And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; (A)as I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

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Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back(A) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,(B) and he died there.

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33 But Samuel said, (A)“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

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33 But Samuel said,

“As your sword has made women childless,
    so will your mother be childless among women.”(A)

And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.

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10 (A)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; (B)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. (C)Here is the [a]patience and the faith of the saints.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:10 perseverance

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(B) on the part of God’s people.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  2. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2

13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown (B)no (C)mercy. (D)Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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Do Not Judge(A)

37 (B)“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. (C)Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 (D)Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your (E)bosom. For (F)with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

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Judging Others(A)

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged.(B) Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.(C) 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.(D) For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”(E)

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Do Not Judge(A)

“Judge[a] (B)not, that you be not judged. For with what [b]judgment you judge, you will be judged; (C)and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 7:1 Condemn
  2. Matthew 7:2 Condemnation

Judging Others(A)

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.(B) For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(C)

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19 ‘If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as (A)he has done, so shall it be done to him— 20 fracture for (B)fracture, (C)eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him. 21 And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.

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19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.(A) The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury. 21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution,(B) but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.(C)

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15 who show the (A)work of the law written in their hearts, their (B)conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)

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15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)

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23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24 (A)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,(A) 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth,(B) hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

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For (A)they have shed the blood (B)of saints and prophets,
(C)And You have given them blood to drink.
[a]For it is their just due.”

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  1. Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For

for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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A Prayer in Deep Distress

33 Woe to you (A)who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
(B)When you cease plundering,
You will be (C)plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.

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Distress and Help

33 Woe(A) to you, destroyer,
    you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, betrayer,
    you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
    you will be destroyed;(B)
when you stop betraying,
    you will be betrayed.(C)

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