Genesis 4:14
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14 Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.”(A)
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Numbers 35:19
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19 The avenger of blood is the one who shall put the murderer to death; when they meet, the avenger of blood shall execute the sentence.(A)
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Psalm 143:7
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7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(A)
Job 15:20-24
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20 The wicked writhe in pain all their days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.(A)
21 Terrifying sounds are in their ears;
in prosperity the destroyer will come upon them.(B)
22 They despair of returning from darkness,
and they are destined for the sword.(C)
23 They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand;(D)
24 distress and anguish terrify them;
they prevail against them like a king prepared for battle.
Proverbs 28:1
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28 The wicked flee when no one pursues,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(A)
Deuteronomy 28:65
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65 Among those nations you shall find no ease, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a languishing spirit.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(A)
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Matthew 25:46
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46 And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”(A)
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Jeremiah 52:3
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3 Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the Lord that he expelled them from his presence.
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.(A)
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Numbers 35:27
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27 and is found by the avenger of blood outside the bounds of the city of refuge and is killed by the avenger, no bloodguilt shall be incurred.
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Numbers 35:21
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21 or in enmity strikes another with the hand, and death ensues, then the one who struck the blow shall be put to death; that person is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when they meet.
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.(A)
6 Whoever sheds the blood of a human,
by a human shall that person’s blood be shed,
for in his own image
God made humans.(B)
Genesis 4:15-16
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15 Then the Lord said to him, “Not so![a] Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him.(A) 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,[b] east of Eden.
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Matthew 25:41
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41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,(A)
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Hosea 13:3
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3 Therefore they shall be like the morning mist
or like the dew that goes away early,
like chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or like smoke from a window.(A)
Isaiah 8:22
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22 or they will look to the earth, but they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be thrust into thick darkness.[a](A)
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- 8.22 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 14:32
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32 The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing,
but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.[a](A)
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- 14.32 Gk Syr: Heb in their death
Psalm 109:12
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12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.(A)
Psalm 109:10
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10 May his children wander about and beg;
may they be driven out of[a] the ruins they inhabit.
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- 109.10 Gk: Heb may they seek
Psalm 51:11-14
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11 Do not cast me away from your presence,
and do not take your holy spirit from me.(A)
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and sustain in me a willing[a] spirit.(B)
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.(C)
14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.(D)
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- 51.12 Or generous
Job 21:14-15
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14 They say to God, ‘Leave us alone!
We do not desire to know your ways.(A)
15 What is the Almighty,[a] that we should serve him?
And what profit do we get if we pray to him?’(B)
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- 21.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
2 Samuel 14:7
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7 Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, ‘Give up the man who struck his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he murdered, even if we destroy the heir as well.’ Thus they would quench my one remaining ember and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”(A)
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Numbers 17:12-13
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12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are perishing; we are lost; all of us are lost! 13 Everyone who approaches the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all to perish?”(A)
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Leviticus 26:36
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36 And as for those of you who survive, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall though no one pursues.(A)
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Leviticus 26:17
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17 I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down by your enemies; your foes shall rule over you, and you shall flee though no one pursues you.(A)
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