.Tivto do goodH3190 →
לִמֻּדֵ֖יli.mu.DeiO [those] trainedH3928 →
הָרֵֽעַ׃ha.Re.a'<of> to do evilH7489 →

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Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.Jeremiah 9:5Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.Matthew 19:24–28Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.Matthew 19:24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Mark 10:25It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.Jeremiah 38:7Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,Amos 9:7“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?Revelation 13:2The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.Jeremiah 6:29–30The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.Isaiah 32:6For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

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