Genesis 6:11
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11 The earth also was corrupt (A)before God, and the earth was (B)filled with violence.
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Ezekiel 8:17
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17 And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have (A)filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.
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Habakkuk 2:8
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8 (A)Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s [a]blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:8 Or bloodshed
Hosea 4:1-2
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God’s Charge Against Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord,
You children of Israel,
For the Lord brings a (A)charge[a] against the inhabitants of the land:
“There is no truth or mercy
Or (B)knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [b]upon bloodshed.
Ezekiel 28:16
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16 “By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, (A)O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.
Isaiah 60:18
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18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither [a]wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call (A)your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 60:18 devastation
Romans 3:19
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19 Now we know that whatever (A)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that (B)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become [a]guilty before God.
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- Romans 3:19 accountable
Romans 2:13
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13 (for (A)not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;
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Luke 1:6
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6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
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Habakkuk 2:17
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17 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
Habakkuk 1:2
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The Prophet’s Question
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry,
(A)And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, (B)“Violence!”
And You will (C)not save.
Psalm 140:11
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11 Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
Psalm 55:9
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- Psalm 55:9 speech, their counsel
Psalm 11:5
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5 The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
Jeremiah 6:7
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7 (A)As a fountain [a]wells up with water,
So she wells up with her wickedness.
(B)Violence and plundering are heard in her.
Before Me continually are [b]grief and wounds.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:7 gushes
- Jeremiah 6:7 sickness
Genesis 13:13
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13 But the men of Sodom (A)were exceedingly wicked and (B)sinful against the Lord.
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Genesis 10:9
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9 He was a mighty (A)hunter (B)before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”
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2 Chronicles 34:27
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27 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the (A)Lord.
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Genesis 7:1
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The Great Flood(A)
7 Then the (B)Lord said to Noah, (C)“Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that (D)you are righteous before Me in this generation.
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