2 Samuel 16:11
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11 And David said to Abishai and all his servants, “See how (A)my son who (B)came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now may this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the Lord has ordered him.
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Matthew 10:21
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21 (A)“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
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Ezekiel 20:25
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25 “Therefore (A)I also gave them up to statutes that were not good, and judgments by which they could not live;
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Ezekiel 14:9
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9 “And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord (A)have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
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Isaiah 10:5-7
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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 “Woe to Assyria, (A)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against (B)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (C)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 (D)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
2 Chronicles 32:21
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21 (A)Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned (B)shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
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2 Kings 19:37
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37 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons (A)Adrammelech and Sharezer (B)struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then (C)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
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2 Samuel 17:1-4
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The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai
17 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. 2 I will come upon him while he is (A)weary and weak, and make him [a]afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will (B)strike only the king. 3 Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.” 4 And the saying pleased Absalom and all the (C)elders of Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 17:2 tremble with fear
2 Samuel 12:11-12
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11 Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will (A)take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly, (B)but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’ ”
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2 Samuel 7:2
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2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in (A)a house of cedar, (B)but the ark of God dwells inside tent (C)curtains.”
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Genesis 45:5
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5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; (A)for God sent me before you to preserve life.
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Genesis 15:4
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4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who (A)will come from your own body shall be your heir.”
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