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Occurrences: 2190 times in 1835 verses

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:1

Gen 3:1 - The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”

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Gen 3:3 - “It's only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.'”

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Gen 3:11 - “Who told you that you were naked?” the LORD God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”

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Gen 3:17 - And to the man he said,
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 4:7

Gen 4:7 - You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”

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Gen 4:9 - Afterward the LORD asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?”
“I don't know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother's guardian?”

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Gen 4:15 - The LORD replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.

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Gen 6:3 - Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not put up with[fn] humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”

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Gen 7:2 - Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice,[fn] and take one pair of each of the others.

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Gen 7:3 - Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.

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Gen 7:8 - With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:7

Gen 11:7 - Come, let's go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won't be able to understand each other.”

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Gen 13:8 - Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!

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Gen 14:23 - that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'

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Gen 15:1 - Some time later, the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.”

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Gen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.

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Gen 18:3 - “My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.

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Gen 18:14 - Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

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Gen 18:17 - “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the LORD asked.

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Gen 18:23 - Abraham approached him and said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous and the wicked?

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Gen 18:28 - Suppose there are only forty-five righteous people rather than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?”
And the LORD said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five righteous people there.”

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Gen 18:29 - Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are only forty?”
And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.”

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Gen 18:30 - “Please don't be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me speak—suppose only thirty righteous people are found?”
And the LORD replied, “I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”

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Gen 18:31 - Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?”
And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

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Gen 18:32 - Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don't be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?”
And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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Gen 19:7 - “Please, my brothers,” he begged, “don't do such a wicked thing.

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Gen 19:8 - Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”

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Gen 19:9 - “Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he's acting like our judge! We'll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.

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Gen 19:15 - At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:17

Gen 19:17 - When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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Gen 19:19 - “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.

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Gen 19:21 - “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.

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Gen 20:6 - In the dream God responded, “Yes, I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

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Gen 20:7 - Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don't return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

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Gen 21:12 - But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.

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Gen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[fn] away. “I don't want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.

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Gen 21:17 - But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what's wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

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Gen 21:23 - “Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:12

Gen 22:12 - “Don't lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:3

Gen 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Gen 24:6 - “No!” Abraham responded. “Be careful never to take my son there.

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Gen 24:8 - If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”

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Gen 24:33 - Then food was served. But Abraham's servant said, “I don't want to eat until I have told you why I have come.”
“All right,” Laban said, “tell us.”

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Gen 24:56 - But he said, “Don't delay me. The LORD has made my mission successful; now send me back so I can return to my master.”

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Gen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.

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Gen 26:24 - where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:29

Gen 26:29 - Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the LORD has blessed you!”

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Gen 27:38 - Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:13

Gen 28:13 - At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:2

Gen 30:2 - Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. “Am I God?” he asked. “He's the one who has kept you from having children!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:15

Gen 30:15 - But Leah angrily replied, “Wasn't it enough that you stole my husband? Now will you steal my son's mandrakes, too?”
Rachel answered, “I will let Jacob sleep with you tonight if you give me some of the mandrakes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Gen 30:33 - In the future, when you check on the animals you have given me as my wages, you'll see that I have been honest. If you find in my flock any goats without speckles or spots, or any sheep that are not black, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:14

Gen 31:14 - Rachel and Leah responded, “That's fine with us! We won't inherit any of our father's wealth anyway.

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Gen 31:20 - Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:35

Gen 31:35 - she said to her father, “Please, sir, forgive me if I don't get up for you. I'm having my monthly period.” So Laban continued his search, but he could not find the household idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Gen 31:42 - In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac[fn]—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:52

Gen 31:52 - They stand between us as witnesses of our vows. I will never pass this pile of stones to harm you, and you must never pass these stones or this monument to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:32

Gen 32:32 - (Even today the people of Israel don't eat the tendon near the hip socket because of what happened that night when the man strained the tendon of Jacob's hip.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:17

Gen 34:17 - But if you don't agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:8

Gen 37:8 - His brothers responded, “So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:22

Gen 37:22 - “Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:27

Gen 37:27 - Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:9

Gen 38:9 - But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother's wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:22

Gen 38:22 - So Hirah returned to Judah and told him, “I couldn't find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they've never had a shrine prostitute there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:38

Gen 41:38 - So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:2

Gen 42:2 - I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwise we'll die.”

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Gen 42:15 - This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here!

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Gen 42:22 - “Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn't listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”

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Gen 42:37 - Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don't bring Benjamin back to you. I'll be responsible for him, and I promise to bring him back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:3

Gen 43:3 - But Judah said, “The man was serious when he warned us, ‘You won't see my face again unless your brother is with you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:5

Gen 43:5 - But if you don't let Benjamin go, we won't go either. Remember, the man said, ‘You won't see my face again unless your brother is with you.'”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:7

Gen 43:7 - “The man kept asking us questions about our family,” they replied. “He asked, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered his questions. How could we know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here'?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Gen 43:8 - Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation—and not only we, but you and our little ones.

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Gen 43:9 - I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don't bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:10

Gen 43:10 - If we hadn't wasted all this time, we could have gone and returned twice by now.”

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Gen 43:23 - “Relax. Don't be afraid,” the household manager told them. “Your God, the God of your father, must have put this treasure into your sacks. I know I received your payment.” Then he released Simeon and brought him out to them.

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Gen 44:7 - “What are you talking about?” the brothers responded. “We are your servants and would never do such a thing!

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Gen 44:18 - Then Judah stepped forward and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.

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Gen 44:23 - But you told us, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you will never see my face again.'

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Gen 44:26 - we replied, ‘We can't go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We'll never get to see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:30

Gen 44:30 - “And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father's life is bound up in the boy's life.

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Gen 44:31 - If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.

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Gen 44:32 - My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.'

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Gen 44:34 - For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”

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Gen 45:5 - But don't be upset, and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.

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Gen 45:9 - “Now hurry back to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me master over all the land of Egypt. So come down to me immediately!

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Gen 45:11 - I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you, your household, and all your animals will starve.'”

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Gen 45:20 - Don't worry about your personal belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'”

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Gen 45:24 - So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they left, he called after them, “Don't quarrel about all this along the way!”

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Gen 46:3 - “I am God,[fn] the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.

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Gen 47:19 - Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:4

Gen 49:4 - But you are as unruly as a flood,
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.

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Gen 49:6 - May I never join in their meetings;
may I never be a party to their plans.
For in their anger they murdered men,
and they crippled oxen just for sport.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:19

Gen 50:19 - But Joseph replied, “Don't be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you?

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Gen 50:21 - No, don't be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.

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Exo 2:14 - The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?”
Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.”

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Exo 3:5 - “Do not come any closer,” the LORD warned. “Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.

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Exo 3:19 - “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand forces him.[fn]

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Exo 4:1 - But Moses protested again, “What if they won't believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The LORD never appeared to you'?”

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Exo 4:8 - The LORD said to Moses, “If they do not believe you and are not convinced by the first miraculous sign, they will be convinced by the second sign.

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Exo 4:9 - And if they don't believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”

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Exo 4:21 - And the LORD told Moses, “When you arrive back in Egypt, go to Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go.

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Exo 4:23 - I commanded you, “Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!'”

