Acts 5:37
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37 After him Judas the Galilean rose up at the time of the census and got people to follow him; he also perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
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Luke 2:1-2
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The Birth of Jesus
2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration and was taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
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Luke 13:1-2
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Repent or Perish
13 At that very time there were some present who told Jesus[a] about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.(A) 2 He asked them, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans?(B)
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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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Psalm 9:15-16
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15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.(A)
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah(B)
Psalm 7:14-15
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14 See how they conceive evil
and are pregnant with mischief
and bring forth lies.(A)
15 They make a pit, digging it out,
and fall into the hole that they have made.(B)
Job 20:5-9
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5 that the exulting of the wicked is short
and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?(A)
6 Even though they mount up high as the heavens
and their head reaches to the clouds,(B)
7 they will perish forever like their own dung;
those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?’
8 They will fly away like a dream and not be found;
they will be chased away like a vision of the night.(C)
9 The eye that saw them will see them no more,
nor will their place behold them any longer.(D)
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