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Proverbs 16:4
The Lord works everything out to the proper end. Even those who do wrong were made for a day of trouble.
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Jude 1:4
Certain people have secretly slipped in among you. Long ago it was written that they would be judged. They are ungodly people. They misuse the grace of our God as an excuse for sexual sins. They say no to Jesus Christ, our only Lord and King.
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1 Peter 2 8
And,“ It is a stone that causes people to trip. It is a rock that makes them fall.”( Isaiah 8:14) They trip and fall because they do not obey the message. That is also what God planned for them.
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Romans 9:21
Isn’t the potter free to make different kinds of pots out of the same lump of clay? Some are for special purposes. Others are for ordinary use.
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2 Timothy 2 20
In a large house there are things made out of gold and silver. But there are also things made out of wood and clay. Some have special purposes. Others have common purposes.
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Exodus 9:16
But I had a special reason for making you king. I decided to show you my power. I wanted my name to become known everywhere on earth.
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1 Thessalonians 2 16
They try to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles. These Jews don’t want the Gentiles to be saved. In this way, these Jews always increase their sins to the limit. God’s anger has come on them at last.
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Romans 9:17
In Scripture, God says to Pharaoh,“ I had a special reason for making you king. I decided to use you to show my power. I wanted my name to become known everywhere on earth.”( Exodus 9:16)
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Psalms 50:21-22
When you did these things, I kept silent. So you thought I was just like you. But now I’m going to bring you to court. I will bring charges against you.“ You who forget God, think about this. If you don’t, I will tear you to pieces. No one will be able to save you.
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2 Peter 2 3
These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.
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Psalms 90:11
If only we knew the power of your anger! It’s as great as the respect we should have for you.
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Matthew 23:31-33
So you are witnesses against yourselves. You admit that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets.So go ahead and finish the sins that those who lived before you started!“ You nest of poisonous snakes! How will you escape from being sentenced to hell?
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Ecclesiastes 8:11-12
Sometimes the sentence for a crime isn’t carried out quickly. So people make plans to commit even more crimes.An evil person may be guilty of a hundred crimes. Yet they may still live a long time. But I know that things will go better with those who have great respect for God.
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Romans 2:4-5
Do you disrespect God’s great kindness and favor? Do you disrespect God when he is patient with you? Don’t you realize that God’s kindness is meant to turn you away from your sins?But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown.
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Numbers 14:18
‘ I am the Lord. I am slow to get angry. I am full of love. I forgive those who sin. I forgive those who refuse to obey. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sin of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great- grandchildren.’
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Numbers 14:11
The Lord said to Moses,“ How long will these people not respect me? How long will they refuse to believe in me? They refuse even though I have done many signs among them.
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Genesis 15:16
Your children’s grandchildren will come back here. That’s because the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached the point where I must punish them.”
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1 Thessalonians 5 9
God didn’t choose us to receive his anger. He chose us to receive salvation because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.
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2 Peter 2 9
Since all this is true, then the Lord knows how to save godly people. He knows how to keep them safe in times of testing. The Lord also knows how to keep ungodly people under guard. He will do so until the day they will be judged and punished.
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Revelation 6:16-17
They called out to the mountains and rocks,“ Fall on us! Hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne! Hide us from the anger of the Lamb!The great day of their anger has come. Who can live through it?”
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Romans 1:18
God shows his anger from heaven. It is against all the godless and evil things people do. They are so evil that they say no to the truth.
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Revelation 6:9-11
The Lamb broke open the fifth seal. I saw souls under the altar. They were the souls of people who had been killed. They had been killed because of God’s word and their faithful witness.They called out in a loud voice.“ How long, Lord and King, holy and true?” they asked.“ How long will you wait to judge those who live on the earth? How long will it be until you pay them back for killing us?”Then each of them was given a white robe.“ Wait a little longer,” they were told.“ There are still more of your believing brothers and sisters who will be killed. They will be killed just as you were.”
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1 Peter 3 20
Long ago these spirits did not obey. That was when God was patient while Noah was building the ark. And only a few people went into the ark. In fact, there were only eight. Those eight people were saved through water.
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2 Peter 3 8-2 Peter 3 9
Dear friends, here is one thing you must not forget. With the Lord a day is like a thousand years. And a thousand years are like a day.The Lord is not slow to keep his promise. He is not slow in the way some people understand it. Instead, he is patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed. Instead, he wants all people to turn away from their sins.
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Lamentations 3:22
The Lord loves us very much. So we haven’t been completely destroyed. His loving concern never fails.
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2 Peter 3 15
Remember that while our Lord is waiting patiently to return, people are being saved. Our dear brother Paul also wrote to you about this. God made him wise to write as he did.