2 Thes 1:6 Cross References

2 Thessalonians 1:6

6: and in his justice he will punish those who persecute you.

But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites who can get away with evil.

They called loudly to the Lord and said, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge the people who belong to this world for what they have done to us? When will you avenge our blood against these people?"

I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood. All the world will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel. "

Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side--leaders who permit injustice by their laws?
They attack the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
But the LORD is my fortress; my God is a mighty rock where I can hide.
God will make the sins of evil people fall back upon them. He will destroy them for their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Arise, O God, and defend your cause. Remember how these fools insult you all day long.
Don't overlook these things your enemies have said. Their uproar of rebellion grows ever louder.

His judgments are just and true. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and he has avenged the murder of his servants."

when I sharpen my flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will bring vengeance on my enemies and repay those who hate me.
I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh--the blood of the slaughtered and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders."'
"Rejoice with him, O heavens, and let all the angels of God worship him, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his enemies and cleanse his land and his people."

"After a period of glory, the LORD Almighty sent me against the nations who oppressed you. For he said, `Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.

In her streets the blood of the prophets was spilled. She was the one who slaughtered God's people all over the world."

Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed."

But you, O heaven, rejoice over her fate. And you also rejoice, O holy people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her on your behalf.

The nations were angry with you, but now the time of your wrath has come. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants. You will reward your prophets and your holy people, all who fear your name, from the least to the greatest. And you will destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth."

And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying, "You are just in sending this judgment, O Holy One, who is and who always was.
For your holy people and your prophets have been killed, and their blood was poured out on the earth. So you have given their murderers blood to drink. It is their just reward."

Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff, asking, "Where is their God?" Show us your vengeance against the nations, for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
Listen to the moaning of the prisoners. Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
O Lord, take sevenfold vengeance on our neighbors for the scorn they have hurled at you.

But if you are careful to obey him, following all my instructions, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will oppose those who oppose you.

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