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Romans 13:4
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Romans 13:4
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4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.(A)
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.
Footnotes
- Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35
Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 16:14
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Proverbs 16:14
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2 Chronicles 19:6
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2 Chronicles 19:6
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6 He told them, “Consider carefully what you do,(A) because you are not judging for mere mortals(B) but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
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1 Thessalonians 4:6
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6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister.[a](A) The Lord will punish(B) all those who commit such sins,(C) as we told you and warned you before.
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family.
Romans 13:6
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Romans 13:6
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6 This is also why you pay taxes,(A) for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.
Micah 3:1-4
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Micah 3:1-4
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Leaders and Prophets Rebuked
3 Then I said,
“Listen, you leaders(A) of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
2 you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
and the flesh from their bones;(B)
3 who eat my people’s flesh,(C)
strip off their skin
and break their bones in pieces;(D)
who chop(E) them up like meat for the pan,
like flesh for the pot?(F)”
Proverbs 24:23-24
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Proverbs 24:23-24
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Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise:(A)
Psalm 82:2-4
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Psalm 82:2-4
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Footnotes
- Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
- Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Micah 3:9
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Micah 3:9
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9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort all that is right;(A)
Ezekiel 25:14
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Ezekiel 25:14
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14 I will take vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom in accordance with my anger(A) and my wrath; they will know my vengeance, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”(B)
Ezekiel 22:27
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Ezekiel 22:27
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27 Her officials(A) within her are like wolves(B) tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people(C) to make unjust gain.(D)
Jeremiah 5:28
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Jeremiah 5:28
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Isaiah 1:17
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Isaiah 1:17
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Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
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Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
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Obey the King
2 Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God. 3 Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence.(A) Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases. 4 Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing?(B)”
5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 20:26
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Proverbs 20:26
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26 A wise king winnows out the wicked;
he drives the threshing wheel over them.(A)
Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 20:8
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1 Kings 10:9
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1 Kings 10:9
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9 Praise(A) be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love(B) for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice(C) and righteousness.”
Joshua 20:9
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Joshua 20:9
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9 Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally(A) could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.(B)
Numbers 35:19-27
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Numbers 35:19-27
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19 The avenger of blood(A) shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death.(B) 20 If anyone with malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at them intentionally(C) so that they die 21 or if out of enmity one person hits another with their fist so that the other dies, that person is to be put to death;(D) that person is a murderer. The avenger of blood(E) shall put the murderer to death when they meet.
22 “‘But if without enmity someone suddenly pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally(F) 23 or, without seeing them, drops on them a stone heavy enough to kill them, and they die, then since that other person was not an enemy and no harm was intended, 24 the assembly(G) must judge between the accused and the avenger of blood according to these regulations. 25 The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest,(H) who was anointed(I) with the holy oil.(J)
26 “‘But if the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which they fled 27 and the avenger of blood finds them outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused without being guilty of murder.
Joshua 20:5
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Joshua 20:5
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5 If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.
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