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2 Samuel 12:10
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2 Samuel 12:10
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10 Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, for you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.(A)
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2 Samuel 12:10
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2 Samuel 12:10
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10 Now, therefore, the sword(A) will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
2 Samuel 18:14-15
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2 Samuel 18:14-15
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14 Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak.(A) 15 And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.
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2 Samuel 18:14-15
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2 Samuel 18:14-15
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14 Joab(A) said, “I’m not going to wait like this for you.” So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree. 15 And ten of Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.(B)
1 Thessalonians 4:8
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
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8 Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
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8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.(A)
Romans 2:4
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Romans 2:4
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4 Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?(A)
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Matthew 26:52
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Matthew 26:52
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52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will die by the sword.(A)
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Matthew 26:52
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Matthew 26:52
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52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.(A)
Matthew 6:24
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Matthew 6:24
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Serving Two Masters
24 “No one can serve two masters, for a slave will either hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.[a](A)
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- 6.24 Gk mammon
Matthew 6:24
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Matthew 6:24
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24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.(A)
Malachi 1:6-7
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Malachi 1:6-7
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Corruption of the Priesthood
6 A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”(A) 7 By offering polluted food on my altar. And you say, “How have we polluted it?”[a] By thinking that the Lord’s table may be despised.(B)
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- 1.7 Gk: Heb you
Malachi 1:6-7
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Malachi 1:6-7
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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honors his father,(A) and a slave his master.(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(D)
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
7 “By offering defiled food(F) on my altar.
“But you ask,(G) ‘How have we defiled you?’
“By saying that the Lord’s table(H) is contemptible.
Amos 7:9
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Amos 7:9
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9 the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”(A)
Amos 7:9
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Amos 7:9
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Proverbs 6:32-33
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Proverbs 6:32-33
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32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.(A)
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
Proverbs 6:32-33
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Proverbs 6:32-33
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1 Kings 2:23-25
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1 Kings 2:23-25
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23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, “So may God do to me, and more also, for Adonijah has devised this scheme at the risk of his life!(A) 24 Now therefore as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of my father David and who has made me a house as he promised, today Adonijah shall be put to death.”(B) 25 So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he struck him down, and he died.
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1 Kings 2:23-25
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1 Kings 2:23-25
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23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord: “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(A) if Adonijah does not pay with his life for this request! 24 And now, as surely as the Lord lives—he who has established me securely on the throne of my father David and has founded a dynasty for me as he promised(B)—Adonijah shall be put to death today!” 25 So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah(C) son of Jehoiada, and he struck down Adonijah and he died.(D)
2 Samuel 18:33
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2 Samuel 18:33
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David Mourns for Absalom
33 [a]The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept, and as he went he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”(A)
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- 18.33 19.1 in Heb
2 Samuel 18:33
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2 Samuel 18:33
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33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died(A) instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”[a](B)
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- 2 Samuel 18:33 In Hebrew texts this verse (18:33) is numbered 19:1.
2 Samuel 13:28-29
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2 Samuel 13:28-29
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28 Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”(A) 29 So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons rose, and each mounted his mule and fled.(B)
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2 Samuel 13:28-29
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28 Absalom(A) ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high(B) spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.(C)” 29 So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.
1 Samuel 2:30
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1 Samuel 2:30
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30 Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: I promised that your family and the family of your ancestor should go in and out before me forever, but now the Lord declares: Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be treated with contempt.(A)
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1 Samuel 2:30
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1 Samuel 2:30
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30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(B) but those who despise(C) me will be disdained.(D)
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