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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rom 13:4 — For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.
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Rom 13:6 |
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. |
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1Ki 10:9 |
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. |
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2Ch 19:6 |
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment. |
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Psa 82:2 |
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. |
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Psa 82:3 |
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. |
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Psa 82:4 |
Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked. |
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Pro 24:23 |
These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment. |
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Pro 24:24 |
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: |
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Pro 31:8 |
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. |
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Pro 31:9 |
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. |
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Ecc 8:2 |
I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God. |
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Ecc 8:3 |
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. |
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Ecc 8:4 |
Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? |
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Ecc 8:5 |
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. |
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Isa 1:17 |
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. |
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Jer 5:28 |
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. |
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Eze 22:27 |
Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. |
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Mic 3:1 |
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment? |
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Mic 3:2 |
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; |
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Mic 3:3 |
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. |
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Mic 3:4 |
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. |
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Mic 3:9 |
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. |
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Pro 16:14 |
The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. |
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Pro 20:2 |
The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul. |
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Pro 20:8 |
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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Pro 20:26 |
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
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Rom 12:19 |
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. |
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Num 35:19 |
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. |
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Num 35:20 |
But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; |
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Num 35:21 |
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. |
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Num 35:22 |
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, |
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Num 35:23 |
Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm: |
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Jos 20:5 |
And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. |
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Jos 20:9 |
These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth [any] person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. |
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Eze 25:14 |
And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Romans 13:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Rom/13/4.html>.
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