1 Samuel 22:16
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16 The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house.”
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Proverbs 28:15
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15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.(A)
Acts 12:19
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19 When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.(A)
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Matthew 2:16
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The Massacre of the Infants
16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi,[a] he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.[b]
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Daniel 3:19-20
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The Fiery Furnace
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary 20 and ordered some of the strongest guards in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.
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Daniel 2:12
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12 Because of this the king flew into a violent rage and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
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Daniel 2:5
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5 The king answered the Chaldeans, “This is a public decree: if you do not tell me both the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.(A)
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Esther 3:6
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6 But he thought it beneath him to kill[a] only Mordecai. So, having been told who Mordecai’s people were, Haman plotted to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.(A)
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”(A)
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1 Kings 18:4
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4 when Jezebel was killing off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them fifty to a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)(A)
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1 Samuel 20:31
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31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”
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1 Samuel 14:44
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44 Saul said, “God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan!”(A)
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Deuteronomy 24:16
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16 “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their parents; only for their own crimes may persons be put to death.(A)
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