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Exo 5:5 - Look, there are many of your people in the land, and you are stopping them from their work.”

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Exo 5:9 - Load them down with more work. Make them sweat! That will teach them to listen to lies!”

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Exo 7:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh's heart is stubborn,[fn] and he still refuses to let the people go.

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Exo 8:2 - If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.

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Exo 8:21 - If you refuse, then I will send swarms of flies on you, your officials, your people, and all the houses. The Egyptian homes will be filled with flies, and the ground will be covered with them.

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Exo 8:29 - Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will disappear from you and your officials and all your people. But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don't lie to us again and refuse to let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”

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Exo 9:2 - If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,

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Exo 9:17 - But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go.

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Exo 9:19 - Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or animal left outside will die when the hail falls.'”

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Exo 9:21 - But those who paid no attention to the word of the LORD left theirs out in the open.

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Exo 10:4 - If you refuse, watch out! For tomorrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on your country.

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Exo 10:10 - Pharaoh retorted, “The LORD will certainly need to be with you if I let you take your little ones! I can see through your evil plan.

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Exo 10:11 - Never! Only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you requested.” And Pharaoh threw them out of the palace.

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Exo 12:4 - If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.

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Exo 13:13 - A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the LORD by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son.

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Exo 14:5 - When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.

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Exo 14:11 - and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren't there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?

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Exo 19:15 - He told them, “Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”

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Exo 19:24 - But the LORD said, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break through to approach the LORD, or he will break out and destroy them.”

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Exo 20:5 - You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

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Exo 20:7 - “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

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Exo 20:19 - And they said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us, or we will die!”

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Exo 20:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning!”

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Exo 20:26 - And do not approach my altar by going up steps. If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness.

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Exo 21:8 - If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.

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Exo 21:11 - If he fails in any of these three obligations, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment.

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Exo 21:18 - “Now suppose two men quarrel, and one hits the other with a stone or fist, and the injured person does not die but is confined to bed.

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Exo 21:22 - “Now suppose two men are fighting, and in the process they accidentally strike a pregnant woman so she gives birth prematurely.[fn] If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the amount of compensation the woman's husband demands and the judges approve.

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Exo 21:29 - But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death.

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Exo 21:33 - “Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then an ox or a donkey falls into it.

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Exo 21:36 - But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.

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Exo 22:3 - But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.
“A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.

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Exo 22:8 - But if the thief is not caught, the neighbor must appear before God,[fn] who will determine if he stole the property.

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Exo 22:11 - The neighbor must then take an oath in the presence of the LORD. If the LORD confirms that the neighbor did not steal the property, the owner must accept the verdict, and no payment will be required.

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Exo 22:14 - “If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it is injured or dies when the owner is absent, the person who borrowed it must pay full compensation.

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Exo 22:17 - But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount equal to the bride price of a virgin.

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Exo 22:21 - “You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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Exo 23:13 - “Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.

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Exo 23:18 - “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next morning.

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Exo 23:21 - Pay close attention to him, and obey his instructions. Do not rebel against him, for he is my representative, and he will not forgive your rebellion.

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Exo 23:24 - You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any way or imitate their evil practices. Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars.

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Exo 23:29 - But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals would multiply and threaten you.

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Exo 23:33 - They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me. If you serve their gods, you will be caught in the trap of idolatry.”

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Exo 28:32 - with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. Reinforce the opening with a woven collar[fn] so it will not tear.

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Exo 28:35 - Aaron will wear this robe whenever he ministers before the LORD, and the bells will tinkle as he goes in and out of the LORD's presence in the Holy Place. If he wears it, he will not die.

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Exo 28:43 - These must be worn whenever Aaron and his sons enter the Tabernacle[fn] or approach the altar in the Holy Place to perform their priestly duties. Then they will not incur guilt and die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and all his descendants after him.

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Exo 30:20 - They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die!

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Exo 30:21 - They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”

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Exo 32:22 - “Don't get so upset, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know how evil these people are.

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Exo 33:3 - Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”

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Exo 33:5 - For the LORD had told Moses to tell them, “You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.”

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Exo 33:15 - Then Moses said, “If you don't personally go with us, don't make us leave this place.

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Exo 33:20 - But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.”

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Exo 34:3 - No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain.”

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Exo 34:14 - You must worship no other gods, for the LORD, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.

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Exo 34:20 - A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the LORD by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son.
“No one may appear before me without an offering.

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Exo 39:21 - They attached the bottom rings of the chestpiece to the rings on the ephod with blue cords. In this way, the chestpiece was held securely to the ephod above the decorative sash. All this was done just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 40:37 - But if the cloud did not rise, they remained where they were until it lifted.

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Lev 5:1 - “If you are called to testify about something you have seen or that you know about, it is sinful to refuse to testify, and you will be punished for your sin.

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Lev 5:7 - “But if you cannot afford to bring a sheep, you may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as the penalty for your sin. One of the birds will be for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

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Lev 5:11 - “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts[fn] of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.

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Lev 7:10 - All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

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Lev 8:35 - Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the LORD requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the LORD has commanded.”

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Lev 10:6 - Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not show grief by leaving your hair uncombed[fn] or by tearing your clothes. If you do, you will die, and the LORD's anger will strike the whole community of Israel. However, the rest of the Israelites, your relatives, may mourn because of the LORD's fiery destruction of Nadab and Abihu.

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Lev 10:7 - But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] or you will die, for you have been anointed with the LORD's anointing oil.” So they did as Moses commanded.

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Lev 10:9 - “You and your descendants must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink before going into the Tabernacle. If you do, you will die. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.

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Lev 10:19 - Then Aaron answered Moses, “Today my sons presented both their sin offering and their burnt offering to the LORD. And yet this tragedy has happened to me. If I had eaten the people's sin offering on such a tragic day as this, would the LORD have been pleased?”

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Lev 11:43 - Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.

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Lev 11:47 - By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten.”

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Lev 12:8 - “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.”

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Lev 13:4 - “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.

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Lev 13:21 - But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.

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Lev 13:23 - But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.

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Lev 13:26 - But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.

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Lev 13:28 - But if the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a swelling from the burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.

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Lev 13:53 - “But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has not spread in the clothing, the fabric, or the leather,

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Lev 13:55 - Then the priest must examine the object again. If he finds that the contaminated area has not changed color after being washed, even if it did not spread, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether the contaminated spot[fn] is on the inside or outside.

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Lev 14:21 - “But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.

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Lev 14:32 - These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.”

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Lev 14:36 - Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.

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Lev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.

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Lev 17:4 - instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] to present it as an offering to the LORD, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.[fn] Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.

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Lev 17:9 - but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.

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Lev 17:16 - But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin.”

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Lev 18:24 - “Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for the people I am driving out before you have defiled themselves in all these ways.

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Lev 18:28 - So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.

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Lev 18:30 - So obey my instructions, and do not defile yourselves by committing any of these detestable practices that were committed by the people who lived in the land before you. I am the LORD your God.”

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Lev 19:13 - “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
“Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.

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Lev 19:26 - “Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.
“Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.

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Lev 20:4 - And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,

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Lev 20:22 - “You must keep all my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you as your new home will vomit you out.

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Lev 21:3 - or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.

