2 Kings 5:7
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7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.”(A)
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1 Samuel 2:6
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6 The Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.(A)
1 Kings 20:7
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7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Look now! See how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him.”(A)
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Genesis 30:2
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2 Jacob became very angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”(A)
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Deuteronomy 32:39
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39 See now that I, even I, am he;
there is no god besides me.
I kill, and I make alive;
I wound, and I heal;
and no one can deliver from my hand.(A)
Luke 11:54
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54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say.(A)
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Acts 14:14
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14 When the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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Matthew 26:65
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65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.(A)
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Hosea 6:1
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A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(A)
Daniel 2:11
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11 The thing that the king is asking is too difficult, and no one can reveal it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”(A)
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Jeremiah 36:24
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24 Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments.(A)
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2 Kings 18:37-19:1
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37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.(A)
Hezekiah Consults Isaiah
19 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.(B)
2 Kings 11:14
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14 when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”(A)
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Deuteronomy 32:29
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29 If they were wise, they would understand this;
they would discern what their end would be.(A)
Numbers 14:6
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6 And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
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