Mark 6:24
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24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”
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Ezekiel 19:2-3
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2 and say:
‘What is your mother? A lioness:
She lay down among the lions;
Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
3 She brought up one of her cubs,
And (A)he became a young lion;
He learned to catch prey,
And he devoured men.
Job 31:31
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31 If the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
2 Chronicles 22:3-4
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3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly. 4 Therefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
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Genesis 27:8-11
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8 Now therefore, my son, (A)obey my voice according to what I command you. 9 Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make (B)savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. 10 Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he (C)may bless you before his death.”
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, (D)Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.
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Proverbs 27:3-4
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3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But (A)who is able to stand before jealousy?
Psalm 37:14
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14 The wicked have drawn the sword
And have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay those who are of upright conduct.
Psalm 37:12
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12 The wicked plots against the just,
(A)And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Psalm 27:2
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2 When the wicked came against me
To (A)eat[a] up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
Footnotes
- Psalm 27:2 devour
Acts 23:12-13
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12 And when it was day, (A)some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had (B)killed Paul. 13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy.
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Matthew 14:8
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8 So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”
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