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Lev 22:6 - The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.

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Lev 22:9 - “The priests must follow my instructions carefully. Otherwise they will be punished for their sin and will die for violating my instructions. I am the LORD who makes them holy.

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Lev 22:13 - But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father's home as in her youth, she may eat her father's food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offerings.

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Lev 23:29 - All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God's people.

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Lev 25:14 - “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.

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Lev 25:17 - Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the LORD your God.

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Lev 25:20 - But you might ask, ‘What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?'

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Lev 25:26 - If there is no close relative to buy the land, but the person who sold it gets enough money to buy it back,

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Lev 25:28 - But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.

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Lev 25:30 - But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.

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Lev 25:54 - If any Israelites have not been bought back by the time the Year of Jubilee arrives, they and their children must be set free at that time.

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Lev 26:14 - “However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands,

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Lev 26:15 - and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands,

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Lev 26:18 - “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.

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Lev 26:21 - “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.

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Lev 26:23 - “And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me,

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Lev 26:26 - I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

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Lev 26:27 - “If in spite of all this you still refuse to listen and still remain hostile toward me,

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Lev 26:31 - I will make your cities desolate and destroy your places of pagan worship. I will take no pleasure in your offerings that should be a pleasing aroma to me.

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Lev 27:20 - But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back.

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Lev 27:27 - However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest's assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value.

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Num 4:15 - The camp will be ready to move when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the sacred articles. The Kohathites will come and carry these things to the next destination. But they must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die. So these are the things from the Tabernacle that the Kohathites must carry.

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Num 4:18 - “Do not let the Kohathite clans be destroyed from among the Levites!

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Num 4:19 - This is what you must do so they will live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects. Aaron and his sons must always go in with them and assign a specific duty or load to each person.

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Num 4:20 - The Kohathites must never enter the sanctuary to look at the sacred objects for even a moment, or they will die.”

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Num 5:3 - This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I live among them.”

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Num 5:8 - But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can be made, the payment belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest. Those who are guilty must also bring a ram as a sacrifice, and they will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]

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Num 5:13 - and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.

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Num 5:14 - If her husband becomes jealous and is suspicious of his wife and needs to know whether or not she has defiled herself,

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Num 5:19 - The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband's authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.

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Num 5:28 - But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to have children.

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Num 9:7 - and said, “We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the LORD's offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”

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Num 9:19 - If the cloud remained over the Tabernacle for a long time, the Israelites stayed and performed their duty to the LORD.

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Num 9:22 - Whether the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle for two days, a month, or a year, the people of Israel stayed in camp and did not move on. But as soon as it lifted, they broke camp and moved on.

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Num 10:31 - “Please don't leave us,” Moses pleaded. “You know the places in the wilderness where we should camp. Come, be our guide.

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Num 11:12 - Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?

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Num 11:15 - If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”

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Num 11:22 - Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough?”

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Num 11:23 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!”

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Num 11:29 - But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them all!”

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Num 12:2 - They said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he spoken through us, too?” But the LORD heard them.

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Num 12:11 - he cried out to Moses, “Oh, my master! Please don't punish us for this sin we have so foolishly committed.

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Num 12:12 - Don't let her be like a stillborn baby, already decayed at birth.”

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Num 13:31 - But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can't go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”

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Num 14:9 - Do not rebel against the LORD, and don't be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don't be afraid of them!”

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Num 14:16 - ‘The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.'

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Num 14:42 - Do not go up into the land now. You will only be crushed by your enemies because the LORD is not with you.

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Num 15:22 - “But suppose you unintentionally fail to carry out all these commands that the LORD has given you through Moses.

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Num 16:9 - Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the LORD's Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?

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Num 16:13 - Isn't it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?

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Num 16:15 - Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them.”

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Num 16:26 - “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”

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Num 16:40 - This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person—no one who was not a descendant of Aaron—should ever enter the LORD's presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the LORD's instructions to Moses were carried out.

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Num 17:10 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Place Aaron's staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant[fn] to serve as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths.”

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Num 18:32 - You will not be considered guilty for accepting the LORD's tithes if you give the best portion to the priests. But be careful not to treat the holy gifts of the people of Israel as though they were common. If you do, you will die.”

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Num 19:12 - They must purify themselves on the third and seventh days with the water of purification; then they will be purified. But if they do not do this on the third and seventh days, they will continue to be unclean even after the seventh day.

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Num 19:13 - All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the LORD's Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.

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Num 19:20 - “But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut off from the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled.

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Num 20:10 - Then he and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock. “Listen, you rebels!” he shouted. “Must we bring you water from this rock?”

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Num 20:24 - “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.

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Num 21:34 - The LORD said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”

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Num 21:35 - And Israel killed King Og, his sons, and all his subjects; not a single survivor remained. Then Israel occupied their land.

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Num 22:16 - They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don't let anything stop you from coming to help me.

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Num 22:30 - “But I am the same donkey you have ridden all your life,” the donkey answered. “Have I ever done anything like this before?”
“No,” Balaam admitted.

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Num 22:33 - Three times the donkey saw me and shied away; otherwise, I would certainly have killed you by now and spared the donkey.”

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Num 23:8 - But how can I curse those
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the LORD has not condemned?

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Num 23:13 - Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!”

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Num 23:20 - Listen, I received a command to bless;
God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!

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Num 23:25 - Then Balak said to Balaam, “Fine, but if you won't curse them, at least don't bless them!”

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Num 27:4 - Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan just because he had no sons? Give us property along with the rest of our relatives.”

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Num 27:8 - “And give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If a man dies and has no son, then give his inheritance to his daughters.

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Num 27:9 - And if he has no daughter either, transfer his inheritance to his brothers.

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Num 27:10 - If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

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Num 27:11 - But if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan. This is a legal requirement for the people of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”

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Num 30:11 - If her husband hears of it and does not object to it, her vow or pledge will stand.

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Num 31:23 - that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.

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Num 32:5 - If we have found favor with you, please let us have this land as our property instead of giving us land across the Jordan River.”

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Num 32:7 - “Why do you want to discourage the rest of the people of Israel from going across to the land the LORD has given them?

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Num 32:9 - After they went up to the valley of Eshcol and explored the land, they discouraged the people of Israel from entering the land the LORD was giving them.

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Num 32:18 - We will not return to our homes until all the people of Israel have received their portions of land.

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Num 32:23 - But if you fail to keep your word, then you will have sinned against the LORD, and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

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Num 32:30 - But if they refuse to arm themselves and cross over with you, then they must accept land with the rest of you in the land of Canaan.”

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Num 33:55 - But if you fail to drive out the people who live in the land, those who remain will be like splinters in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in the land where you live.

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Num 35:12 - These cities will be places of protection from a dead person's relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.

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Num 35:33 - This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.[fn]

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Deu 1:17 - and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'

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Deu 1:21 - Look! He has placed the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Don't be afraid! Don't be discouraged!'

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Deu 1:29 - “But I said to you, ‘Don't be shocked or afraid of them!

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Deu 1:37 - “And the LORD was also angry with me because of you. He said to me, ‘Moses, not even you will enter the Promised Land!

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Deu 1:42 - “But the LORD told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.'

