Judges 9:20
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20 But if not, (A)let fire come from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and Beth Millo; and let fire come from the men of Shechem and from Beth Millo and devour Abimelech!”
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Judges 9:15
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15 And the bramble said to the trees,
‘If in truth you anoint me as king over you,
Then come and take shelter in my (A)shade;
But if not, (B)let fire come out of the bramble
And devour the (C)cedars of Lebanon!’
2 Chronicles 20:22-23
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22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, (A)the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they [a]had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, (B)they helped to destroy one another.
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- 2 Chronicles 20:23 had finished
Judges 9:56-57
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56 (A)Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers. 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem God returned on their own heads, and on them came (B)the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
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Psalm 140:10
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10 (A)Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalm 120:3-4
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3 What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the [a]warrior,
With coals of the broom tree!
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- Psalm 120:4 mighty one
Psalm 52:1-5
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The End of the Wicked and the Peace of the Godly
To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of David (A)when Doeg the Edomite went and (B)told Saul, and said to him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.”
52 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy you forever;
He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
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- Psalm 52:1 Heb. Maschil
Psalm 28:4
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4 (A)Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
Give them according to the work of their hands;
Render to them what they deserve.
Psalm 21:9-10
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9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger;
The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire shall devour them.
10 Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth,
And their [a]descendants from among the sons of men.
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- Psalm 21:10 Lit. seed
Judges 9:23
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23 (A)God sent a (B)spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem (C)dealt treacherously with Abimelech,
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Judges 7:22
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22 When the three hundred (A)blew the trumpets, (B)the Lord set (C)every man’s sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to [a]Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of (D)Abel Meholah, by Tabbath.
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- Judges 7:22 Heb. Beth Shittah
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