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Job 34:21
“ For God watches how people live; he sees everything they do.
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Revelation 13:11-14
Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching.And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.
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Micah 6:16
You keep only the laws of evil King Omri; you follow only the example of wicked King Ahab! Therefore, I will make an example of you, bringing you to complete ruin. You will be treated with contempt, mocked by all who see you.”
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Hosea 5:11
The people of Israel will be crushed and broken by my judgment because they are determined to worship idols.
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1 Kings 12 28-1 Kings 12 30
So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,“ It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”He placed these calf idols in Bethel and in Dan— at either end of his kingdom.But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.
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Proverbs 29:2-12
When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.A just king gives stability to his nation, but one who demands bribes destroys it.To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet.Evil people are trapped by sin, but the righteous escape, shouting for joy.The godly care about the rights of the poor; the wicked don’t care at all.Mockers can get a whole town agitated, but the wise will calm anger.If a wise person takes a fool to court, there will be ranting and ridicule but no satisfaction.The bloodthirsty hate blameless people, but the upright seek to help them.Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.If a ruler pays attention to liars, all his advisers will be wicked.
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Psalms 12:8
even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.
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Revelation 13:3-4
I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery— but the fatal wound was healed! The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast.They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they also worshiped the beast.“ Who is as great as the beast?” they exclaimed.“ Who is able to fight against him?”
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2 Kings 21 9
But the people refused to listen, and Manasseh led them to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the Lord had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.
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Hosea 13:11
In my anger I gave you kings, and in my fury I took them away.
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2 Thessalonians 2 4-2 Thessalonians 2 11
He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you?And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes.For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way.Then the man of lawlessness will be revealed, but the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by the splendor of his coming.This man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
Better to have wisdom than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