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Deu 2:5 - Do not bother them, for I have given them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property, and I will not give you even one square foot of their land.

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Deu 2:9 - the LORD warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'”

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Deu 2:19 - and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'”

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Deu 3:2 - But the LORD told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.'

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Deu 3:3 - “So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.

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Deu 3:26 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That's enough!' he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.

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Deu 4:9 - “But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren.

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Deu 4:16 - So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman,

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Deu 4:19 - And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don't be seduced into worshiping them. The LORD your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.

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Deu 4:21 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River into the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.

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Deu 4:23 - So be careful not to break the covenant the LORD your God has made with you. Do not make idols of any shape or form, for the LORD your God has forbidden this.

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Deu 4:28 - There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

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Deu 4:31 - For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.

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Deu 5:9 - You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

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Deu 5:11 - “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

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Deu 5:25 - But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.

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Deu 6:12 - be careful not to forget the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.

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Deu 6:15 - for the LORD your God, who lives among you, is a jealous God. His anger will flare up against you, and he will wipe you from the face of the earth.

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Deu 7:2 - When the LORD your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy[fn] them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.

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Deu 7:3 - You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,

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Deu 7:22 - The LORD your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you.

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Deu 7:25 - “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

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Deu 8:11 - “But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the LORD your God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.

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Deu 8:12 - For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,

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Deu 8:17 - He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.'

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Deu 9:4 - “After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, ‘The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.

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Deu 9:7 - “Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.

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Deu 9:26 - I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.

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Deu 9:27 - Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Deu 9:28 - If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, “The Israelites died because the LORD wasn't able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.” Or they might say, “He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.”

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Deu 10:17 - “For the LORD your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.

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Deu 11:16 - “But be careful. Don't let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the LORD and serve and worship other gods.

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Deu 11:28 - But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the LORD your God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known before.

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Deu 12:13 - Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings just anywhere you like.

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Deu 12:19 - And be very careful never to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.

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Deu 12:23 - But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.

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Deu 12:30 - do not fall into the trap of following their customs and worshiping their gods. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.'

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Deu 13:8 - But do not give in or listen. Have no pity, and do not spare or protect them.

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Deu 14:24 - “Now when the LORD your God blesses you with a good harvest, the place of worship he chooses for his name to be honored might be too far for you to bring the tithe.

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Deu 15:7 - “But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.

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Deu 15:9 - Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin.

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Deu 15:11 - There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

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Deu 15:19 - “You must set aside for the LORD your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks.

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Deu 17:12 - Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.

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Deu 17:16 - “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the LORD has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.'

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Deu 17:20 - This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.

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Deu 18:16 - For this is what you yourselves requested of the LORD your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai.[fn] You said, ‘Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.'

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Deu 18:19 - I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.

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Deu 18:22 - If the prophet speaks in the LORD's name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the LORD did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.

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Deu 19:6 - “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died.

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Deu 20:3 - He will say to them, ‘Listen to me, all you men of Israel! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight your enemies today! Do not lose heart or panic or tremble before them.

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Deu 20:5 - “Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say, ‘Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house.

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Deu 20:6 - Has anyone here just planted a vineyard but not yet eaten any of its fruit? If so, you may go home! You might die in battle, and someone else would eat the first fruit.

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Deu 20:7 - Has anyone here just become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? Well, you may go home and get married! You might die in the battle, and someone else would marry her.'

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Deu 20:8 - “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.'

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Deu 20:12 - But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.

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Deu 20:18 - This will prevent the people of the land from teaching you to imitate their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the LORD your God.

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Deu 20:19 - “When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?

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Deu 21:8 - O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.' Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person's blood.

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Deu 21:14 - But if you marry her and she does not please you, you must let her go free. You may not sell her or treat her as a slave, for you have humiliated her.

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Deu 21:18 - “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him.

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Deu 22:1 - “If you see your neighbor's ox or sheep or goat wandering away, don't ignore your responsibility.[fn] Take it back to its owner.

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Deu 22:2 - If its owner does not live nearby or you don't know who the owner is, take it to your place and keep it until the owner comes looking for it. Then you must return it.

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Deu 22:4 - “If you see that your neighbor's donkey or ox has collapsed on the road, do not look the other way. Go and help your neighbor get it back on its feet!

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Deu 22:5 - “A woman must not put on men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing. Anyone who does this is detestable in the sight of the LORD your God.

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Deu 22:9 - “You must not plant any other crop between the rows of your vineyard. If you do, you are forbidden to use either the grapes from the vineyard or the other crop.

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Deu 22:20 - “But suppose the man's accusations are true, and he can show that she was not a virgin.

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Deu 23:4 - These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.

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Deu 23:22 - However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.

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Deu 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.

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Deu 24:1 - “Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes her a letter of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.

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Deu 25:5 - “If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.

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Deu 25:7 - “But if the man refuses to marry his brother's widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.'

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Deu 25:19 - Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!

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Deu 28:13 - If you listen to these commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.

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Deu 28:15 - “But if you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:

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Deu 28:27 - “The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

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Deu 28:35 - The LORD will cover your knees and legs with incurable boils. In fact, you will be covered from head to foot.

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Deu 28:51 - Its armies will devour your livestock and crops, and you will be destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, olive oil, calves, or lambs, and you will starve to death.

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Deu 28:55 - He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

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Deu 28:58 - “If you refuse to obey all the words of instruction that are written in this book, and if you do not fear the glorious and awesome name of the LORD your God,

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Deu 28:61 - The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.

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Deu 28:65 - There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the LORD will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.

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Deu 29:15 - I am making this covenant both with you who stand here today in the presence of the LORD our God, and also with the future generations who are not standing here today.

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Deu 29:19 - “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.' This would lead to utter ruin!

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Deu 29:20 - The LORD will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.

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Deu 29:23 - They will exclaim, ‘The whole land is devastated by sulfur and salt. It is a wasteland with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It is like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his intense anger.'

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Deu 30:17 - “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods,

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Deu 30:18 - then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.

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Deu 31:6 - So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

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Deu 31:8 - Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

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Deu 31:21 - And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”

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Deu 32:27 - But I feared the taunt of Israel's enemy,
who might misunderstand and say,
“Our own power has triumphed!
The LORD had nothing to do with this!”'

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Deu 32:30 - How could one person chase a thousand of them,
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the LORD had given them up?

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Deu 33:6 - Moses said this about the tribe of Reuben:[fn]
“Let the tribe of Reuben live and not die out,
though they are few in number.”

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Deu 33:11 - Bless the ministry of the Levites, O LORD,
and accept all the work of their hands.
Hit their enemies where it hurts the most;
strike down their foes so they never rise again.”

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Jos 1:9 - This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Jos 1:18 - Anyone who rebels against your orders and does not obey your words and everything you command will be put to death. So be strong and courageous!”

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Jos 2:16 - “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.”

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Jos 3:4 - Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about a half mile[fn] behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don't come any closer.”

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Jos 5:6 - The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the LORD, and the LORD vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Jos 6:10 - “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”

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Jos 7:3 - When they returned, they told Joshua, “There's no need for all of us to go up there; it won't take more than two or three thousand men to attack Ai. Since there are so few of them, don't make all our people struggle to go up there.”

