For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
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Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesAnd I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew
GospelsJesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
John
GospelsFor their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Genesis
LawThen ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Psalms
PoetryThe voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
Deuteronomy
LawThat I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
Deuteronomy
LawNeither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Mark
GospelsThey soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
James
General EpistlesFor, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.