| Deuteronomy 28:37 | And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. |
| 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 hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: |
| 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 sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it [to be] a proverb and a byword among all nations. |
| Job 17:6 | He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. |
| Job 30:9 | And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. |
| Psalms 44:14 | Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. |