Deuteronomy 20:13
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13 and when the Lord your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword.
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Psalm 2:6-12
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6 “I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”(A)
7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.(B)
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
and the ends of the earth your possession.(C)
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”(D)
10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear;
with trembling(E) 12 kiss his feet,[a]
or he will be angry, and you will perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Happy are all who take refuge in him.(F)
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
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7 and to give relief to the afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels(A) 8 in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(B) 9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(C)
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Luke 19:27
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27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
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Psalm 110:1
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Psalm 110
Assurance of Victory for God’s Priest-King
Of David. A Psalm.
1 The Lord says to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.”(A)
Psalm 21:8-9
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8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.(A)
9 You will make them like a fiery furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.(B)
1 Kings 11:15-16
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15 For when David was destroying[a] Edom and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the dead, he killed every male in Edom(A) 16 (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months until he had eliminated every male in Edom),
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Numbers 31:17-18
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17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by sleeping with him.(A) 18 But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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Numbers 31:7-9
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7 They did battle against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male. 8 They killed the kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian, in addition to others who were slain by them, and they also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.(A) 9 The Israelites took the women of Midian and their little ones captive, and they plundered all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.
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