Psalms 10:13
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Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
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Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: