James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
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1 Peter 2:22-23
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22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(A)
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James 4:2
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2 You want something and do not have it, so you commit murder. And you covet[a] something and cannot obtain it, so you engage in disputes and conflicts. You do not have because you do not ask.
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- 4.2 Or you murder and you covet
Acts 8:32
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32 Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter,
and like a lamb silent before its shearer,
so he does not open his mouth.(A)
John 19:9-11
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9 He entered his headquarters again and asked Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.(A) 10 Pilate therefore said to him, “Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and power to crucify you?” 11 Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”(B)
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Luke 22:51-53
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51 But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him. 52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as though I were a rebel?(A) 53 When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour and the power of darkness!”(B)
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Matthew 5:39
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39 But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,(A)
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Isaiah 53:7
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7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.(A)
Hebrews 10:38
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38 but my righteous one will live by faith.
My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”(A)
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets[a] and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone(A) 16 by hindering us from speaking to the gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they have constantly been filling up the measure of their sins, but wrath[b] has overtaken them at last.[c](B)
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Acts 22:14
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14 Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,(A)
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Acts 4:10-12
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10 let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,[a] whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead.(A) 11 This Jesus[b] is
12 “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.”(C)
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Acts 3:14-15
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14 But you rejected the holy and righteous[a] one and asked to have a murderer given to you,(A) 15 and you killed the author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.(B)
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- 3.14 Or innocent
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