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Jos 7:12 - That is why the Israelites are running from their enemies in defeat. For now Israel itself has been set apart for destruction. I will not remain with you any longer unless you destroy the things among you that were set apart for destruction.

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Jos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don't hide it from me.”

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Jos 8:1 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take all your fighting men and attack Ai, for I have given you the king of Ai, his people, his town, and his land.

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Jos 8:4 - with these orders: “Hide in ambush close behind the town and be ready for action.

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Jos 8:22 - Meanwhile, the Israelites who were inside the town came out and attacked the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in the middle, with Israelite fighters on both sides. Israel attacked them, and not a single person survived or escaped.

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Jos 9:7 - The Israelites replied to these Hivites, “How do we know you don't live nearby? For if you do, we cannot make a treaty with you.”

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Jos 9:23 - May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”

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Jos 10:6 - The men of Gibeon quickly sent messengers to Joshua at his camp in Gilgal. “Don't abandon your servants now!” they pleaded. “Come at once! Save us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings who live in the hill country have joined forces to attack us.”

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Jos 10:8 - “Do not be afraid of them,” the LORD said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you.”

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Jos 10:19 - The rest of you continue chasing the enemy and cut them down from the rear. Don't give them a chance to get back to their towns, for the LORD your God has given you victory over them.”

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Jos 10:25 - “Don't ever be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua told his men. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD is going to do this to all of your enemies.”

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Jos 10:33 - During the attack on Lachish, King Horam of Gezer arrived with his army to help defend the town. But Joshua's men killed him and his army, leaving no survivors.

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Jos 11:6 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”

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Jos 11:8 - And the LORD gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.

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Jos 11:20 - For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Jos 20:9 - These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the local assembly.

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Jos 22:17 - Was our sin at Peor not enough? To this day we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that struck the entire community of the LORD.

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Jos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD's land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.

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Jos 22:20 - Didn't divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the LORD[fn]? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”

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Jos 22:22 - “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the LORD. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.

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Jos 22:24 - “The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, ‘What right do you have to worship the LORD, the God of Israel?

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Jos 22:25 - The LORD has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no claim to the LORD.' So your descendants may prevent our descendants from worshiping the LORD.

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Jos 22:29 - Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD or turn away from him by building our own altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices. Only the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of the Tabernacle may be used for that purpose.”

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Jos 23:6 - “So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.

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Jos 23:7 - Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.

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Jos 23:13 - then know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

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Jos 24:15 - But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”

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Jos 24:16 - The people replied, “We would never abandon the LORD and serve other gods.

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Jos 24:19 - Then Joshua warned the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy and jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

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Jdg 2:2 - For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this?

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Jdg 2:23 - That is why the LORD left those nations in place. He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.

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Jdg 3:1 - These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.

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Jdg 4:8 - Barak told her, “I will go, but only if you go with me.”

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Jdg 4:18 - Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come into my tent, sir. Come in. Don't be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

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Jdg 6:18 - Don't go away until I come back and bring my offering to you.”
He answered, “I will stay here until you return.”

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Jdg 6:23 - “It is all right,” the LORD replied. “Do not be afraid. You will not die.”

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Jdg 6:27 - So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father's household and the people of the town.

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Jdg 6:31 - But Joash shouted to the mob that confronted him, “Why are you defending Baal? Will you argue his case? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal truly is a god, let him defend himself and destroy the one who broke down his altar!”

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Jdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Please don't be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”

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Jdg 7:2 - The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength.

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Jdg 8:1 - Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us this way? Why didn't you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” And they argued heatedly with Gideon.

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Jdg 8:6 - But the officials of Succoth replied, “Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your army.”

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Jdg 8:15 - Gideon then returned to Succoth and said to the leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you taunted me, saying, ‘Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your exhausted army.'”

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Jdg 9:41 - Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

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Jdg 11:10 - “The LORD is our witness,” the elders replied. “We promise to do whatever you say.”

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Jdg 11:25 - Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?

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Jdg 12:5 - Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. “Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said, “No, I'm not,”

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Jdg 13:4 - So be careful; you must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food.[fn]

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Jdg 13:7 - But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink nor eat any forbidden food. For your son will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the moment of his birth until the day of his death.'”

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Jdg 13:14 - She must not eat grapes or raisins, drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, or eat any forbidden food.”

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Jdg 14:3 - His father and mother objected. “Isn't there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”
But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”

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Jdg 14:13 - But if you can't solve it, then you must give me thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.”
“All right,” they agreed, “let's hear your riddle.”

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Jdg 14:18 - So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer:
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have solved my riddle!”

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Jdg 15:12 - But the men of Judah told him, “We have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
“All right,” Samson said. “But promise that you won't kill me yourselves.”

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Jdg 16:7 - Samson replied, “If I were tied up with seven new bowstrings that have not yet been dried, I would become as weak as anyone else.”

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Jdg 16:8 - So the Philistine rulers brought Delilah seven new bowstrings, and she tied Samson up with them.

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Jdg 18:7 - So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, like the Sidonians; they were peaceful and secure.[fn] The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile. And they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby.

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Jdg 18:9 - The men replied, “Come on, let's attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. What are you waiting for? Don't hesitate to go and take possession of it.

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Jdg 18:19 - “Be quiet and come with us,” they said. “Be a father and priest to all of us. Isn't it better to be a priest for an entire tribe and clan of Israel than for the household of just one man?”

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Jdg 18:25 - The men of Dan said, “Watch what you say! There are some short-tempered men around here who might get angry and kill you and your family.”

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Jdg 19:12 - “No,” his master said, “we can't stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.

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Jdg 19:20 - “You are welcome to stay with me,” the old man said. “I will give you anything you might need. But whatever you do, don't spend the night in the square.”

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Jdg 19:23 - The old man stepped outside to talk to them. “No, my brothers, don't do such an evil thing. For this man is a guest in my house, and such a thing would be shameful.

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Jdg 19:24 - Here, take my virgin daughter and this man's concubine. I will bring them out to you, and you can abuse them and do whatever you like. But don't do such a shameful thing to this man.”

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Jdg 21:5 - Then they said, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we held our assembly in the presence of the LORD?” At that time they had taken a solemn oath in the LORD's presence, vowing that anyone who refused to come would be put to death.

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Jdg 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

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Jdg 21:17 - There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.

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Rth 1:11 - But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands?

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Rth 1:12 - No, my daughters, return to your parents' homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what?

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Rth 1:13 - Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD himself has raised his fist against me.”

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Rth 1:16 - But Ruth replied, “Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

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Rth 1:20 - “Don't call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara,[fn] for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.

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Rth 2:8 - Boaz went over and said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Stay right here with us when you gather grain; don't go to any other fields. Stay right behind the young women working in my field.

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Rth 2:9 - See which part of the field they are harvesting, and then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the well.”

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Rth 2:15 - When Ruth went back to work again, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her gather grain right among the sheaves without stopping her.

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Rth 3:1 - One day Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, it's time that I found a permanent home for you, so that you will be provided for.

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Rth 3:3 - Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don't let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.

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Rth 3:10 - “The LORD bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.

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Rth 3:11 - Now don't worry about a thing, my daughter. I will do what is necessary, for everyone in town knows you are a virtuous woman.

