Disaster pursues sinners, but the righteous are rewarded with good.
Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”
When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
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