1 Kings 9:7
then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and I will cast this house, which I have made holy for my name, out of my sight; and Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
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- Psalm 44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
- Jeremiah 24:9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them.
- Deuteronomy 28:37 You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where Yahweh will lead you away.