Genesis 49:5

Genesis 48 Genesis 50

Genesis 49:5 New International Version (NIV)

⁵“Simeon and Levi are brothers—
their swords^[a] are weapons of violence.

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Genesis 49:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

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Psalm 73:6

Psalm 72 Psalm 74

Psalm 73:6 New International Version (NIV)

⁶Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.

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Proverbs 1:10-19

Psalm 150 Proverbs 2

Proverbs 1:10-19 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰My son, if sinful men entice you,
    do not give in to them.
¹¹If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
¹²let’s swallow them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
¹³we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot”—
¹⁵my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot on their paths;
¹⁶for their feet rush into evil,
    they are swift to shed blood.
¹⁷How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
¹⁸These men lie in wait for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!
¹⁹Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.

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Proverbs 14:22

Proverbs 13 Proverbs 15

Proverbs 14:22 New International Version (NIV)

²²Do not those who plot evil go astray?
But those who plan what is good find^[a] love and faithfulness.

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Proverbs 14:22 Or show

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Isaiah 59:6

Isaiah 58 Isaiah 60

Isaiah 59:6 New International Version (NIV)

⁶Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence are in their hands.

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Jeremiah 22:3

Jeremiah 21 Jeremiah 23

Jeremiah 22:3 New International Version (NIV)

³This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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Habakkuk 1:2

Nahum 3 Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk 1:2 New International Version (NIV)

Habakkuk’s Complaint

²How long, Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?

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Malachi 2:16

Malachi 1 Malachi 3

Malachi 2:16 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁶“The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”^[a] says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.