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Rth 3:13 - Stay here tonight, and in the morning I will talk to him. If he is willing to redeem you, very well. Let him marry you. But if he is not willing, then as surely as the LORD lives, I will redeem you myself! Now lie down here until morning.”

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Rth 3:14 - So Ruth lay at Boaz's feet until the morning, but she got up before it was light enough for people to recognize each other. For Boaz had said, “No one must know that a woman was here at the threshing floor.”

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Rth 3:17 - and she added, “He gave me these six scoops of barley and said, ‘Don't go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'”

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Rth 3:18 - Then Naomi said to her, “Just be patient, my daughter, until we hear what happens. The man won't rest until he has settled things today.”

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Rth 4:4 - I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don't want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.”
The man replied, “All right, I'll redeem it.”

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1Sa 1:6 - So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the LORD had kept her from having children.

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1Sa 1:16 - Don't think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”

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1Sa 2:3 - “Stop acting so proud and haughty!
Don't speak with such arrogance!
For the LORD is a God who knows what you have done;
he will judge your actions.

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1Sa 2:10 - Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered.
He thunders against them from heaven;
the LORD judges throughout the earth.
He gives power to his king;
he increases the strength[fn] of his anointed one.”

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1Sa 2:15 - Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.

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1Sa 2:24 - You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the LORD's people are not good.

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1Sa 3:17 - “What did the LORD say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!”

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1Sa 4:20 - She died in childbirth, but before she passed away the midwives tried to encourage her. “Don't be afraid,” they said. “You have a baby boy!” But she did not answer or pay attention to them.

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1Sa 5:11 - The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it[fn] will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.

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1Sa 6:3 - “Send the Ark of the God of Israel back with a gift,” they were told. “Send a guilt offering so the plague will stop. Then, if you are healed, you will know it was his hand that caused the plague.”

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1Sa 7:8 - “Don't stop pleading with the LORD our God to save us from the Philistines!” they begged Samuel.

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1Sa 8:7 - “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.

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1Sa 9:5 - Finally, they entered the region of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant, “Let's go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!”

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1Sa 9:13 - Hurry and catch him before he goes up there to eat. The guests won't begin eating until he arrives to bless the food.”

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1Sa 9:20 - And don't worry about those donkeys that were lost three days ago, for they have been found. And I am here to tell you that you and your family are the focus of all Israel's hopes.”

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1Sa 11:3 - “Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.”

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1Sa 12:14 - “Now if you fear and worship the LORD and listen to his voice, and if you do not rebel against the LORD's commands, then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.

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1Sa 12:15 - But if you rebel against the LORD's commands and refuse to listen to him, then his hand will be as heavy upon you as it was upon your ancestors.

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1Sa 12:19 - “Pray to the LORD your God for us, or we will die!” they all said to Samuel. “For now we have added to our sins by asking for a king.”

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1Sa 12:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the LORD with all your heart, and don't turn your back on him.

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1Sa 12:21 - Don't go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!

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1Sa 13:6 - The men of Israel saw what a tight spot they were in; and because they were hard pressed by the enemy, they tried to hide in caves, thickets, rocks, holes, and cisterns.

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1Sa 13:19 - There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel in those days. The Philistines wouldn't allow them for fear they would make swords and spears for the Hebrews.

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1Sa 14:9 - If they say to us, ‘Stay where you are or we'll kill you,' then we will stop and not go up to them.

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1Sa 14:34 - Then go out among the troops and tell them, ‘Bring the cattle, sheep, and goats here to me. Kill them here, and drain the blood before you eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.'”
So that night all the troops brought their animals and slaughtered them there.

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1Sa 14:36 - Then Saul said, “Let's chase the Philistines all night and plunder them until sunrise. Let's destroy every last one of them.”
His men replied, “We'll do whatever you think is best.”
But the priest said, “Let's ask God first.”

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1Sa 15:6 - Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.

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1Sa 15:23 - Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft,
and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.
So because you have rejected the command of the LORD,
he has rejected you as king.”

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1Sa 15:26 - But Samuel replied, “I will not go back with you! Since you have rejected the LORD's command, he has rejected you as king of Israel.”

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1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

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1Sa 16:7 - But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

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1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he's out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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1Sa 17:32 - “Don't worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I'll go fight him!”

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1Sa 17:33 - “Don't be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There's no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You're only a boy, and he's been a man of war since his youth.”

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1Sa 17:39 - David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before.
“I can't go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I'm not used to them.” So David took them off again.

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1Sa 19:4 - The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant David,” Jonathan said. “He's never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could.

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1Sa 19:11 - Then Saul sent troops to watch David's house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, “If you don't escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”

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1Sa 20:2 - “That's not true!” Jonathan protested. “You're not going to die. He always tells me everything he's going to do, even the little things. I know my father wouldn't hide something like this from me. It just isn't so!”

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1Sa 20:3 - Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won't tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?' But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the LORD and by your own soul!”

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1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan told David, “I promise by the LORD, the God of Israel, that by this time tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, I will talk to my father and let you know at once how he feels about you. If he speaks favorably about you, I will let you know.

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1Sa 20:15 - treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”

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1Sa 20:26 - Saul didn't say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, “Something must have made David ceremonially unclean.”

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1Sa 20:38 - Hurry, hurry, don't wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.

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1Sa 22:5 - One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.

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1Sa 22:15 - This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God for him! May the king not accuse me and my family in this matter, for I knew nothing at all of any plot against you.”

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1Sa 22:23 - Stay here with me, and don't be afraid. I will protect you with my own life, for the same person wants to kill us both.”

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1Sa 23:17 - “Don't be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father, Saul, is well aware.”

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1Sa 23:28 - So Saul quit chasing David and returned to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape.[fn]

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1Sa 25:25 - I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don't pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests.[fn] But I never even saw the young men you sent.

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1Sa 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.

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1Sa 25:33 - Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands.

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1Sa 25:34 - For I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept me from hurting you, that if you had not hurried out to meet me, not one of Nabal's men would still be alive tomorrow morning.”

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1Sa 26:9 - “No!” David said. “Don't kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the LORD's anointed one?

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1Sa 26:10 - Surely the LORD will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.

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1Sa 26:19 - But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the LORD. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the LORD's people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.'

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1Sa 26:20 - Must I die on foreign soil, far from the presence of the LORD? Why has the king of Israel come out to search for a single flea? Why does he hunt me down like a partridge on the mountains?”

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1Sa 27:1 - But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”

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1Sa 27:11 - No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.

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1Sa 28:13 - “Don't be afraid!” the king told her. “What do you see?”
“I see a god[fn] coming up out of the earth,” she said.

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1Sa 29:4 - But the Philistine commanders were angry. “Send him back to the town you've given him!” they demanded. “He can't go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle and becomes our adversary? Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his master than by handing our heads over to him?

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1Sa 29:7 - Please don't upset them, but go back quietly.”

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1Sa 29:8 - “What have I done to deserve this treatment?” David demanded. “What have you ever found in your servant, that I can't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

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1Sa 29:10 - Now get up early in the morning, and leave with your men as soon as it gets light.”

