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Psalms 34:15-16
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry for help.The face of the Lord is set against those who do what is evil, to erase all memory of them from the earth.
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Jeremiah 12:1-2
You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against You. Yet, I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their conscience.
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Isaiah 64:12
Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict severely?
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Psalms 50:3
Our God is coming; He will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes Him, and a storm rages around Him.
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Proverbs 31:8-9
Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed.Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.
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Psalms 10:15
Break the arm of the wicked and evil person; call his wickedness into account until nothing remains of it.
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Acts 2:23
Though He was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail Him to a cross and kill Him.
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1 Kings 2 32
The Lord will bring back his own blood on his head because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, without my father David’s knowledge. With his sword, Joab murdered Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
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Psalms 37:12-15
The wicked person schemes against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him.The Lord laughs at him because He sees that his day is coming.The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow to bring down the afflicted and needy and to slaughter those whose way is upright.Their swords will enter their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
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Psalms 35:22
You saw it, Lord; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
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Psalms 37:32-33
The wicked one lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him;the Lord will not leave him in the power of the wicked one or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.
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Psalms 73:3
For I envied the arrogant; I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.
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Job 15:15
If God puts no trust in His holy ones and the heavens are not pure in His sight,
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Psalms 11:4-7
The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; He examines everyone.The Lord examines the righteous and the wicked. He hates the lover of violence.He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked; a scorching wind will be their portion.For the Lord is righteous; He loves righteous deeds. The upright will see His face.
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Psalms 5:4-5
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You.The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.
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Esther 4:14
If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”
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Psalms 10:1-2
Lord, why do You stand so far away? Why do You hide in times of trouble?In arrogance the wicked relentlessly pursue the afflicted; let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
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Habakkuk 1:3-4
Why do You force me to look at injustice? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict the righteous; therefore, justice comes out perverted.
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Isaiah 21:2
A troubling vision is declared to me:“ The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all her groaning.”
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Acts 3:13-15
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him.But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you.You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.
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2 Samuel 4 11
How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from your hands and wipe you off the earth?”
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Psalms 83:1
God, do not keep silent. Do not be deaf, God; do not be idle.
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Isaiah 33:1
Woe, you destroyer never destroyed, you traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
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Psalms 56:1-2
Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.
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1 Peter 1 15-1 Peter 1 16
But as the One who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct;for it is written, Be holy, because I am holy.