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It serves as a prophetic warning or denunciation, highlighting the seriousness of sin and the consequences that follow. The Hebrew word often translated as "woe" is "הוֹי" (hoy), and in Greek, it is "οὐαί" (ouai). Old Testament Context: In the Old Testament, "woe" is frequently used by the prophets to announce God's judgment against nations, cities, or individuals who have turned away from His commandments. For example, in <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a>, the prophet declares, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter!" . This passage underscores the moral inversion and corruption that invites divine retribution. The book of Ezekiel also contains numerous "woes," such as in <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3</a>, "This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing." . Here, the false prophets are condemned for misleading the people with their own visions rather than the truth of God. New Testament Context: In the New Testament, Jesus frequently uses "woe" in His teachings, particularly in the Gospels. The "woes" pronounced by Jesus often serve as a rebuke to the religious leaders of His time, such as the Pharisees and scribes, for their hypocrisy and legalism. In <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a>, Jesus says, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity." . This highlights the contrast between outward appearances and inward reality. The book of Revelation also contains "woes" as part of the apocalyptic visions. In <a href="/revelation/8-13.htm">Revelation 8:13</a>, an angel proclaims, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the remaining three angels!" . These woes signal the intensification of God's judgment during the end times. Theological Significance: The use of "woe" in the Bible serves as a powerful reminder of God's holiness and justice. It calls individuals and nations to repentance, urging them to turn from their sinful ways and seek God's mercy. The pronouncement of "woe" is not merely punitive but also redemptive, as it provides an opportunity for reflection and change. Moral and Ethical Implications: From a moral and ethical standpoint, the concept of "woe" challenges believers to examine their own lives for areas of hypocrisy, injustice, or disobedience. It serves as a warning against complacency and a call to live in accordance with God's will. The repeated use of "woe" in Scripture emphasizes the seriousness with which God views sin and the importance of aligning one's life with His standards. Conclusion: While the term "woe" carries a heavy connotation of judgment, it also reflects God's desire for His people to return to Him. It is a call to awareness, repentance, and ultimately, restoration.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.2. (n.) A curse; a malediction.3. (a.) Woeful; sorrowful.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3759.htm">3759. ouai -- alas! woe! (an expression of grief or denunciation)</a> ... 3758, 3759. ouai. 3760 . alas! woe! ... Definition: woe!, alas!, uttered in grief or denunciation. Word Origin a prim. interj. Definition alas! woe! ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3759.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/480.htm">480. alelay -- alas! woe!</a> ... alas! woe! Transliteration: alelay Phonetic Spelling: (al-le-lah'ee) Short Definition: woe. Word Origin a prim. ... Definition alas! woe! NASB Word Usage woe (2). ... /hebrew/480.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/188.htm">188. oy -- woe!</a> ... oy. 189 . woe! Transliteration: oy Phonetic Spelling: (o'-ee) Short Definition: woe. Word Origin a prim. ... Definition woe! NASB Word Usage alas (2), woe (21). ... /hebrew/188.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/190.htm">190. oyah -- woe!</a> ... oyah. 191 . woe! Transliteration: oyah Phonetic Spelling: (o-yaw') Short Definition: woe. Word Origin from oy Definition woe! NASB Word Usage woe (2). woe. ... /hebrew/190.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/1945.htm">1945. hoy -- ah! alas! ha!</a> ... Transliteration: hoy Phonetic Spelling: (hoh'ee) Short Definition: woe. Word Origin a prim. ... NASB Word Usage Ah (2), alas (11), ho (2), ho there (1), woe (34). ... /hebrew/1945.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1958.htm">1958. hi -- lamentation, wailing</a> ... 1957, 1958. hi. 1959 . lamentation, wailing. Transliteration: hi Phonetic Spelling: (he) Short Definition: woe. ... woe. For nhiy; lamentation -- woe. (For hiyr ... /hebrew/1958.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/337.htm">337. i -- alas!</a> ... i. 338 . alas! Transliteration: i Phonetic Spelling: (ee) Short Definition: woe. Word Origin a prim. interj. Definition alas! NASB Word Usage woe (2). woe. ... /hebrew/337.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/7334.htm">7334. razi -- leanness, wasting</a> ... 7333, 7334. razi. 7335 . leanness, wasting. Transliteration: razi Phonetic Spelling: (raw-zee') Short Definition: woe. Word Origin ... /hebrew/7334.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7463a.htm">7463a. raah -- evil, misery, distress, injury</a> ... pain (1), situation (1), sorrow (1), trouble (9), troubles (1), very* (1), wicked (3), wicked deeds (1), wickedly (1), wickedness (39), woe (1), wretchedness (1 ... /hebrew/7463a.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1929.htm">1929. hah -- alas!</a> ... NASB Word Usage alas (1). Expressing grief. A shortened form of 'ahahh; ah! Expressing grief -- woe worth. see HEBREW 'ahahh. 1928, 1929. hah. 1930 . ... /hebrew/1929.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/of_the_three_woe_trumpets.htm">Of the Three Woe Trumpets.</a> ... A MEMORABLE SENTENCE, Of the Three Woe Trumpets. There still remain three trumpets, the greatest and most grievous of all, and therefore ... /.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/of the three woe trumpets.htm<a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_matthew/21_the_woe_does_not.htm">The "Woe" Does not Apply to the Disciples of Jesus.</a> ... Book XIII. 21. The "Woe" Does Not Apply to the Disciples of Jesus. But if there is woe unto men everywhere on the earth, because ... /.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/21 the woe does not.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_xli_the_woe_pronounced_on.htm">The Woe Pronounced on the Traitor a Judicial Act, which Disproves ...</a> ... Chapter XLI."The Woe Pronounced on the Traitor a Judicial Act, Which Disproves Christ to Be Such as Marcion Would Have Him to Be. ... /.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xli the woe pronounced on.htm<a href="/library/various/the_st_gregory_hymnal_and_catholic_choir_book/no_25_oerwhelmed_in_depths.htm">O'erwhelmed in Depths of Woe</a> ... No. 25 O'erwhelmed in depths of woe. LENT AND PASSIONTIDE O'erwhelmed in depths of woe Saevo dolorum turbine. Tr. Rev. E. Caswall Nicola A. Montani. ... /.../the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 25 oerwhelmed in depths.htm<a href="/library/john/the_adornment_of_the_spritual_marriage/chapter_vi_of_heavenly_weal.htm">Of Heavenly Weal and Hellish Woe</a> ... OF HEAVENLY WEAL AND HELLISH WOE. The ... before. In this woe, weal sometimes shows itself, and brings with it a hope which none can gainsay. ... /.../john/the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter vi of heavenly weal.