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* CatchPhrase: "What is this deed you have done?" is commonly used to mean "WhatTheHellHero" or "YouMonster".
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* WidowMistreatment: Mostly averted or inverted this trope, in a case of ValuesResonance. The Bible repeatedly forbids being cruel to widows and encourage its readers to take care of them and include them as valuable members in societal gatherings, and their mistreatment is considered a tragedy, a KickTheDog moment for the character who committed it or proof that its readers have strayed from God's path:
** ''Literature/BookOfExodus 22'': "You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you afflict them at all, and if they do cry out to Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless."
** ''[[Literature/BookOfExodus Book of Deuteronomy]] 24'': As one of the list of actions forbidden by a married man, he is not allowed to take over belongings that specifically belong to a widow.
** ''Literature/BookOfJob 24'': Job warns that anyone who wrong barren women or widows will be cursed by God to never be protected by God and thus will always be afraid of people coming after them.
** ''Literature/BookOfPsalms 94'': The narrator of the poem begs God to punish the enemies of the Jewish and Christians for oppressing them because their enemies committed heinous actions like "slay the widows".
** ''[[Literature/TheFourGospels Book of Mark]] 12'':
*** When the non-believers Sadducees ask Jesus about an imaginary case of a widow who married all 7 brothers and they all died before siring an heir, whose wife will she be when she is resurrected, Jesus told them that all 8 of them will be reborn and thus all of their marriages are annulled.
*** Jesus warned against the hypocritical scribes who dress lavishly and are honored by the community but behind doors he "devouring widows' house".
*** Jesus also lambasts the priests for their attitude toward the poor widow who can only put a single mite, the smallest possible coin, in the collection box. He points out that a rich man giving a thousand is still only emptying the small change out of his pocket, yet expecting praise for generosity. The widow is parting with money that would genuinely make a difference to her. Who, he asked, is showing more faith and making the bigger sacrifice?
** ''Literature/ActsOfTheApostles 6'': A major complaint of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews is that the latter overlooked widows in the daily serving of foods.
** ''Literature/BookOfExodus 22'': "You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. If you afflict them at all, and if they do cry out to Me, I will surely hear their cry; and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless."
** ''[[Literature/BookOfExodus Book of Deuteronomy]] 24'': As one of the list of actions forbidden by a married man, he is not allowed to take over belongings that specifically belong to a widow.
** ''Literature/BookOfJob 24'': Job warns that anyone who wrong barren women or widows will be cursed by God to never be protected by God and thus will always be afraid of people coming after them.
** ''Literature/BookOfPsalms 94'': The narrator of the poem begs God to punish the enemies of the Jewish and Christians for oppressing them because their enemies committed heinous actions like "slay the widows".
** ''[[Literature/TheFourGospels Book of Mark]] 12'':
*** When the non-believers Sadducees ask Jesus about an imaginary case of a widow who married all 7 brothers and they all died before siring an heir, whose wife will she be when she is resurrected, Jesus told them that all 8 of them will be reborn and thus all of their marriages are annulled.
*** Jesus warned against the hypocritical scribes who dress lavishly and are honored by the community but behind doors he "devouring widows' house".
*** Jesus also lambasts the priests for their attitude toward the poor widow who can only put a single mite, the smallest possible coin, in the collection box. He points out that a rich man giving a thousand is still only emptying the small change out of his pocket, yet expecting praise for generosity. The widow is parting with money that would genuinely make a difference to her. Who, he asked, is showing more faith and making the bigger sacrifice?
** ''Literature/ActsOfTheApostles 6'': A major complaint of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews is that the latter overlooked widows in the daily serving of foods.
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* Books of the Old [=Testament/The=] Tanakh:
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** Literature/BookOfJeremiahLiterature/BookOfJeremiah (also covers the Books of Lamentations and Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah)
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** Opinions vary on the [[IHaveManyNames Name]]. Several people are credited with knowing (and using) the big secret one, including Moses (to kill an Egyptain slave driver), Solomon (to enslave the demon king Ashmodai/Asmodeus), and various rabbinic sages (to create golems and other miracles).
