10 occurrences

'Revoke' in the Bible

“Behold, I have received a command to bless;When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it.

Verse ConceptsBlessedBlessed By GodBlessing Others

Then she said, “If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

Verse ConceptsKilling Israelites

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of Damascus and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

Verse ConceptsIronOppression, Nature OfProphets, Role OfSin, And God's CharacterSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of The InnocentTeethWord Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourSharp ToolsIron Objects

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of Gaza and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they deported an entire populationTo deliver it up to Edom.

Verse ConceptsMorality, And CreationPersecution, Nature OfThree Or FourHanding Over PeoplePeople Exiled

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of Tyre and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they delivered up an entire population to EdomAnd did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfCovenant RelationshipsHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourHanding Over PeopleForgetting Things

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of Edom and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because he pursued his brother with the sword,While he stifled his compassion;His anger also tore continually,And he maintained his fury forever.

Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they ripped open the pregnant women of GileadIn order to enlarge their borders.

Verse ConceptsAbortionBoundariesThe Act Of OpeningPregnancyEnlargementSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfAbominations, Judgments OfAmmonitesThree Or FourOpening The WombHarming Pregnant Womenborders

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of Moab and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

Verse ConceptsMineralsPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Role OfAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBonesBurning People

Thus says the Lord,“For three transgressions of Judah and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they rejected the law of the LordAnd have not kept His statutes;Their lies also have led them astray,Those after which their fathers walked.

Verse ConceptsAncestorsBad ParentsFalse GodsGuidance, Need For God'sRejecting ThingsRejection Of GodAbominations, Judgments OfThree Or FourBreaking God's Law

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Revoke (22 instances)
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