God is the one who created time and He is in control. While it doesn’t always feel like it, God’s timing truly is better than ours. Even when things feel slow. God does not operate based upon our time. He has His own timeline and we have to trust Him and trust that He is working!
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I missed that chapter and verse. Could you tell me where it is? No I'm not being sarcastic. Just curious.
Psalm 144:1 ESV / 249 helpful votes Of David. Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle;
Romans 12:19 ESV / 238 helpful votes Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Luke 22:36 ESV / 212 helpful votes He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.
Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 159 helpful votes “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Exodus 22:2-3 ESV / 152 helpful votes If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Romans 13:4 ESV / 143 helpful votes For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
Titus 3:10 ESV / 108 helpful votes As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 108 helpful votes But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Matthew 26:52-54 ESV / 105 helpful votes Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”
1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 102 helpful votes Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Proverbs 25:26 ESV / 96 helpful votes Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Matthew 10:34 ESV / 89 helpful votes “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Psalm 46:1 ESV / 82 helpful votes To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Exodus 22:1-31 ESV / 73 helpful votes “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double. “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard. ...
Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 66 helpful votes Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...
Genesis 9:5-6 ESV / 64 helpful votes And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
John 14:26 ESV / 61 helpful votes But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
Nehemiah 4:14 ESV / 59 helpful votes And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
Exodus 22:2 ESV / 57 helpful votes If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,
Luke 11:21 ESV / 54 helpful votes When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe;