Psalm 34:21
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21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.(A)
Psalm 94:23
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23 He will repay them for their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the Lord our God will wipe them out.(A)
Proverbs 24:16
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16 for though they fall seven times, they will rise again,
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.(A)
2 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 These will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,(A)
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Luke 19:14
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14 But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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Isaiah 3:11
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11 Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are,
for what their hands have done shall be done to them.(A)
Psalm 89:23
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23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.(A)
Psalm 37:12-15
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12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them,(A)
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that their day is coming.(B)
14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to kill those who walk uprightly;(C)
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their bows shall be broken.(D)
1 Samuel 31:4
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4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and thrust me through and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer was unwilling, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 1:6
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6 For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you
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John 15:18-23
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The World’s Hatred
18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.(A) 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(B) 21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.(C) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.(D) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.(E)
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John 7:7
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7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.(A)
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Luke 19:27
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27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”
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Psalm 40:15
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15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”(A)
Psalm 37:30-40
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30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,
and their tongues speak justice.(A)
31 The law of their God is in their hearts;
their steps do not slip.(B)
32 The wicked watch for the righteous
and seek to kill them.(C)
33 The Lord will not abandon them to their power
or let them be condemned when they are brought to trial.(D)
34 Wait for the Lord and keep to his way,
and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
you will look on the destruction of the wicked.(E)
35 I have seen the wicked oppressing
and towering like a cedar of Lebanon.[a](F)
36 Again I[b] passed by, and they were no more;
though I sought them, they could not be found.(G)
37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
for there is posterity for the peaceable.(H)
38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.(I)
39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
he is their refuge in the time of trouble.(J)
40 The Lord helps them and rescues them;
he rescues them from the wicked and saves them
because they take refuge in him.(K)
1 Kings 22:37
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37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria; they buried the king in Samaria.
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1 Kings 22:8
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8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one other by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies anything favorable about me but only disaster.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let the king not say such a thing.”
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1 Samuel 19:4-5
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4 Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul, saying to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you and because his deeds have been of good service to you,(A) 5 for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”(B)
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Exodus 20:7
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7 “You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets[a] and drove us out; they displease God and oppose everyone(A) 16 by hindering us from speaking to the gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they have constantly been filling up the measure of their sins, but wrath[b] has overtaken them at last.[c](B)
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Luke 19:41-44
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,(A) 42 saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.(B) 44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[a](C)
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