Genesis 4:14
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14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; (A)I shall be (B)hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that (C)anyone who finds me will kill me.”
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Numbers 35:19
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19 (A)The[a] avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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- Numbers 35:19 A family member who is to avenge the victim
Job 15:20-24
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20 The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
(A)And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
21 [a]Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
(B)In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will (C)return from darkness,
For a sword is waiting for him.
23 He (D)wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows (E)that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid;
They overpower him, like a king ready for [b]battle.
Proverbs 28:1
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The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
28 The (A)wicked flee when no one pursues,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Psalm 143:7
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7 Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
(A)Lest I [a]be like those who [b]go down into the pit.
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- Psalm 143:7 become
- Psalm 143:7 Die
Deuteronomy 28:65
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65 And (A)among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have a resting place; (B)but there the Lord will give you a [a]trembling heart, failing eyes, and (C)anguish of soul.
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- Deuteronomy 28:65 anxious
2 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 (A)These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and (B)from the glory of His power,
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Jeremiah 52:3
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3 For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah (A)rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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Numbers 35:27
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27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of [a]blood,
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- Numbers 35:27 Murder
Numbers 35:21
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21 or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; (A)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and (B)from the hand of man. From the hand of every (C)man’s brother I will require the life of man.
6 “Whoever (D)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(E)For in the image of God
He made man.
Genesis 4:15-16
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15 And the Lord said to him, [a]“Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him (A)sevenfold.” And the Lord set a (B)mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
The Family of Cain
16 Then Cain (C)went out from the (D)presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of [b]Nod on the east of Eden.
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- Genesis 4:15 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. Not so;
- Genesis 4:16 Lit. Wandering
Matthew 25:46
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46 And (A)these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Matthew 25:41
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41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, (A)‘Depart from Me, you cursed, (B)into the everlasting fire prepared for (C)the devil and his angels:
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Hosea 13:3
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3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.
Isaiah 8:22
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22 Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.
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Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness,
But (A)the righteous has a refuge in his death.
Psalm 109:12
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12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
Psalm 109:10
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10 Let his children [a]continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them [b]seek their bread also from their desolate places.
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:10 wander continuously
- Psalm 109:10 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. be cast out
Psalm 51:11-14
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11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your (A)Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
And uphold me by Your (B)generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,
And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
Job 21:14-15
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14 (A)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (B)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (C)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’
2 Samuel 14:7
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7 And now the whole family has risen up against your maidservant, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him (A)for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also.’ So they would extinguish my ember that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the earth.”
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Numbers 17:12-13
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12 So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Surely we die, we perish, we all perish! 13 (A)Whoever even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord must die. Shall we all utterly die?”
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Leviticus 26:36
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36 ‘And as for those of you who are left, I will send (A)faintness[a] into their hearts in the lands of their enemies;
the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee;
they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues.
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- Leviticus 26:36 fear
Leviticus 26:17
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17 I will [a]set (A)My face against you, and (B)you shall be defeated by your enemies.
(C)Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall (D)flee when no one pursues you.
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- Leviticus 26:17 oppose you
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