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1Sa 30:15 - “Will you lead me to this band of raiders?” David asked.
The young man replied, “If you take an oath in God's name that you will not kill me or give me back to my master, then I will guide you to them.”

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1Sa 31:4 - Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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2Sa 1:20 - Don't announce the news in Gath,
don't proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,
or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice
and the pagans will laugh in triumph.

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2Sa 1:21 - O mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you,
nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain.[fn]
For there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled;
the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.

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2Sa 2:22 - Again Abner shouted to him, “Get away from here! I don't want to kill you. How could I ever face your brother Joab again?”

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2Sa 2:26 - Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don't you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”

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2Sa 2:27 - Then Joab said, “God only knows what would have happened if you hadn't spoken, for we would have chased you all night if necessary.”

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2Sa 3:8 - Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?

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2Sa 3:13 - “All right,” David replied, “but I will not negotiate with you unless you bring back my wife Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come.”

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2Sa 3:29 - Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy[fn] or who walks on crutches[fn] or dies by the sword or begs for food!”

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2Sa 3:35 - David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”

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2Sa 9:7 - “Don't be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king's table!”

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2Sa 10:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!”

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2Sa 11:25 - “Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!”

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2Sa 12:13 - Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin.

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2Sa 12:23 - But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me.”

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2Sa 12:28 - Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get credit for the victory.”

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2Sa 13:12 - “No, my brother!” she cried. “Don't be foolish! Don't do this to me! Such wicked things aren't done in Israel.

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2Sa 13:13 - Where could I go in my shame? And you would be called one of the greatest fools in Israel. Please, just speak to the king about it, and he will let you marry me.”

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2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he's your brother. Don't you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom's house.

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2Sa 13:25 - The king replied, “No, my son. If we all came, we would be too much of a burden on you.” Absalom pressed him, but the king would not come, though he gave Absalom his blessing.

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2Sa 13:28 - Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don't be afraid. I'm the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”

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2Sa 13:32 - But just then Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimea, arrived and said, “No, don't believe that all the king's sons have been killed! It was only Amnon! Absalom has been plotting this ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar.

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2Sa 13:33 - No, my lord the king, your sons aren't all dead! It was only Amnon.”

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2Sa 14:2 - So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don't put on lotions.[fn] Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

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2Sa 14:7 - Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”

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2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please swear to me by the LORD your God that you won't let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.”
“As surely as the LORD lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son's head will be disturbed!”

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2Sa 14:13 - She replied, “Why don't you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.

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2Sa 14:18 - “I must know one thing,” the king replied, “and tell me the truth.”
“Yes, my lord the king,” she responded.

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2Sa 14:19 - “Did Joab put you up to this?”
And the woman replied, “My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say.

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2Sa 14:24 - But the king gave this order: “Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence.” So Absalom did not see the king.

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2Sa 15:14 - “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”

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2Sa 17:8 - You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won't be spending the night among the troops.

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2Sa 17:13 - And if David were to escape into some town, you will have all Israel there at your command. Then we can take ropes and drag the walls of the town into the nearest valley until every stone is torn down.”

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2Sa 17:16 - “Quick!” he told them. “Find David and urge him not to stay at the shallows of the Jordan River[fn] tonight. He must go across at once into the wilderness beyond. Otherwise he will die and his entire army with him.”

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2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king's son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.'

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2Sa 18:13 - And if I had betrayed the king by killing his son—and the king would certainly find out who did it—you yourself would be the first to abandon me.”

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2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.

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2Sa 19:7 - Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.”

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2Sa 19:13 - And David told them to tell Amasa, “Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place.”

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2Sa 19:19 - “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.

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2Sa 19:21 - Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shimei should die, for he cursed the LORD's anointed king!”

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2Sa 19:23 - Then, turning to Shimei, David vowed, “Your life will be spared.”

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2Sa 19:35 - I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.

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2Sa 19:42 - The men of Judah replied, “The king is one of our own kinsmen. Why should this make you angry? We haven't eaten any of the king's food or received any special favors!”

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2Sa 21:5 - Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.

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2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David's men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”

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2Sa 23:5 - “Is it not my family God has chosen?
Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me.
His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail.
He will ensure my safety and success.

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2Sa 24:14 - “I'm in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”

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1Ki 2:9 - But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.[fn]”

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1Ki 2:16 - So now I have just one favor to ask of you. Please don't turn me down.”
“What is it?” she asked.

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1Ki 2:20 - “I have one small request to make of you,” she said. “I hope you won't turn me down.”
“What is it, my mother?” he asked. “You know I won't refuse you.”

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1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, thereby fulfilling the prophecy the LORD had given at Shiloh concerning the descendants of Eli.

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1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”

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1Ki 3:27 - Then the king said, “Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”

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1Ki 6:6 - The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7½ feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10½ feet wide.[fn] The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.

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1Ki 8:35 - “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,

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1Ki 8:57 - May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us.

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1Ki 8:64 - That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD's Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the LORD's presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

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1Ki 9:6 - “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the commands and decrees I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods,

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1Ki 9:15 - This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces,[fn] the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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1Ki 9:20 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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1Ki 11:2 - The LORD had clearly instructed the people of Israel, ‘You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.' Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.

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1Ki 11:10 - He had warned Solomon specifically about worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to the LORD's command.

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1Ki 11:13 - And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”

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1Ki 11:34 - “‘But I will not take the entire kingdom from Solomon at this time. For the sake of my servant David, the one whom I chose and who obeyed my commands and decrees, I will keep Solomon as leader for the rest of his life.

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1Ki 13:8 - But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.

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1Ki 13:9 - For the LORD gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.'”

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1Ki 13:16 - “No, I cannot,” he replied. “I am not allowed to eat or drink anything here in this place.

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1Ki 13:17 - For the LORD gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.'”

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1Ki 13:22 - You came back to this place and ate and drank where he told you not to eat or drink. Because of this, your body will not be buried in the grave of your ancestors.”

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1Ki 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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1Ki 15:17 - King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah.

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1Ki 17:1 - Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

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1Ki 18:23 - Now bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose whichever one they wish and cut it into pieces and lay it on the wood of their altar, but without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood on the altar, but not set fire to it.

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1Ki 18:25 - Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “You go first, for there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls, and prepare it and call on the name of your god. But do not set fire to the wood.”

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1Ki 18:44 - Finally the seventh time, his servant told him, “I saw a little cloud about the size of a man's hand rising from the sea.”
Then Elijah shouted, “Hurry to Ahab and tell him, ‘Climb into your chariot and go back home. If you don't hurry, the rain will stop you!'”

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1Ki 20:8 - “Don't give in to any more demands,” all the elders and the people advised.

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1Ki 20:11 - The king of Israel sent back this answer: “A warrior putting on his sword for battle should not boast like a warrior who has already won.”

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1Ki 20:19 - But Ahab's provincial commanders and the entire army had now come out to fight.

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1Ki 20:23 - After their defeat, Ben-hadad's officers said to him, “The Israelite gods are gods of the hills; that is why they won. But we can beat them easily on the plains.

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1Ki 22:8 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”

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1Ki 22:31 - Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to his thirty-two chariot commanders: “Attack only the king of Israel. Don't bother with anyone else!”

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2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?

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2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”

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2Ki 1:15 - Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him, and don't be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went with him to the king.

