Thematic Bible: The Nation
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The Nation » Kings » Decrees of
Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
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So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.
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So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.
It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.
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And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.
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Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the things of value were stored up in Babylon.
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You, O King, have given an order that every man, when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to his ears, is to go down on his face in worship before the image of gold:
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And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,
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But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;
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The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
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So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
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And he had it given out in Nineveh, By the order of the king and his great men, no man or beast, herd or flock, is to have a taste of anything; let them have no food or water:
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The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
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For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.
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They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
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Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
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And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
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The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
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Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
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As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
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Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? is it a small thing to the children of Judah that they do the disgusting things which they are doing here? for they have made the land full of violent behaviour, making me angry again and again: and see, they put the branch to my nose.
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For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
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For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
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The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Duties of
And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.
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A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.
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The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.
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The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
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And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
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So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth. Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,
Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.
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Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
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The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Instruments of judgment sent against sinful nation
See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and an old nation, a nation whose language is strange to you, so that you may not get the sense of their words.
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You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
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And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.
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And it will be in that day that the Lord will make a piping sound for the fly which is in the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.
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A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:
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Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.
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So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
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The Lord has said, See, a people is coming from the north country, a great nation will be put in motion from the inmost parts of the earth.
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For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,
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The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Ambassadors
And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;
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But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe?
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Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;
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And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
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Then Amaziah sent representatives to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.
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So Ahaz sent representatives to Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son; come to my help against the kings of Aram and Israel who have taken up arms against me.
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And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David, with cedar-trees and woodworkers and stoneworkers: and they made David a house.
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Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord;
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Now Hiram, king of Tyre, hearing that Solomon had been made king in place of his father, sent his servants to him; for Hiram had ever been a friend to David.
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The Nation » Ps 137; ro 13 miscellaneous topics relating to, government, kings, rulers, etc » Civic duties
And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
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My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
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I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
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But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.
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They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.
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Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.
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Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,
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Keep all the laws of men because of the Lord; those of the king, who is over all, And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.
The Nation » Punishment » Hanging
Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.
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Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.
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And he gave them up to the Gibeonites, and they put them to death, hanging them on the mountain before the Lord; all seven came to their end together in the first days of the grain-cutting, at the start of the cutting of the barley.
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Christ has made us free from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us: because it is said in the Writings, A curse on everyone who is put to death by hanging on a tree:
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And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.
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But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.
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Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.
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And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be pulled out of his house, and he is to be lifted up and fixed to it; and his house is to be made waste for this;
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The Nation » Stoning » Examples of
But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.
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And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
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Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.
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But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
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And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
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And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.
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But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
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Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.
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The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Wisdom and integrity essential to
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
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You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
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But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
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Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
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It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
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And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
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The Nation » Ps 137; ro 13 miscellaneous topics relating to, government, kings, rulers, etc » Patriotism, examples of
Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,
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By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,
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And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?
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Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:
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Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
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Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, Send me back to my country.
Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
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The Nation » Stoning » Laws concerning
Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
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Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
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He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.
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Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land;
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Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.
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The Nation » Punishment » Beating
And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.
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He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
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But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.
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And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.
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And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
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Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;
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And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
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The Nation » Ps 137; ro 13 miscellaneous topics relating to, government, kings, rulers, etc » To honour rulers
And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.
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In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
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Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
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Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.
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You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
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Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.
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And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.
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The Nation » Crimes Against » Treason
Then Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and attacking Shallum, son of Jabesh, in Samaria, put him to death and made himself king in his place.
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In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.
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But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
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Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
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And looking, she saw the king in his regular place by the pillar, and the captains and the horns near him; and all the people of the land giving signs of joy and sounding the horns. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, gave a cry, saying, Broken faith, broken faith!
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Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom of Judah put to death.
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The Nation » Kings » Coronations of
Then he made the king's son come out, and put the crown on him and the arm-bands, and made him king, and put the holy oil on him; and they all, making sounds of joy with their hands, said, Long life to the king.
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So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.
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Then they made the king's son come out, and they put the crown on his head and gave him the arm-bands and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons put the holy oil on him and said, Long life to the king.
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So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.
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Now when all Israel had news that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him to come before the meeting of the people, and made him king over Israel: not one of them was joined to the family of David but only the tribe of Judah.
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
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The Nation » Kings » Thrones of
And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
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And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
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Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
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Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.
