Deuteronomy 28:37 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV)
1 Kings 9:7 then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. (WEB KJV ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 7:20 then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Job 17:6 "But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face. (WEB KJV JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)
Job 30:9 "Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Psalms 44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)
Psalms 69:11 When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)
Jeremiah 24:9 And I have given them for a trembling, For evil -- to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them. (YLT RSV NIV)
Ezekiel 14:8 and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh. (See RSV NIV)
Ezekiel 16:56 For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride, (See RSV)
Ezekiel 23:10 These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters; and her they killed with the sword: and she became a byword among women; for they executed judgments on her. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)
Daniel 9:16 Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us. (See RSV)
Joel 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say: 'Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not Thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should make them a byword: wherefore should they say among the peoples: Where is their God?' (JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)
Zechariah 8:13 It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don't be afraid. Let your hands be strong." (See RSV)