Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.

And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.

The hairy

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

Of such

Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives; Thou hast received gifts among men, Yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them .

If a man turn not, he will whet his sword; He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them .

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more'shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven:

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

General references

For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,