Revelation 11:10
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10 and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth.(A)
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1 Kings 18:17
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17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”(A)
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Revelation 11:5-6
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5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes; anyone who wants to harm them must be killed in this manner.(A) 6 They have authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying, and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire.(B)
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Revelation 3:10
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10 Because you have kept my word of endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.(A)
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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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Matthew 10:22
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22 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)
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Micah 7:8
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Penitence and Trust in God
8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemies;[a]
when I fall, I shall rise;
when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.(A)
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- 7.8 Heb enemy
Psalm 35:24-26
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24 Vindicate me, O Lord, my God,
according to your righteousness,
and do not let them rejoice over me.(A)
25 Do not let them say to themselves,
“Aha, we have our heart’s desire.”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed you[a] up.”(B)
26 Let all those who rejoice at my calamity
be put to shame and confusion;
let those who exalt themselves against me
be clothed with shame and dishonor.(C)
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- 35.25 Heb him
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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Revelation 13:14
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14 and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword[a] and yet lived,(A)
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- 13.14 Or that had received the plague of the sword
Revelation 13:8
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8 and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.[a](A)
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- 13.8 Or written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered from the foundation of the world
1 Corinthians 13:6
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6 it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.(A)
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Acts 7:54-57
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The Stoning of Stephen
54 When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen.[a] 55 But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(A) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”(B) 57 But they covered their ears, and with a loud shout all rushed together against him.
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- 7.54 Gk him
Acts 5:33
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33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.(A)
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John 16:20
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20 Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.
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Jeremiah 38:4
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4 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death because he is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”(A)
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Proverbs 24:17
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17 Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,
and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,(A)
Psalm 89:42
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42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes;
you have made all his enemies rejoice.(A)
Psalm 13:4
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4 and my enemy will say, “I have prevailed”;
my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.(A)
Esther 9:19-22
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19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the open towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, a holiday on which they send gifts of food to one another.(A)
20 Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, 21 enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same month, year by year, 22 as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday, that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.(B)
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1 Kings 22:18
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18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy anything favorable about me but only disaster?”(A)
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1 Kings 21:20
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20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,(A)
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Judges 16:23-24
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Samson’s Death
23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to rejoice, for they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.”(A) 24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us.”(B)
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Revelation 16:10
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10 The fifth angel poured his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; people gnawed their tongues in agony(A)
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Revelation 12:13
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The Dragon Fights Again on Earth
13 So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued[a] the woman who had delivered the male child.
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- 12.13 Or persecuted
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