Hosea 6:9

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Hosea 6:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

11 Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

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Job 1:15

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Job 1:16

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 1:17

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Proverbs 1:11

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Proverbs 1:12

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Proverbs 1:13

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Proverbs 1:14

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Proverbs 1:15

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Proverbs 1:16

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Proverbs 1:17

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Luke 22:2

and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.

Luke 22:3

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Luke 22:4

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Luke 22:5

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Judas consented, and began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them in the absence of a crowd.

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1 Kings 12:25

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