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** Opinions vary on the [[IHaveManyNames Name]]. Several people are credited with knowing (and using) the big secret one, including Moses (to kill an Egyptain Egyptian slave driver), Solomon (to enslave the demon king Ashmodai/Asmodeus), and various rabbinic sages (to create golems and other miracles).
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** In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, where Tamar disguises herself as a shrine prostitute to sleep with her former father-in-law and becomes pregnant by him. At first, Judah sentences her to be burned to death for engaging in illicit sex... but she sends a messenger with the cord and seal that she had taken as "collateral," saying that the man who owns them is the father. Judah recognizes the {{MacGuffin}}s as his, and [[LastMinuteReprieve spares Tamar's life.]] He even says that she is more righteous than he is, because she had done her duty (perpetuating the lineage of her deceased husband) and Judah had not (he married his youngest son Shelah off to someone else, even though [[ValuesDissonance Shelah was supposed to marry Tamar to provide for her and father children on his dead brother's behalf]].) From then on, Tamar lives in Judah's household, raises the twins born from their sexual act and he provides for her and the kids as he would an actual wife (although they didn't have sex again.)
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** In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, where Tamar disguises herself as a shrine prostitute to sleep with her former father-in-law and becomes pregnant by him. At first, Judah sentences her to be burned to death for engaging in illicit sex... but she sends a messenger with the cord and seal that she had taken as "collateral," saying that the man who owns them is the father. Judah recognizes the {{MacGuffin}}s as his, and [[LastMinuteReprieve spares Tamar's life.]] He even says that she is more righteous than he is, because she had done her duty (perpetuating the lineage of her deceased husband) and Judah had not (he married his youngest son Shelah off to someone else, even though [[ValuesDissonance Shelah was supposed to marry Tamar to provide for her and father children on his dead brother's behalf]].behalf.) From then on, Tamar lives in Judah's household, raises the twins born from their sexual act and he provides for her and the kids as he would an actual wife (although they didn't have sex again.)
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* LostInTranslation: The Bible both averts and suffers from this. Most scholars agree that the Bible is "remarkably well-preserved" from translation to translation (we ''are'' talking about something that's incredibly SeriousBusiness for its copyists, after all). However, there's still cases where a word in the original Hebrew text isn't given a proper contextual translation; for example, the lost contexts involving ThouShaltNotKill and God [[MoreThanMindControl mind-controlling the Pharaoh]]. This leads to some serious misconceptions. Then there are groups like the King James Version Movement, who believe that a Modern English reading of the ''Early'' Modern English King James Version is ''the'' WordOfGod.
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* LostInTranslation: [[invoked]] The Bible both averts and suffers from this. Most scholars agree that the Bible is "remarkably well-preserved" from translation to translation (we ''are'' talking about something that's incredibly SeriousBusiness for its copyists, after all). However, there's still cases where a word in the original Hebrew text isn't given a proper contextual translation; for example, the lost contexts involving ThouShaltNotKill and God [[MoreThanMindControl mind-controlling the Pharaoh]]. This leads to some serious misconceptions. Then there are groups like the King James Version Movement, who believe that a Modern English reading of the ''Early'' Modern English King James Version is ''the'' WordOfGod.
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** The emperor Nero ordered Peter to be crucified, thus putting himself above Peter in a power dynamic. Peter asked to be crucified ''upside down'', thus outdoing Nero. (Doubles as TearJerker since Peter also did it because he believed himself unworthy of dying like Jesus)
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** The emperor Nero ordered Peter to be crucified, thus putting himself above Peter in a power dynamic. Peter asked to be crucified ''upside down'', thus outdoing Nero. (Doubles as TearJerker since Peter also did it because he believed himself unworthy of dying like Jesus)
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%%* OutDamnedSpot: Pontius Pilate
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* WiseSerpent:
** In Genesis 3 the Serpent is described as being craftier than any of the wild animals God created. In the same book, Lucifer takes the form of a snake to trick Eve into eating the forbidden fruit.
** In Mathew 10:16 Jesus advises his followers to "be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
** In Genesis 3 the Serpent is described as being craftier than any of the wild animals God created. In the same book, Lucifer takes the form of a snake to trick Eve into eating the forbidden fruit.
