Judges 9:56

Easy To Read Version

In that way, God punished Abimelech for all the bad things he did. Abimelech sinned against his own father by killing his 70 brothers.

Cross References

Genesis 9:5

I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person. And I will demand the life of any person who takes another person’s life.

Genesis 9:6

“God made people as a copy of himself. So any person who kills a person must be killed by a person.

Job 31:3

God sends trouble and ruin\par to wicked people,\par and disaster to people that do wrong.\par

Psalm 11:6

He will make hot coals and burning\par sulphur fall like rain on those bad people.\par Those bad people will get nothing but\par a hot, burning wind. {\cf2\super [63]} \par

Psalm 9:12

The Lord remembered the people who\par went to him for help. {\cf2\super [50]} \par Those poor people cried for help.\par And the Lord didn’t forget them.\par

Psalm 94:23

God will punish those evil judges\par for the bad things they did.\par God will destroy them\par because they sinned.\par The Lord our God will destroy\par those evil judges.\par

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.

Matthew 7:2

If you judge other people, you will be judged in the same way you judge them. And the way you give to other people will be the way God gives to you.

Acts 28:4

The people living on the island saw the snake hanging from Paul’s hand. They said, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice {\cf2\super [519]} does not want him to live.”

Galatians 6:7

Don’t be fooled: You cannot cheat God. A person harvests only the things he plants. {\cf2\super [75]}

Judges 9:55

The people of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead. So they all went back home.

Judges 9:57

God also punished the men of the city of Shechem for the bad things they did. So the things Jotham said came true. (Jotham was Jerub Baal’s youngest son. Jerub Baal was Gideon.)