For (A)the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
On the land allotted to the righteous,
Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.

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He who sows iniquity will reap (A)sorrow,[a]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:8 trouble

22 The enemy shall not [a]outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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  1. Psalm 89:22 Or exact usury from him

The Lord has broken (A)the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of the rulers;
He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.

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10 (A)Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. (B)Be faithful until death, and I will give you (C)the crown of life.

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(A)In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
(B)He removes it by His rough wind
In the day of the east wind.

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13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but (A)God is faithful, (B)who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to [a]bear it.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:13 endure

10 Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’

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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

“Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

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(A)He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.

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14 For He [a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

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  1. Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution

20 He has (A)put forth his hands against those who (B)were at peace with him;
He has broken his [a]covenant.

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  1. Psalm 55:20 treaty

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