8/20/2009

Let not the next generation be devoured

Be careful! For if you bite and devour one another, you might consume one another. (Reference: Galatians 5:15)

Those of you who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, don't tolerate those who deal treacherously, and don't keep silent when wickedness swallows up righteousness. (Reference: Habakkuk 1:13)

For there is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men. (Proverbs 30:14)

But even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for the Lord will contend with them who contends with you, and the Lord will save the next generation. (Reference: Isaiah 49:25)

He, the son of his father, who stands among you, he shall go in there: encourage him; for he shall cause the nation to inherit it. (Reference: Deuteronomy 1:38)