1 Kings 8:31 If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: Leviticus 5:17 And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. And despite the report's detailed demographic data, the ATF does not provide an explanation for why women's guns have a shorter time-to-crime than men's. For many are the victims she has cast down,And numerous are all her slain. That's comparable to the share who say the same about the federal budget deficit (49%), violent crime (48% . But Jehoshabeath the kings daughter took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the kings sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. < Prison Ministry: Understanding Prison Culture Inside and Out by Lennie Spitale. For my husband is not at home,He has gone on a long journey; He has taken a bag of money with him,At the full moon he will come home. With her many persuasions she entices him;With her flattering lips she seduces him. The scriptures commonly used to keep sexual abuse and assault from being reported by keeping it in house are not used carefully and in no way refute or nullify these mandates and principles. Let us ambush the innocent without cause; Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; We will find all kinds of precious wealth. He will die for lack of instruction,And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray. She is now in the streets, now in the squares. Deuteronomy 24:14 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. Our present system does not work. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death. . But they lie in wait for their own blood; So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread. Michele Bachmann, COUNTER PUNCH: Punching Back Against Tyranny, Locally & Successfully, A Science Experiment Gone Bad, Endless mRNA Jabs Coming Soon, The First Landing 1607 Event: Speakers Glenn Beck, Dr. Michele Bachmann, William Federer, David Barton and more. He has written numerous books and training courses on Americas Christian history and on the need to live by Biblical principles in order to prosper as a nation. What is punitive justice? Sin is acting contrary to Gods standard as revealed in His Law-Word. It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his fathers wife. >>. Rob James is a Baptist minister, writer and church and media consultant to the Evangelical Alliance Wales. Put simply then, the state has a God-given responsibility to punish wrongdoing. But I can hear the objections again. Sometimes men have criminalized bad behavior, with the goal of limiting behavior that was not criminal according to God, but rather was sinful, or potentially sinful. Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah. My son, observe the commandment of your fatherAnd do not forsake the teaching of your mother; Bind them continually on your heart;Tie them around your neck.