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'Deserve To Die' in the Bible

Otherwise, the avenger of blood in the heat of his anger might pursue the one who committed manslaughter, overtake him because the distance is great, and strike him dead. Yet he did not deserve to die, since he did not previously hate his neighbor.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot HatingDeath Of A Family Member

This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you surely deserve to die, because you have not guarded your lord, the Lord’s anointed. And now, see where the king’s spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.”

Verse ConceptsDrinking WaterThe Lord's Anointed

To Abiathar the priest, the king said, "Go to Anathoth, to your field, for {you deserve to die}, but on this day I will not kill you, for you carried the ark of the Lord Yahweh before David my father, and because you endured hardship in all the hardship that my father endured."

Verse ConceptsSuffering, HardshipThe Ark In JerusalemDeserving Death

Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, "You deserve to die!

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPersecution, Nature OfLast WordsWicked ProphetsKilling Will Happen

Therefore, if I am guilty and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not try to escape death; but if there is nothing to the accusations which these men are bringing against me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar (Emperor Nero).”

Verse ConceptsCivil authoritiesDeath penaltyGovernmentResigned To DeathNo Escape

They, after they had sharply questioned me, were willing to set me at liberty, because they found no offence in me for which I deserve to die.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementPeople Releasing Others

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