Mark 6:24
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24 She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?”
Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”
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Ezekiel 19:2-3
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2 “What is your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among the young lions
and reared her cubs.
3 She raised one of her cubs
to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he became a man-eater.
Job 31:31
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31 “My servants have never said,
‘He let others go hungry.’
2 Chronicles 22:3-4
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3 Ahaziah also followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong. 4 He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as Ahab’s family had done. They even became his advisers after the death of his father, and they led him to ruin.
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Genesis 27:8-11
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8 Now, my son, listen to me. Do exactly as I tell you. 9 Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish. 10 Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
11 “But look,” Jacob replied to Rebekah, “my brother, Esau, is a hairy man, and my skin is smooth.
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Proverbs 27:3-4
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3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
4 Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
Psalm 37:14
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14 The wicked draw their swords
and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
to slaughter those who do right.
Psalm 37:12
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12 The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
Psalm 27:2
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2 When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
Acts 23:12-13
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The Plan to Kill Paul
12 The next morning a group of Jews[a] got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy.
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- 23:12 Greek the Jews.
Matthew 14:8
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8 At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”
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