337. Thus saith the Lord of hosts? I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt. Now go, and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 1 Sam. xv. 2, 3.
338. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. Psalm cxlv. 8.
339. And he smote the men of Beth-Shemeth, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people, fifty thousand and three score and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 1 Samuel vi. 19.
340. Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. Micah. vii. 18.
341. And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them. Deut. vii. 2.
342. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked; the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind, and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. Nahum i. 3.
343. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew xiii. 49, 50.
344. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Jer. xxxi. 34.
345. Behold all souls are mine, as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine; the soul that sinneth it shall die. Ezek. xviii. 4.
346. And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.