Isaiah 59:15
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15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a (A)prey.
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Then the Lord saw it, and [a]it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
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- Isaiah 59:15 Lit. it was evil in His eyes
1 John 3:11-12
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11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, (A)that we should love one another, 12 not as (B)Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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Hebrews 11:36-38
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36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and (A)of chains and imprisonment. 37 (B)They were stoned, they were sawn in two, [a]were tempted, were slain with the sword. (C)They wandered about (D)in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, (E)in dens and caves of the earth.
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- Hebrews 11:37 NU omits were tempted
Romans 8:36
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36 As it is written:
(A)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Acts 9:23
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Saul Escapes Death
23 Now after many days were past, (A)the Jews plotted to kill him.
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Acts 9:1
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The Damascus Road: Saul Converted(A)
9 Then (B)Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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Habakkuk 1:13-14
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13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
14 Why do You make men like fish of the sea,
Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
Micah 7:2
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2 The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 For (A)if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
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Acts 26:24
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Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge
24 Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, (A)you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”
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Mark 3:21
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21 But when His (A)own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, (B)for they said, “He is out of His mind.”
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Hosea 9:7
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7 The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
Jeremiah 29:26
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26 “The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, so that there should be (A)officers in the house of the Lord over every man who is (B)demented and considers himself a prophet, that you should (C)put him in prison and in the stocks.
Jeremiah 7:28
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Judgment on Obscene Religion
28 “So you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God (A)nor receive correction. (B)Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.
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Jeremiah 5:1-2
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The Justice of God’s Judgment
5 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
See now and know;
And seek in her open places
(A)If you can find a man,
(B)If there is anyone who executes [a]judgment,
Who seeks the truth,
(C)And I will pardon her.
2 (D)Though they say, ‘As (E)the Lord lives,’
Surely they (F)swear falsely.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:1 justice
Isaiah 48:1
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Israel Refined for God’s Glory
48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (A)not in truth or in righteousness;
Psalm 12:1-2
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Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy
To the Chief Musician. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.
12 Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man (B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 (C)They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and [c]a double heart they speak.
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- Psalm 12:1 Heb. sheminith
- Psalm 12:1 Save
- Psalm 12:2 An inconsistent mind
Psalm 5:9
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9 For there is no [a]faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
(A)Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.
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- Psalm 5:9 uprightness
2 Chronicles 21:7
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7 Yet the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the (A)covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his (B)sons forever.
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2 Samuel 11:27
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27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she (A)became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done (B)displeased[a] the Lord.
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- 2 Samuel 11:27 Lit. was evil in the eyes of
John 8:52
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52 Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You (A)have a demon! (B)Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’
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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.
2 Kings 9:11
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11 Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did (A)this madman come to you?”
And he said to them, “You know the man and his babble.”
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Genesis 38:10
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10 And the thing which he did [a]displeased the Lord; therefore He killed (A)him also.
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- Genesis 38:10 Lit. was evil in the eyes of
John 10:20
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20 And many of them said, (A)“He has a demon and is [a]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
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- John 10:20 insane
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