Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

General references

Bible References

The sinners

Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were extremely wicked and sinful against the Lord [unashamed in their open sin before Him].
Genesis 15:16
Then in the fourth generation your descendants shall return here [to Canaan, the land of promise], for the wickedness and guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete (finished).”
Numbers 16:38
As for the censers of these people who have sinned at the cost of their lives, have the censers made into hammered sheets as a plating for the altar [of burnt offering], for they were presented before the Lord and they are sacred. They shall be a [warning] sign to the sons of Israel.”
Job 31:3

“Does not tragedy fall [justly] on the unjust
And disaster to those who work wickedness?
Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright,
But it is ruin to those who do evil.
Proverbs 13:21

Adversity pursues sinners,
But the [consistently] upright will be rewarded with prosperity.

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Psalm 149:7

To execute vengeance on the nations
And punishment on the peoples,