Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
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Psalms 55:21
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, but they were sharp swords.
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Exodus 1:10
Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.
Psalms 83:3
They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man's memory.
Isaiah 7:5
Because Aram has made evil designs against you, saying,
Isaiah 7:6
Let us go up against Judah, troubling her, and forcing our way into her, and let us put up a king in her, even the son of Tabeel:
Isaiah 7:7
This is the word of the Lord God: This design will not come about or be effected.
Ezekiel 38:10
This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:
Ezekiel 38:11
And you will say, I will go up to the land of small unwalled towns; I will go to those who are quiet, living, all of them, without fear of danger, without walls or locks or doors:
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.
Matthew 26:4
And they made designs together to take Jesus by some trick, and put him to death.
Matthew 26:5
But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
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Judges 16:4
Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.
Judges 16:5
And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.
Judges 16:6
So Delilah said to Samson, Make clear to me now what is the secret of your great strength, and how you may be put in bands and made feeble.
Judges 16:16
So day after day she gave him no peace, for ever questioning him till his soul was troubled to death.
Judges 16:17
And opening all his heart to her, he said to her, My head has never been touched by a blade, for I have been separate to God from the day of my birth: if my hair is cut off, then my strength will go from me and I will become feeble, and will be like any other man.
Judges 16:18
And when Delilah saw that he had let her see into his heart, she sent word to the chiefs of the Philistines saying, Come up this time, for he has let out all his heart to me. Then the chiefs of the Philistines came to her, with the money in their hands.
Judges 16:19
And she made him go to sleep on her knees; and she sent for a man and had his seven twists of hair cut off; and while it was being done he became feeble and his strength went from him.
Judges 16:20
Then she said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. And awaking from his sleep, he said, I will go out as at other times, shaking myself free. But he was not conscious that the Lord had gone from him.
Judges 16:21
So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
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1 Samuel 17:25
And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.
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1 Samuel 18:22
And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.
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1 Samuel 19:6
And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.
1 Samuel 19:7
Then Jonathan sent for David and gave him word of all these things. And Jonathan took David to Saul, who kept him by his side as in the past.
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.
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1 Samuel 28:2
And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever.
1 Samuel 29:8
And David said to Achish, But what have I done? what have you seen in your servant while I have been with you till this day, that I may not go and take up arms against those who are now making war on my lord the king?
2 Samuel 15:34
But if you go back to the town and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as in the past I have been your father's servant, so now I will be yours: then you will be able to keep Ahithophel's designs against me from being put into effect.
2 Samuel 16:19
And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.
Galatians 2:13
And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.
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2 Samuel 3:28
And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:
2 Samuel 3:29
May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!
2 Samuel 3:30
So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.
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2 Samuel 11:9
But Uriah took his rest at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.
2 Samuel 11:10
And when word was given to David that Uriah had not gone down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? why did you not go down to your house?
2 Samuel 11:11
And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.
2 Samuel 11:12
And David said to Uriah, Be here today, and after that I will let you go. So Uriah was in Jerusalem that day and the day after.
Jeremiah 41:6
And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.
Jeremiah 41:7
And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.
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2 Samuel 13:22
But Absalom said nothing to his brother Amnon, good or bad: for he was full of hate for him, because he had taken his sister Tamar by force.
2 Samuel 13:23
Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.
2 Samuel 13:25
And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, or the number will be over-great for you. And he made his request again, but he would not go, but he gave him his blessing.
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2 Samuel 14:33
So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.
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Job 31:24
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Job 31:26
If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
Job 31:27
A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;
Job 31:28
That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.
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Job 41:3
Will he make prayers to you, or say soft words to you?
Proverbs 25:15
A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
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Nehemiah 6:2
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.
Job 19:2
How long will you make my life bitter, crushing me with words?
Psalms 7:14
That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
Psalms 36:1
To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David. The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.
Psalms 41:9
Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
Proverbs 26:28
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Jeremiah 9:4
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
Jeremiah 9:5
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
Jeremiah 9:6
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Micah 7:2
The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.
Micah 7:6
For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.
Mark 14:46
And they put their hands on him, and took him.
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2 Samuel 15:6
And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.
Job 19:19
All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.
Psalms 36:2
For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.
Psalms 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Psalms 50:19
You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
Psalms 55:15
Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.
Psalms 109:2
For the mouth of the sinner is open against me in deceit: his tongue has said false things against me.
Proverbs 26:23
Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.
