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Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: “As I live,” declares the Lord God, “surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock ...
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God's Weakness. Joshua 17:16 Josh 17:16. Tools. The...
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19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good. Contemporary English Version. Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.
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In building this principle, Jesus is rejecting two possibilities. Good people do not innocently produce evil words or actions; misunderstandings or hard circumstances are not an excuse for evil actions. In the same way, bad people don't accidentally spew good words despite their spiritual darkness. The fruit always reveals the nature of the tree.
