Psalm 124:3
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3 then they would have (A)swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
Acts 9:2
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2 and asked him for letters (A)to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to (B)the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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Esther 3:12-13
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12 (A)Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's (B)satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, (C)to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written (D)in the name of King Ahasuerus (E)and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent (F)by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction (G)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, (H)in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, (I)and to plunder their goods.
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Matthew 2:16
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Herod Kills the Children
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
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Daniel 3:19
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19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was (A)filled with fury, and the expression of his face (B)was changed against (C)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.
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Psalm 57:3
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3 (A)He will send from heaven and save me;
he will put to shame (B)him who tramples on me. Selah
(C)God will send out (D)his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
Psalm 35:25
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25 Let them not say in their hearts,
(A)“Aha, our heart's desire!”
Let them not say, (B)“We have swallowed him up.”
Numbers 16:30-34
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30 But if the Lord creates something new, and (A)the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (B)go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”
31 (C)And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. 32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (D)all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. 33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and (E)they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”
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Jeremiah 51:34
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34 “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon (A)has devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
(B)he has swallowed me like (C)a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out.[a]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 51:34 Or he has expelled me
Proverbs 1:12
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Psalm 83:4
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4 They say, “Come, (A)let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
Psalm 76:10
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10 Surely (A)the wrath of man shall praise you;
the remnant[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.
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- Psalm 76:10 Or extremity
Psalm 74:8
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8 They (A)said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
Psalm 56:1-2
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In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A (A)Miktam[a] of David, when the (B)Philistines seized him in Gath.
56 (C)Be gracious to me, O God, for man (D)tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 27:2
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2 When evildoers assail me
to (A)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.
Esther 3:6
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6 But he disdained[a] to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy[b] all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
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- Esther 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes
- Esther 3:6 Or annihilate
1 Samuel 20:30-33
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30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.” 32 Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, (A)“Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” 33 (B)But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew (C)that his father was determined to put David to death.
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Jonah 1:17
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A Great Fish Swallows Jonah
17 [a] And the Lord appointed[b] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. (A)And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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- Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed
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