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1 Kings 21:11

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So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them.

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Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!

But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!

When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Ephraim is oppressed, trampled in judgment, intent on pursuing idols.

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.

But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.”

Then the king ordered the guards at his side: “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.” But the king’s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the Lord.

“ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.

But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people.

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.




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