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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!”
2 Samuel 4:11
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2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
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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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Psalm 9:12
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Psalm 9:12
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12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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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)
Genesis 9:5-6
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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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)
1 John 3:12
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1 John 3:12
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12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
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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 1:12
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Habakkuk 1:12
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12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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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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Habakkuk 1:4
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Habakkuk 1:4
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4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
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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.
Jeremiah 10:11
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Jeremiah 10:11
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11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
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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 25:26
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Proverbs 25:26
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26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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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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Proverbs 2:22
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Proverbs 2:22
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22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
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