** In Mathew 10:16 Jesus advises his followers to "be wise as serpents and innocent as doves."
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Several passages in the books of Joshua and Judges portray the Canaanites with iron chariots. The Hebrews had a hard time fighting them, but they were still able to take over the hill country they wanted. Nevertheless, the idea that an army with God's will can't overcome iron chariots is very popular among FanHaters.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Several passages in the books of Joshua and Judges portray the Canaanites with iron chariots. The Hebrews had a hard time fighting them, but they were still able to take over the hill country they wanted. Nevertheless, the idea that an army with God's will can't overcome iron chariots is very popular among FanHaters.{{Fan Hater}}s.
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* ConfoundThemWithKindness: Proverbs 25:21, 22 says "If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you." A common interpretation of this passage is that kindness is the best revenge, because it makes your enemy uncomfortable without you having to do anything immoral.
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** "To know" [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow That's what they called it back then.]]
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** "To know" [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow That's is [[SexualEuphemism what they called it having sex back then.]]
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%%* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Solomon and one of his wives, as recorded in Song of Solomon.
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* AmicableAnts: The Book of Proverbs contains the quote "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise"-- effectively imploring one to emulate ants in their industriousness.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Jesus' character tends to vary quite a bit depending on who's describing him.
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* RashPromise:
** [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis]]:
*** When Esau returns from a hunt and is famished, he foolishly oaths away his birthright as the eldest son in exchange for his younger brother Jacob cooking him soup.
*** After Jacob's wife Rachel steals her father Laban's household idols, Laban catches up to them and demands them back. Not knowing who stole them, Jacob vows that whoever is the thief is will be put to death. Fortunately for he and Rachel, Laban doesn't find them.
** In the Literature/BookOfJudges, the Israelite general Jephthah vows, if he defeats the Ammonites, to sacrifice the first thing that comes out of his house when he gets home. It turns out to be his daughter. (Note that Jewish scholars disagree about whether the story implies that he literally kills her.)
** The Literature/BookOfProverbs says, "It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows." (Proverbs 20:25)
** Per [[Literature/TheFourGospels the Gospels]], King Herod was so enticed by the dancing girl Salome he told her to ask him for anything she wanted. The queen told Salome to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter, which the king was particularly reluctant to give as he appreciated John's teachings. Nevertheless, he gave the order for the execution.
** [[Literature/BookOfGenesis Genesis]]:
*** When Esau returns from a hunt and is famished, he foolishly oaths away his birthright as the eldest son in exchange for his younger brother Jacob cooking him soup.
*** After Jacob's wife Rachel steals her father Laban's household idols, Laban catches up to them and demands them back. Not knowing who stole them, Jacob vows that whoever is the thief is will be put to death. Fortunately for he and Rachel, Laban doesn't find them.
** In the Literature/BookOfJudges, the Israelite general Jephthah vows, if he defeats the Ammonites, to sacrifice the first thing that comes out of his house when he gets home. It turns out to be his daughter. (Note that Jewish scholars disagree about whether the story implies that he literally kills her.)
** The Literature/BookOfProverbs says, "It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows." (Proverbs 20:25)
** Per [[Literature/TheFourGospels the Gospels]], King Herod was so enticed by the dancing girl Salome he told her to ask him for anything she wanted. The queen told Salome to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter, which the king was particularly reluctant to give as he appreciated John's teachings. Nevertheless, he gave the order for the execution.
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* HumansAreBastards: Humanity's ''thoughts'' were bad enough to drive an omnibenevolent being to attempt [[KillEmAll omnicide]]. He drowned around 30 million people before he forgave humanity while sparing a family that was still faithful to him and thus, not as corrupt.
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* HumansAreBastards: Humanity's ''thoughts'' were bad enough to drive an omnibenevolent being to attempt [[KillEmAll [[KillAllHumans omnicide]]. He drowned around 30 million people before he forgave humanity while sparing a family that was still faithful to him and thus, not as corrupt.
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%%** Many cases in the Old Testament.
%%** The DistantFinale, Revelation; possibly the most literal application of "KillEmAll and let God sort 'em out" ever.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are dozens of books written over a period of many centuries, and some of them include genealogies or history.