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Then he took the captains of hundreds, and the Carians, and the armed men, and all the people of the land; and they came down with the king from the house of the Lord, through the doorway of the armed men, to the king's house. And he took his place on the seat of the kings.
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By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river.
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Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.
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The Nation » Bribery » Condemned
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
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Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
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In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
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A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
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Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
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He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
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For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
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The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
And let this fiftieth year be kept holy, and say publicly that everyone in the land is free from debt: it is the Jubilee, and every man may go back to his heritage and to his family.
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For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.
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And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
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To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;
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If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.
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The Nation » Bribery » Examples of
Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you an offering of silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.
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And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.
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And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.
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If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.
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And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,
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And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.
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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
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The Nation » Kings » Wrath of
If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar in his wrath and passion gave orders for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to be sent for. Then they made these men come in before the king.
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The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
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The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.
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Because of this the king was angry and full of wrath, and gave orders for the destruction of all the wise men of Babylon.
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The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.
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The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Examples of
And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
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And Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, taxing the land by his orders to get the money; the people of the land had to give silver and gold, everyone as he was taxed, to make the payment to Pharaoh-necoh.
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Then Joseph made a law which is in force to this day, that Pharaoh was to have the fifth part; only the land of the priests did not become his.
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Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.
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He will take a tenth of your seed and of the fruit of your vines and give it to his servants.
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And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes.
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The Nation » Crimes Against » Assassination
And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.
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And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
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And Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right side, and sent it into his stomach;
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And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.
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But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.
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And Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, came to him and put him to death; and they put him into the earth with his fathers in the town of David; and Amaziah his son became king in his place.
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The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Examples of honour rendered to
And he made him take his seat in the second of his carriages; and they went before him crying, Make way! So he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
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And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!
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So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.
And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.
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They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O King, have life for ever.
In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:
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The Nation » Stripes » Examples of stripes endured for righteousness sake
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
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And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
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But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
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He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
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Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
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The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » General references to
And some of the Philistines took offerings to Jehoshaphat, and made him payments of silver; and the Arabians gave him flocks, seven thousand, seven hundred sheep, and seven thousand, seven hundred he-goats.
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And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?
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For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.
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And King Ahasuerus put a tax on the land and on the islands of the sea.
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Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
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The Nation » Imprisonment mutilations » Census taken, of the israelites
Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel.
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Let all the children of Israel be numbered, by the names of their fathers' families, all those of twenty years old and over who are able to go to war in Israel.
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Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
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Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
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And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.
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The Nation » Kings » Sceptres of
But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.
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I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.
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It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.
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The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
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The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;
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The Nation » Crimes Against » Rebellion
And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
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In the same way these dreamers make the flesh unclean, having no respect for authorities, and say evil of rulers.
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And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.
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And any man who, in his pride, will not give ear to the priest whose place is there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, is to be put to death: you are to put away the evil from Israel.
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For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.
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The Nation » Punishment » Confiscation of property
Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!
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And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
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So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.
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And that if anyone did not come before three days were past, as ordered by the rulers and the responsible men, all his goods would be put under the curse, and he himself would be cut off from the meeting of the people who had come back.
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That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.
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The Nation » Kings » Favour of
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?
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The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
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In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.
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The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
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The Nation » Kings » Promises of
And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.
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And while they were drinking wine the king said to Esther, What is your prayer? for it will be given to you and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
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And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
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As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.
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And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.
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The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil strife, general references to
And they were broken by divisions, nation against nation and town against town, because God sent all sorts of trouble on them.
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So that your hearts may not become feeble and full of fear because of the news which will go about in the land; for a story will go about one year, and after that in another year another story, and violent acts in the land, ruler against ruler.
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And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.
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Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom: There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.
The Nation » Punishment » Burning
Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.
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And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.
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And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
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And anyone not falling down and worshipping will that same hour be put into a burning and flaming fire.
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The Nation » Punishment » Scourging
And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.
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The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.
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Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.
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Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.
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The Nation » Punishment » Hard labour
So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
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And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.
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So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses. But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians. And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do: read more.
And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
The Nation » Punishment » Beheading
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
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And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
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And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
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The Nation » Punishment » Banishment
And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)
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And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
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And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;
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The Nation » Punishment » Exposure to wild beasts
If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.
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Then the king gave the order, and they took Daniel and put him into the lions' hole. The king made answer and said to Daniel, Your God, whose servant you are at all times, will keep you safe.
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