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Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” He said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

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Judges 15:12
They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.”

Judges 13:1
The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

Deuteronomy 28:48
therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

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1 Chronicles 4:32
Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

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Proverbs 17:13
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Proverbs 20:22
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Proverbs 24:19
Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;

Proverbs 24:29
Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Romans 12:17
Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Romans 12:19
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

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