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Injustice: Punishment of Proverbs 11:7

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

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Injustice: Punishment of Proverbs 28:8

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

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Injustice: Punishment of Amos 5:11, 12

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. / For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

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Injustice: Punishment of Amos 8:5, 8

asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. / Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

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Injustice: Punishment of 1 Thessalonians 4:6

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

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