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• Leviticus 19

  [Bible]

  Leviticus 19 is a collection of ordinances, gathered under the command "Ye shall be holy," that address worship, relations with one's neighbor, protection of the poor and the stranger, and justice in judgment and commerce. The chapter contains the verse "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

• Numbers 35

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  Numbers 35 contains the ordinance granting the Levites forty-eight cities with their surrounding pasturelands, the system of six cities of refuge that protects those who have killed someone unintentionally, and the principles for judging cases of homicide.

• 1 Samuel 3

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  1 Samuel 3 is the chapter in which the LORD calls the boy Samuel, who is growing up at the tabernacle in Shiloh, four times during the night and announces judgment on the house of Eli. After these events, Samuel becomes known throughout all Israel as a prophet.

• 1 Kings 21

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  Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and his queen Jezebel have Naboth the Jezreelite put to death on false charges and seize his vineyard. Elijah pronounces judgment on the house of Ahab, and when Ahab humbles himself, the calamity is deferred to his son's days.

• 2 Kings 21

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  2 Kings 21 recounts the fifty-five-year reign of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, who revived idolatry in Judah, and the judgment announced against Jerusalem and Judah. It also recounts the reign of his son Amon, who was killed by his servants after two years.

• Job 24

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  Job 24 is the latter part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Pointing to a world in which those who oppress the weak and those who sin under cover of darkness go unpunished, Job asks why God does not appoint times for judgment.

• Guidance of the Holy Spirit

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The guidance of the Holy Spirit is the Christian teaching that the Holy Spirit directs believers' thoughts, judgments, and the course of their lives.

• Psalm 79

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  Psalm 79 is a communal lament bearing the superscription "A Psalm of Asaph." It lays before God the devastation wrought when the nations trampled Jerusalem and the temple, and it asks for forgiveness of sins, deliverance, and judgment on the enemies.

• Gomorrah

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  Gomorrah was a city in the plain of the Jordan mentioned in the Old Testament book of Genesis. It was destroyed by God's judgment together with Sodom, and in Scripture its name serves as a symbol of sin and judgment.

• Psalm 109

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  Psalm 109 is a psalm in which a person accused without cause pleads with God not to remain silent, asking for judgment on his enemy and for his own deliverance. It is a classic example of the imprecatory psalms, and the Book of Acts applies verse 8 to Judas Iscariot.

• Psalm 137

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  Psalm 137 is a nine-verse lament in which the people carried captive to Babylon mourn by its rivers as they remember Zion, vow never to forget Jerusalem, and then call for judgment on Edom and Babylon.

• Heart (Bible)

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  In the Bible, the heart refers not only to the emotions but to the whole inner person, the seat of thought, will, and judgment. It is regarded as the place where a person's relationship with God is determined.

• Psalm 149

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  Psalm 149 is a psalm of praise that calls the congregation of the saints to praise God with a new song, with dancing, and with musical instruments, and that celebrates the honor of executing judgment on the nations with a two-edged sword held in the hand.

• Proverbs 18

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  Proverbs 18 is a twenty-four-verse chapter within the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. In short maxims, it addresses the speech and quarrels of fools, the power of the tongue, fair judgment, trust in the name of the LORD as opposed to trust in wealth, and friendship.

• Ecclesiastes 3

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  Ecclesiastes 3 declares, in fourteen pairs of opposites, that there is an appointed time for everything under heaven. It then reflects on human labor and the work of God, on injustice and judgment, and on the death that comes alike to humans and animals.

• Isaiah 2

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  Isaiah 2 sets side by side a vision of peace, in which Zion is exalted "in the last days," the nations learn the ways of the LORD, and swords are beaten into plowshares, and a proclamation of judgment on "the day of the LORD" that brings low human pride and idolatry.

• Ecclesiastes 11

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  Ecclesiastes 11 urges generous giving and diligent sowing in a life whose future cannot be known. It then tells the young to rejoice in their youth while remembering God's judgment.

• Isaiah 14

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  Isaiah 14 follows a promise of Israel's restoration with a taunt song over the fall of the king of Babylon, a declaration of judgment on Assyria, and a warning to Philistia.

• Isaiah 1

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  The first chapter of the Book of Isaiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for rebelling against God, rejects sacrifices and feasts devoid of justice, calls the people to repentance, and announces both judgment and restoration.

• Obadiah 1:15

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse Obadiah, having indicted Edom for its sins, declares that the day of the LORD is near upon all nations and sets out the principle of retribution: what one has done will return upon one's own head. The verse marks the turning point at which judgment on the single nation of Edom widens into judgment on all nations, and it is frequently cited as a representative statement of the idea of retribution.