for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores. They were well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife. Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord; and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath.
he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
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