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Matthew 26:52
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Matthew 26:52
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52 But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, (A)for all who take the sword will [a]perish by the sword.
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- Matthew 26:52 M die
Matthew 26:52
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Matthew 26:52
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52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.(A)
Revelation 13:10
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Revelation 13:10
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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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- Revelation 13:10 perseverance
Revelation 13:10
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Revelation 13:10
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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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- Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
- Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2
Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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6 “Whoever (A)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(B)For in the image of God
He made man.
Genesis 9:6
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Genesis 9:6
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Romans 12:19
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Romans 12:19
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19 Beloved, (A)do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, (B)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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Romans 12:19
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Romans 12:19
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19 Do not take revenge,(A) my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a](B) says the Lord.
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- Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35
1 Peter 2:21-23
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1 Peter 2:21-23
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21 For (A)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (B)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 “Who(C) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
23 (D)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (E)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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- 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
- 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
1 Peter 2:21-23
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1 Peter 2:21-23
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21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.
23 When they hurled their insults at him,(G) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(H) Instead, he entrusted himself(I) to him who judges justly.(J)
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- 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9
1 Peter 3:9
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1 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary (B)blessing, knowing that you were called to this, (C)that you may inherit a blessing.
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Revelation 16:6
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Revelation 16:6
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6 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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- Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For
Revelation 16:6
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Revelation 16:6
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Matthew 23:34-36
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Matthew 23:34-36
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34 (A)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (B)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (C)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (D)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (E)from the blood of righteous Abel to (F)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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Matthew 23:34-36
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Matthew 23:34-36
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34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(A) others you will flog in your synagogues(B) and pursue from town to town.(C) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(D) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(E) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(F) 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(G)
Ezekiel 35:5-6
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Ezekiel 35:5-6
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5 (A)“Because you have had an [a]ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, (B)when their iniquity came to an end, 6 therefore, as I live,” says the Lord God, “I will prepare you for (C)blood, and blood shall pursue you; (D)since you have not hated [b]blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.
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- Ezekiel 35:5 Or everlasting
- Ezekiel 35:6 Or bloodshed
Ezekiel 35:5-6
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Ezekiel 35:5-6
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5 “‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C) 6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed(D) and it will pursue you.(E) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
Psalm 55:23
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Psalm 55:23
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23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
(A)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men (B)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.
Psalm 55:23
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Psalm 55:23
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23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
into the pit(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(B)
will not live out half their days.(C)
But as for me, I trust in you.(D)
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
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1 Corinthians 4:11-12
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11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 (A)And we labor, working with our own hands. (B)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
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1 Corinthians 4:11-12
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1 Corinthians 4:11-12
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11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(A) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(B) When we are cursed, we bless;(C) when we are persecuted,(D) we endure it;
Matthew 5:39
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Matthew 5:39
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39 (A)But I tell you not to resist an evil person. (B)But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
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Matthew 5:39
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Matthew 5:39
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39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:15
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 (A)See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always (B)pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,(A) but always strive to do what is good for each other(B) and for everyone else.
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