Nehemiah 13:25

25 aAnd I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. bAnd I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Psalms 101:8

8 cMorning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
dcutting off all ethe evildoers
from fthe city of the Lord.

Proverbs 20:8

8 gA king who sits on the throne of judgment
hwinnows all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:26

26A wise king iwinnows the wicked
and drives jthe wheel over them.

Romans 13:3-4

3For 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 kwill receive his approval, 4for lhe 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, man avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.
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