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Why Rulers Shouldn't Tempt Their Creator

1 Chronicles 21:15-30 (GNTUK)
Then he sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but he changed his mind and said to the angel, “Stop! That's enough!” The angel was standing by the threshing place of Araunah, a Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:5

1 Chronicles 21:5 (GNTD)
He reported to King David the total number of men capable of military service: 1,100,000 in Israel and 470,000 in Judah.

Blood Is the Life

Genesis 9:1 (NET)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Genesis 9:4-6 (NET)
But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.

Almighty Never Lies

Genesis 8:21-22 (NET)
And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

John 12:5-8

John 12:5-8 (WEB)
“Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?”

Amos 4:1

Amos 4:1 (NET)
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink!”

Acts 9:40-43

Acts 9:40-43 (WEB)
Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

Luke 8:2-3

Luke 8:2-3 (NET)
and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,

1 Samuel 2:5, 1 Samuel 2:8-9

1 Samuel 2:5 (NIRV)
Those who used to be full have to work for food. But those who used to be hungry aren't hungry anymore. The woman who couldn't have children has seven of them now. But the woman who has had many children is sad now because hers have died.

1 Samuel 2:8-9 (NIRV)
He raises poor people up from the trash pile. He lifts needy people out of the ashes. He lets them sit with princes. He gives them places of honor. "The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord. On them he has set the world.

1 Samuel 2:3-4

1 Samuel 2:3-4 (NIRV)
"Don't keep talking so proudly. Don't let your mouth say such proud things. The Lord is a God who knows everything. He judges everything people do.

1 Samuel 1:4-8

1 Samuel 1:4-8 (NIV84)
Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

Ruth 1:16

Ruth 1:16 (NET)
But Ruth replied, “Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God.

Numbers 27:4-11

Numbers 27:4-11 (NET)
Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”

Matthew 25:10-13

Matthew 25:10-13 (WEB)
While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

Matthew 25:10-13

Matthew 25:10-13 (WEB)
While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

Acts 18:4-6

Acts 18:4-6 (NET)
He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

2 Kings 4:8-10

2 Kings 4:8-10 (NET)
One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.

Genesis 24:27

Genesis 24:27 (WEB)
He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master’s relatives.”

Esther 4:14-16

Esther 4:14-16 (NET)
“Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”

Esther 2:9, Esther 2:17-18

Esther 2:9 (NET)
This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.

Esther 2:17-18 (NET)
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval more than all the other young women. So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen in place of Vashti.

Esther 2:9, Esther 2:17-18

Esther 2:9 (NET)
This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.

Esther 2:17-18 (NET)
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval more than all the other young women. So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen in place of Vashti.

Esther 2:9

Esther 2:9 (NET)
This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.

Esther 2:9

Esther 2:9 (NET)
This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem.

2 Kings 4:9-10

2 Kings 4:9-10 (WEB)
She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.

Judges 4:7-9

Judges 4:7-9 (NIV84)
I will lure Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’ ”