Matthew 26:52
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52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.(A)
Revelation 13:10
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10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(B) on the part of God’s people.(C)
Footnotes
- Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
- Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2
Genesis 9:6
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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
1 Peter 2:21-23
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21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.
23 When they hurled their insults at him,(G) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(H) Instead, he entrusted himself(I) to him who judges justly.(J)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9
Revelation 16:6
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Matthew 23:34-36
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34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(A) others you will flog in your synagogues(B) and pursue from town to town.(C) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(D) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(E) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(F) 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(G)
Ezekiel 35:5-6
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5 “‘Because you harbored an ancient hostility and delivered the Israelites over to the sword(A) at the time of their calamity,(B) the time their punishment reached its climax,(C) 6 therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed(D) and it will pursue you.(E) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.
Psalm 55:23
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23 But you, God, will bring down the wicked
into the pit(A) of decay;
the bloodthirsty and deceitful(B)
will not live out half their days.(C)
But as for me, I trust in you.(D)
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
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11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(A) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(B) When we are cursed, we bless;(C) when we are persecuted,(D) we endure it;
Matthew 5:39
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39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,(A) but always strive to do what is good for each other(B) and for everyone else.
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