Then he warns them in anger and terrifies them with his fury.

"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."

and bow down to him; or else his anger will be quickly aroused, and you will suddenly die. Happy are all who go to him for protection.

The king will capture all his enemies; he will capture everyone who hates him.

None of their descendants will survive; the king will kill them all.

He will shoot his arrows at them and make them turn and run.

May those who try to kill me be completely defeated and confused. May those who are happy because of my troubles be turned back and disgraced.

May those who make fun of me be dismayed by their defeat.

The LORD said to my lord, "Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet."

The Lord is at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat kings.

He will pass judgment on the nations and fill the battlefield with corpses; he will defeat kings all over the earth.

When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. After putting his affairs in order, he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

"Is the young man Absalom all right?" the king asked. The slave answered, "I wish that what has happened to him would happen to all your enemies, sir, and to all who rebel against you."

You know very well all the wrong that you did to my father David. The LORD will punish you for it.

Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and kill them in my presence!' "

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!

They even tried to stop us from preaching to the Gentiles the message that would bring them salvation. In this way they have brought to completion all the sins they have always committed. And now God's anger has at last come down on them!

When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!' God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results."

When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, "He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so."

What do you think?" They answered, "He is guilty and must die."

Then they spat in his face and beat him; and those who slapped him

"Do not try to stop him," Jesus told them, "because no one who performs a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say evil things about me.

I want you to know that no one who is led by God's Spirit can say "A curse on Jesus!" and no one can confess "Jesus is Lord," without being guided by the Holy Spirit.