Acts 21:35
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35 When Paul[a] came to the steps, the violence of the mob was so great that he had to be carried by the soldiers.
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Acts 21:40
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40 When he had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the people for silence, and when there was a great hush, he addressed them in the Hebrew[a] language, saying:(A)
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- 21.40 That is, Aramaic
Habakkuk 1:2-3
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The Prophet’s Complaint
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?(A)
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing
and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.(B)
Jeremiah 23:10
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10 For the land is full of adulterers;
because of the curse the land mourns,
and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.
Their course has been evil,
and their might is not right.(A)
Psalm 58:2
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2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands deal out violence on earth.(A)
Psalm 55:9
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9 Confuse, O Lord, confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city.(A)
Genesis 6:11-12
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11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw that the earth was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth.(A)
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