Isaiah 54:17
No instrument of war which is formed against you will be of any use; and every tongue which says evil against you will be judged false. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness comes from me, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.
Jeremiah 20:10
For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
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Psalms 32:4
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
Psalms 38:3
My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 106:26
So he made an oath against them, to put an end to them in the waste land:
Psalms 106:42
By them they were crushed, and made low under their hands.
Psalms 138:7
Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation.
Isaiah 1:6
The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
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Psalms 44:16
Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.
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Psalms 52:3
You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
Psalms 55:9
Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Psalms 111:3
His work is full of honour and glory; and his righteousness is unchanging for ever.
Isaiah 11:8
And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.
Isaiah 59:13
We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God, our words have been uncontrolled, and in our hearts are thoughts of deceit.
Isaiah 59:14
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
Isaiah 59:15
Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.
Jeremiah 9:9
Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?
Ezekiel 2:6
And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
John 12:6
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
James 3:9
With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.
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Psalms 55:1
To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
Psalms 55:3
I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.
Psalms 57:3
He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
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Psalms 58:10
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
Ezekiel 33:30
And as for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking together about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, saying to one another, Come now, give ear to the word which comes from the Lord.
Matthew 26:25
And Judas, who was false to him, made answer and said, Is it I, Master? He says to him, Yes.
John 13:2
So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
Acts 24:2
And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,
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Psalms 91:1
Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;
Psalms 91:2
Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
Psalms 91:3
He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.
Psalms 91:4
You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.
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Proverbs 18:23
The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.
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Proverbs 23:7
For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
Daniel 11:27
And as for these two kings, their hearts will be fixed on doing evil and they will say false words at one table; but it will come to nothing: for the end will be at the time fixed.
Matthew 22:35
And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
Luke 11:37
Now, while he was talking, a Pharisee made a request that he would come to a meal with him; and he went in and took his seat at the meal.
Luke 11:38
And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
Luke 11:39
And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.
Luke 11:40
O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
Luke 11:41
But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.
Luke 11:42
But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.
Luke 11:43
A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
Luke 11:53
And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things;
Luke 11:54
And watching him, for a chance to get something from his words which might be used against him.
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Song of Solomon 4:11
Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.
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Micah 5:6
And they will make waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the edge of the sword: he will give us salvation from the Assyrian when he comes into our country, when his feet come inside the limit of our land.
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Job 5:21
He will keep you safe from the evil tongue; and you will have no fear of wasting when it comes.
Psalms 12:4
They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?
Psalms 120:2
O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.
Psalms 120:3
What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Proverbs 29:5
A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.
Jeremiah 42:20
For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.
Hosea 4:2
There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.
Romans 3:14
Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words:
Revelation 21:8
But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
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Luke 11:44
A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.
Luke 11:45
And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.
Luke 11:46
And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.
Luke 11:47
A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.
Luke 11:48
So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.
Luke 11:49
For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;
Luke 11:50
So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;
Luke 11:51
From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.
Luke 11:52
A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.
John 3:2
He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.
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John 14:27
May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.
Ephesians 2:15
Having in his flesh put an end to that which made the division between us, even the law with its rules and orders, so that he might make in himself, of the two, one new man, so making peace;
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of Christ be ruling in your hearts, as it was the purpose of God for you to be one body; and give praise to God at all times.
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Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
2 Corinthians 6:6
In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our witness does not come from error or from an unclean heart or from deceit:
1 Timothy 1:5
But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
James 2:15
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
James 2:16
And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
1 Peter 1:22
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
1 Peter 4:8
And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:
1 John 3:18
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
1 John 3:19
In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
1 John 3:20
When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.
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1 Corinthians 2:13
And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;
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Psalms 44:21
Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
Revelation 19:15
And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.
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Acts 9:4
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
Acts 22:4
And I made attacks on this Way, even to death, taking men and women and putting them in prison.
Hebrews 11:35
Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
Hebrews 11:36
And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
Hebrews 11:38
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
Hebrews 11:39
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
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1 Peter 3:10
For it is said, Let the man who has a love of life, desiring to see good days, keep his tongue from evil and his lips from words of deceit:
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Revelation 12:1
And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:2
And she was with child; and she gave a cry, in the pains of childbirth.
Revelation 12:3
And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
Revelation 12:4
And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.
Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who was to have rule over all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was taken up to God and to his high seat.
Revelation 12:15
And the snake sent out of his mouth after the woman a river of water, so that she might be taken away by the stream.
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