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.
Proverbs 10:27
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Psalm 5:6
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6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The Lord abhors the (A)bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Job 15:32
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32 It will be accomplished (A)before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
Isaiah 38:17
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17 Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Matthew 27:4-5
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4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and (A)departed, and went and hanged himself.
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Ecclesiastes 7:17
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17 Do not be overly wicked,
Nor be foolish:
(A)Why should you die before your time?
Proverbs 27:20
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:20 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 27:20 Heb. Abaddon
Proverbs 15:11
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11 (A)Hell[a] and [b]Destruction are before the Lord;
So how much more (B)the hearts of the sons of men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:11 Or Sheol
- Proverbs 15:11 Heb. Abaddon
Psalm 73:18
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18 Surely (A)You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Psalm 59:12-13
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12 (A)For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,
Let them even be taken in their pride,
And for the cursing and lying which they speak.
13 (B)Consume them in wrath, consume them,
That they may not be;
And (C)let them know that God rules in Jacob
To the ends of the earth. Selah
Psalm 58:9
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9 Before your (A)pots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away (B)as with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
Psalm 25:2
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Psalm 7:15-16
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15 He made a pit and dug it out,
(A)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 (B)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on [a]his own crown.
Footnotes
- Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head
1 Kings 2:5-6
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5 “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to (B)Abner the son of Ner and (C)Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet. 6 Therefore do (D)according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
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2 Samuel 20:9-10
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9 Then Joab said to Amasa, “Are you in health, my brother?” (A)And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab’s hand. And (B)he struck him with it (C)in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died.
Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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2 Samuel 3:27
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27 Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab (A)took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there [a]stabbed him (B)in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of (C)Asahel his brother.
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- 2 Samuel 3:27 Lit. struck
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