Jeremiah 21:12
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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:
(A)“‘Execute justice (B)in the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
him who has been robbed,
(C)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
because of your evil deeds.’”
Isaiah 1:17
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17 learn to do good;
(A)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(B)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
Jeremiah 4:4
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4 (A)Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;
remove the foreskin of your hearts,
O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
(B)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
(C)because of the evil of your deeds.”
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
(C)defend the rights of (D)the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away
Jeremiah 22:2-3
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2 and say, (A)‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates. 3 Thus says the Lord: (B)Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And (C)do no wrong or violence (D)to the resident alien, (E)the fatherless, and the widow, nor (F)shed innocent blood in this place.
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Isaiah 1:31
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31 And the strong shall become (A)tinder,
and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
with (B)none to quench them.
Zechariah 7:9-11
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9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, (A)Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, 10 (B)do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, (C)or the poor, and (D)let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” 11 But (E)they refused to pay attention (F)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.[a]
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- Zechariah 7:11 Hebrew and made their ears too heavy to hear
Zephaniah 3:5
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5 The Lord within her (A)is righteous;
he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
each dawn he does not fail;
but (B)the unjust knows no shame.
Nahum 1:6
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6 (A)Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath (B)is poured out like fire,
and (C)the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
Ezekiel 20:47-48
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47 Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every (B)green tree in you and every (C)dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and (D)all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it. 48 (E)All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”
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Jeremiah 36:7
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7 (A)It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, (B)and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”
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Jeremiah 17:4
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4 You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, (A)and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, (B)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
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Jeremiah 7:20
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20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, (A)my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; (B)it will burn and not be quenched.”
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Jeremiah 5:28
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28 (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
(B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Romans 13:4
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4 for (A)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, (B)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
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Luke 18:3-5
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3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, (A)‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’”
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Luke 1:69
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Mark 9:43-48
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43 (A)And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to (B)hell,[a] to (C)the unquenchable fire.[b] 45 (D)And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into (E)hell. 47 (F)And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into (G)hell, 48 ‘where (H)their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
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Ezekiel 22:31
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31 Therefore (A)I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned (B)their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”
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Ezekiel 22:18-22
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18 (A)“Son of man, the house of Israel has become (B)dross to me; all of them are (C)bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are (D)dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, (E)to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you (F)in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. 21 I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. 22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; (G)I have poured out my wrath upon you.”
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Lamentations 4:11
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11 (A)The Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
he poured out his hot anger,
and (B)he kindled a fire in Zion
that consumed its foundations.
Lamentations 2:3-4
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3 He has cut down in (A)fierce anger
all (B)the might of Israel;
(C)he has withdrawn from them his right hand
in the face of the enemy;
(D)he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,
consuming all around.
4 (E)He has bent his bow like an enemy,
with his right hand set (F)like a foe;
and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes
in the tent of the daughter of Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.
Jeremiah 23:19
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19 (A)Behold, the storm of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
(B)a whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 22:15-17
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15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and (A)do justice and righteousness?
(B)Then it was well with him.
16 (C)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
(D)then it was well.
Is not this (E)to know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
(F)for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Jeremiah 5:14
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The Lord Proclaims Judgment
14 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:
“Because you have spoken this word,
behold, (A)I am making my words in your mouth (B)a fire,
and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.
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