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Only Love Can Defeat Terrorism

Gilead is a city of evildoers and defiled with blood. As
bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of
priests murder on the way to Shechem; surely they
commit lewdness. (Hosea 6, 8-9)

The merciful man does good for his own soul, but he
who is cruel troubles his
own flesh... But
he who sows
righteousness
will have a sure
reward. As
righteousness
leads to life, so he

who pursues evil
pursues it to his own death... The wicked will not go
unpunished; but the posterity of the righteous will be
delivered. (Proverbs 11, 17-21)
An ungodly man digs up evil, and it is on his lips like a
burning fire. A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer
separates the best of friends. A violent man entices his
neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good... He who
is slow to anger is better than the mighty. . . (Proverbs 16,
27-32)

The Lord is far from the wicked... (Proverbs 15, 29)
The Torah describes in considerable detail the deeds of
people who did evil and acted tyrannically, making it clear
that the wicked will receive their just deserts. But it also states

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