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_saint_matthew/homily_lxxiv_woe_unto_you.htm">"Woe unto You, Because Ye Build the Tombs of the Prophets, and ...</a> ... Homily LXXIV. "Woe unto you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish their sepulchers, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we ... /.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiv woe unto you.htm<a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_of_saint_augustine/chapter_xvi_but_woe_is.htm">But Woe is Thee, Thou Torrent of Human Custom! who Shall Stand ...</a> ... Book I Chapter XVI But woe is thee, thou torrent of human custom! Who shall stand against thee? how? But woe is thee, thou torrent of human custom! ... /.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xvi but woe is.htm<a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/ccxxxvi_can_i_see_anothers.htm">Can I See Another's Woe,</a> ... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCXXXVI Can I see another's woe,. And not be in sorrow too? ... He becomes an infant small,. He becomes a Man of woe,. ... /.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccxxxvi can i see anothers.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/septuagesima_116_oft_in_danger.htm">Septuagesima 116. Oft in Danger, Oft in Woe</a> ... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Septuagesima 116. Oft in danger, oft in woe. Four 7's ... cento. Oft in danger, oft in woe,. Onward, Christians, onward go; ... /.../septuagesima 116 oft in danger.htm<a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_donatist_controversy_/chapter_106__240_petilianus.htm">Petilianus Said: "Woe unto You, Therefore, Who...</a> ... Book II. Chapter 106. " 240. Petilianus said: "Woe unto you, therefore, who? "240. Petilianus said: "Woe unto you, therefore ... /.../chapter 106 240 petilianus.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/woe.htm">Woe (102 Occurrences)</a> ...Woe (102 Occurrences). Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... Matthew 18:7 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! ... /w/woe.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/h/hypocrites.htm">Hypocrites (22 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 23:13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ... Matthew 23:14 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ... /h/hypocrites.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/c/chorazin.htm">Chorazin (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Named along with Bethsaida and Capernaum as one of the cities in which our Lord's "mighty works" were done, and which was doomed to woe because of signal ... /c/chorazin.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/u/undone.htm">Undone (20 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Undone (20 Occurrences). Luke 11:42 But woe to you Pharisees! ... We are all undone! (WEB JPS ASV RSV). Numbers 21:29 Woe to you, Moab! ... /u/undone.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/t/teachers.htm">Teachers (87 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 23:13 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ... (See NIV). Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ... /t/teachers.htm - 31k<a href="/topical/k/korazin.htm">Korazin (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Korazin (2 Occurrences). Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... (See NIV). Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... /k/korazin.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/i/inhabiters.htm">Inhabiters (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Revelation 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by ... /i/inhabiters.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/r/repented.htm">Repented (49 Occurrences)</a> ... WBS). Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For ... RSV). Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For ... /r/repented.htm - 22k<a href="/topical/m/mighty.htm">Mighty (514 Occurrences)</a> ... (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV). Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... /m/mighty.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/a/ashes.htm">Ashes (44 Occurrences)</a> ... Ashes (44 Occurrences). Matthew 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... Luke 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! ... /a/ashes.htm - 24k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/scribes-and-Pharisees.html">Why did Jesus rebuke the scribes and Pharisees so harshly in Matthew 23:13 36? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/three-woes.html">What are the three woes of Revelation? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/seven-trumpets-Revelation.html">What are the seven trumpets of Revelation? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/woe.htm">Woe: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Woe (102 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21</a> "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/18-7.htm">Matthew 18:7</a> "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes! (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-14.htm">Matthew 23:14</a> "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. (WEB KJV WEY BBE WBS)<a href="/matthew/23-15.htm">Matthew 23:15</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Matthew 23:16</a> "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say,'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.' (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a> But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days! (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/matthew/26-24.htm">Matthew 26:24</a> The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a> But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days! (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/mark/14-21.htm">Mark 14:21</a> For the Son of Man goes, even as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/6-24.htm">Luke 6:24</a> "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/6-25.htm">Luke 6:25</a> Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/6-26.htm">Luke 6:26</a> Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13</a> "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-43.htm">Luke 11:43</a> Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-44.htm">Luke 11:44</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-46.htm">Luke 11:46</a> He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-47.htm">Luke 11:47</a> Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/11-52.htm">Luke 11:52</a> Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/17-1.htm">Luke 17:1</a> He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a> Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/luke/22-22.htm">Luke 22:22</a> The Son of Man indeed goes, as it has been determined, but woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!" (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/9-16.htm">1 Corinthians 9:16</a> For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don't preach the Good News. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Jude 1:11</a> Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah's rebellion. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/9-12.htm">Revelation 9:12</a> The first woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/11-14.htm">Revelation 11:14</a> The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/12-12.htm">Revelation 12:12</a> Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7</a> She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, 'I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.' (WEY)<a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a> standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying,'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.' (WEB ASV DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16</a> saying,'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls! (WEB ASV DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a> He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death shall be no more; nor sorrow, nor wail of woe, nor pain; for the first things have passed away." (WEY)<a href="/numbers/21-29.htm">Numbers 21:29</a> Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/4-7.htm">1 Samuel 4:7</a> The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." They said, "Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/4-8.htm">1 Samuel 4:8</a> Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/job/10-15.htm">Job 10:15</a> If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/120-5.htm">Psalms 120:5</a> Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29</a> Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/4-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:10</a> For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/10-16.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:16</a> Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a> The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Isaiah 3:11</a> Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8</a> Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11</a> Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18</a> Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a> Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">Isaiah 5:21</a> Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">Isaiah 5:22</a> Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm">Isaiah 6:5</a> Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1</a> Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5</a> Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment! (See NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Isaiah 17:12</a> Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! (KJV WBS)<a href="/isaiah/18-1.htm">Isaiah 18:1</a> Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: (KJV WBS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/24-16.htm">Isaiah 24:16</a> From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, "I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!" The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1</a> Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/29-1.htm">Isaiah 29:1</a> Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around; (WEB KJV DBY WBS NAS NIV)<a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Isaiah 29:15</a> Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us?" and "Who knows us?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a> "Woe to the rebellious children," says Yahweh, "who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/31-1.htm">Isaiah 31:1</a> Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a> Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/45-7.htm">Isaiah 45:7</a> I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things. (See RSV)<a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a> Woe to him who strives with his Maker- a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it,'What are you making?' or your work,'He has no hands?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/45-10.htm">Isaiah 45:10</a> Woe to him who says to a father,'What have you become the father of?' or to a mother,'To what have you given birth?'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Jeremiah 4:13</a> Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Jeremiah 6:4</a> Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day declines, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Jeremiah 10:19</a> Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27</a> I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah 15:10</a> Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them does curse me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)<a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Jeremiah 22:13</a> Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1</a> Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/44-11.htm">Jeremiah 44:11</a> Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah. (See NAS)<a href="/jeremiah/45-3.htm">Jeremiah 45:3</a> You said, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/48-1.htm">Jeremiah 48:1</a> Of Moab. Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Woe to Nebo! for it is laid waste; Kiriathaim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgab is put to shame and broken down. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/48-46.htm">Jeremiah 48:46</a> Woe to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh is undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Jeremiah 50:27</a> Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/lamentations/5-16.htm">Lamentations 5:16</a> The crown is fallen from our head: Woe to us! for we have sinned. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10</a> He spread it before me: and it was written within and without; and there were written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3</a> Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/16-23.htm">Ezekiel 16:23</a> It has happened after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! says the Lord Yahweh), (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/24-6.htm">Ezekiel 24:6</a> Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen on it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/24-9.htm">Ezekiel 24:9</a> Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/30-2.htm">Ezekiel 30:2</a> Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! (KJV JPS)<a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2</a> Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)<a href="/hosea/7-13.htm">Hosea 7:13</a> Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12</a> Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/5-18.htm">Amos 5:18</a> "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Amos 6:1</a> Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4</a> Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; (See RSV)<a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1</a> Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/nahum/3-1.htm">Nahum 3:1</a> Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a> Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say,'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Habakkuk 2:9</a> Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-12.htm">Habakkuk 2:12</a> Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15</a> "Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies! (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-19.htm">Habakkuk 2:19</a> Woe to him who says to the wood,'Awake!' or to the mute stone,'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/zephaniah/2-5.htm">Zephaniah 2:5</a> Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! The word of Yahweh is against you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant. 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