Quotes About Consequence

If I say to the wicked, ëO wicked man, you will surely die,í but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.

and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”

They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?

Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.

So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.