Job 34:30
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30 so that the godless should not reign
or those who ensnare the people.(A)
Revelation 13:11-14
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The Second Beast
11 Then I saw another beast that rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound[a] had been healed. 13 It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of all,(A) 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword[b] and yet lived,(B)
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Revelation 13:3-4
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3 One of its heads seemed to have received a death blow, but its fatal wound[a] had been healed. In amazement the whole earth followed the beast.(A) 4 They worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”(B)
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- 13.3 Gk the plague of its death
2 Thessalonians 2:4-11
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4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.(A) 5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you? 6 And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed when his time comes. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but only until the one who now restrains it is removed.(B) 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus[a] will destroy[b] with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.(C) 9 The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,(D) 10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(E) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(F)
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Micah 6:16
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16 For you have kept the statutes of Omri[a]
and all the works of the house of Ahab,
and you have followed their counsels.
Therefore I will make you a desolation and your[b] inhabitants an object of hissing,
so you shall bear the scorn of my people.(A)
Hosea 13:11
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11 I gave you a king in my anger,
and I took him away in my wrath.(A)
Hosea 5:11
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11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment,
because he was determined to go after vanity.[a]
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- 5.11 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 29:2-12
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2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, the people groan.(A)
3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(B)
4 By justice a king gives stability to the land,
but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.
5 Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
6 In the transgression of the evil there is a snare,
but the righteous sing and rejoice.
7 The righteous know the rights of the poor;
the wicked have no such understanding.(C)
8 Scoffers set a city aflame,
but the wise turn away wrath.(D)
9 If the wise go to law with fools,
there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
10 The bloodthirsty hate the blameless,
and they seek the life of the upright.(E)
11 A fool gives full vent to anger,
but the wise quietly holds it back.(F)
12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
Psalm 12:8
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8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among humankind.(A)
Job 34:21
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21 “For his eyes are upon the ways of mortals,
and he sees all their steps.(A)
2 Kings 21:9
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9 But they did not listen; Manasseh misled them to do more evil than the nations had done that the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel.(A)
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1 Kings 12:28-30
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28 So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. He said to the people,[a] “You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”(A) 29 He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.(B) 30 And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one at Bethel and before the other as far as Dan.[b](C)
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
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18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
but one bungler destroys much good.(A)
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