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2 Samuel 4:11
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2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more, then, when wicked men have killed a righteous man on his bed in his own house! And now shall I not require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”(A)
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2 Samuel 4:11
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2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(A) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
Psalm 9:12
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Psalm 9:12
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12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.(A)
Psalm 9:12
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Psalm 9:12
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Genesis 9:5-6
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.(A)
6 Whoever sheds the blood of a human,
by a human shall that person’s blood be shed,
for in his own image
God made humans.(B)
Genesis 9:5-6
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(A) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(B) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(C)
1 John 3:12
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1 John 3:12
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12 We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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1 John 3:12
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1 John 3:12
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12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(A) and murdered his brother.(B) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(C)
Habakkuk 1:12
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Habakkuk 1:12
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12 Are you not from of old,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
You[a] shall not die.
O Lord, you have marked them for judgment,
and you, O Rock, have established them for punishment.(A)
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- 1.12 Or We
Habakkuk 1:12
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Habakkuk 1:12
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Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
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- Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
Habakkuk 1:4
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Habakkuk 1:4
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4 So the law becomes slack,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked surround the righteous;
therefore judgment comes forth perverted.(A)
Habakkuk 1:4
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Habakkuk 1:4
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Jeremiah 10:11
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Jeremiah 10:11
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11 Thus shall you say to them: The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.[a](A)
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- 10.11 This verse is in Aramaic
Jeremiah 10:11
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Jeremiah 10:11
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11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(A) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]
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- Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.
Proverbs 25:26
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Proverbs 25:26
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26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
are the righteous who give way before the wicked.(A)
Proverbs 25:26
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Proverbs 25:26
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26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well
are the righteous who give way to the wicked.
Proverbs 2:22
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Proverbs 2:22
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22 but the wicked will be cut off from the earth,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.(A)
Proverbs 2:22
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Proverbs 2:22
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Psalm 109:15
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Psalm 109:15
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- 109.15 Gk: Heb their
Psalm 109:15
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Psalm 109:15
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1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on his own head because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men more righteous and better than he: Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.(A)
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1 Kings 2:32
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.
2 Samuel 3:39
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2 Samuel 3:39
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39 Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me. The Lord pay back the one who does wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!”(A)
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2 Samuel 3:39
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2 Samuel 3:39
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39 And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah(A) are too strong(B) for me.(C) May the Lord repay(D) the evildoer according to his evil deeds!”
2 Samuel 3:27
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2 Samuel 3:27
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27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gateway to speak with him privately, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. So he died on account of the blood of Asahel, Joab’s[a] brother.(A)
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2 Samuel 3:27
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2 Samuel 3:27
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27 Now when Abner(A) returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him(B) in the stomach, and he died.(C)
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