For this is what the Lord of armies has said: Let trees be cut down and an earthwork be placed against Jerusalem: sorrow on the false town! inside her there is nothing but cruel ways.
As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.
If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:
What profit is it to you to be cruel, to give up the work of your hands, looking kindly on the design of evil-doers?
The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;
Why are you cruel to me, like God, for ever saying evil against me?
If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.
You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.
Because the hand of the cruel is hard on them, men are making sounds of grief; they are crying out for help because of the arm of the strong.
She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.
He is so cruel that no one is ready to go against him. Who then is able to keep his place before me?
Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?
Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon were very cruel to us, and when I sent for you, you gave me no help against them.
Then the Lord gave them judges, as their saviours from the hands of those who were cruel to them.
And whenever the Lord gave them judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and was their saviour from the hands of their haters all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved by their cries of grief because of those who were cruel to them.
Then the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron war-carriages, and for twenty years he was very cruel to the children of Israel.
And I took you out of the hands of the Egyptians and out of the hands of all who were cruel to you, and I sent them out by force from before you and gave you their land;
Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.
Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
And he will be with him as a servant working for payment year by year; his master is not to be cruel to him before your eyes.
If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour,
Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,
And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.
For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;
And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.
Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.
And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.
And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.
And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.
And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
They say to him, He will put those cruel men to a cruel death, and will let out the vine-garden to other workmen, who will give him the fruit when it is ready.
And is cruel to the other servants, taking his pleasure with those who are overcome with wine;
Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.
And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:
Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever.
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