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2Ki 2:10 - “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah replied. “If you see me when I am taken from you, then you will get your request. But if not, then you won't.”

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2Ki 2:18 - Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn't I tell you not to go?” he asked.

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2Ki 3:14 - Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, I wouldn't even bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah.

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2Ki 4:3 - And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors.

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2Ki 4:16 - “Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!”
“No, my lord!” she cried. “O man of God, don't deceive me and get my hopes up like that.”

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2Ki 4:24 - So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, “Hurry! Don't slow down unless I tell you to.”

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2Ki 4:28 - Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? And didn't I say, ‘Don't deceive me and get my hopes up'?”

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2Ki 5:7 - When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “This man sends me a leper to heal! Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? I can see that he's just trying to pick a fight with me.”

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2Ki 5:20 - But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, “My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting any of his gifts. As surely as the LORD lives, I will chase after him and get something from him.”

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2Ki 6:9 - But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there.”

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2Ki 6:16 - “Don't be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!”

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2Ki 6:22 - “Of course not!” Elisha replied. “Do we kill prisoners of war? Give them food and drink and send them home again to their master.”

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2Ki 6:27 - He answered, “If the LORD doesn't help you, what can I do? I have neither food from the threshing floor nor wine from the press to give you.”

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2Ki 7:2 - The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn't happen even if the LORD opened the windows of heaven!”
But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!”

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2Ki 7:10 - So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. “We went out to the Aramean camp,” they said, “and no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasn't a single person around!”

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2Ki 7:19 - The king's officer had replied, “That couldn't happen even if the LORD opened the windows of heaven!” And the man of God had said, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!”

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2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram[fn] was wounded in the fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.) So Jehu told the men with him, “If you want me to be king, don't let anyone leave town and go to Jezreel to report what we have done.”

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2Ki 9:26 - ‘I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the LORD, for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.' So throw him out on Naboth's property, just as the LORD said.”

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2Ki 9:37 - Her remains will be scattered like dung on the plot of land in Jezreel, so that no one will be able to recognize her.'”

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2Ki 10:11 - Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab's relatives living in Jezreel and all his important officials, his personal friends, and his priests. So Ahab was left without a single survivor.

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2Ki 10:19 - Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death.” But Jehu's cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.

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2Ki 10:25 - As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don't let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside.[fn] Then Jehu's men went into the innermost fortress[fn] of the temple of Baal.

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2Ki 11:15 - Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders who were in charge of the troops, “Take her to the soldiers in front of the Temple,[fn] and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be killed in the Temple of the LORD.”

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2Ki 12:7 - So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven't you repaired the Temple? Don't use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”

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2Ki 12:8 - So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.

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2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the LORD's command not to imitate them.

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2Ki 18:25 - What's more, do you think we have invaded your land without the LORD's direction? The LORD himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!'”

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2Ki 18:27 - But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”

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2Ki 18:29 - This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you from my power.

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2Ki 18:30 - Don't let him fool you into trusting in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!'

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2Ki 18:31 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.

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2Ki 18:32 - Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards, olive groves and honey. Choose life instead of death!
“Don't listen to Hezekiah when he tries to mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!'

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2Ki 18:33 - Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria?

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2Ki 19:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.

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2Ki 19:10 - “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.

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2Ki 19:12 - Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!

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2Ki 19:32 - “And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
“His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.

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2Ki 23:9 - The priests who had served at the pagan shrines were not allowed[fn] to serve at the LORD's altar in Jerusalem, but they were allowed to eat unleavened bread with the other priests.

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2Ki 23:18 - Josiah replied, “Leave it alone. Don't disturb his bones.” So they did not burn his bones or those of the old prophet from Samaria.

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2Ki 23:33 - Pharaoh Neco put Jehoahaz in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath to prevent him from ruling[fn] in Jerusalem. He also demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold[fn] as tribute.

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2Ki 25:24 - Gedaliah vowed to them that the Babylonian officials meant them no harm. “Don't be afraid of them. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you,” he promised.

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1Ch 4:10 - He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.

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1Ch 10:4 - Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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1Ch 16:22 - “Do not touch my chosen people,
and do not hurt my prophets.”

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1Ch 16:30 - Let all the earth tremble before him.
The world stands firm and cannot be shaken.

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1Ch 19:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the land so they can come in and conquer it!”

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1Ch 21:3 - But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”

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1Ch 21:13 - “I'm in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”

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1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”

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1Ch 21:24 - But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and give it to the LORD. I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing!”

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1Ch 22:13 - For you will be successful if you carefully obey the decrees and regulations that the LORD gave to Israel through Moses. Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or lose heart!

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1Ch 26:27 - These men dedicated some of the plunder they had gained in battle to maintain the house of the LORD.

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1Ch 28:20 - Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the LORD is finished correctly.

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2Ch 6:26 - “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,

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2Ch 6:42 - O LORD God, do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”

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2Ch 7:13 - At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

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2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.

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2Ch 11:14 - The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.

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2Ch 12:7 - When the LORD saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.

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2Ch 13:9 - But you have chased away the priests of the LORD (the descendants of Aaron) and the Levites, and you have appointed your own priests, just like the pagan nations. You let anyone become a priest these days! Whoever comes to be dedicated with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of these so-called gods of yours!

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2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”

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2Ch 14:13 - Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the LORD and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.

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2Ch 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.”

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2Ch 15:13 - They agreed that anyone who refused to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death—whether young or old, man or woman.

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2Ch 15:16 - King Asa even deposed his grandmother[fn] Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole, broke it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah.

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2Ch 16:7 - At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

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2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”

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2Ch 18:15 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”

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2Ch 18:30 - Meanwhile, the king of Aram had issued these orders to his chariot commanders: “Attack only the king of Israel! Don't bother with anyone else.”

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2Ch 20:15 - He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.

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2Ch 20:17 - But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD's victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!”

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2Ch 23:6 - Remember, only the priests and Levites on duty may enter the Temple of the LORD, for they are set apart as holy. The rest of the people must obey the LORD's instructions and stay outside.

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2Ch 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders who were in charge of the troops, “Take her to the soldiers in front of the Temple,[fn] and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be killed in the Temple of the LORD.”

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2Ch 25:13 - Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amaziah had sent home raided several of the towns of Judah between Samaria and Beth-horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder.

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2Ch 25:16 - But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king's counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!”
So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”

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2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD's fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”

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2Ch 29:11 - My sons, do not neglect your duties any longer! The LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to lead the people in worship and present offerings to him.”

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2Ch 30:7 - Do not be like your ancestors and relatives who abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and became an object of derision, as you yourselves can see.

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2Ch 30:8 - Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the LORD. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the LORD your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.

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2Ch 30:17 - Since many of the people had not purified themselves, the Levites had to slaughter their Passover lamb for them, to set them apart for the LORD.

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2Ch 32:4 - They organized a huge work crew to stop the flow of the springs, cutting off the brook that ran through the fields. For they said, “Why should the kings of Assyria come here and find plenty of water?”

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2Ch 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous! Don't be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria or his mighty army, for there is a power far greater on our side!

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2Ch 32:13 - “Surely you must realize what I and the other kings of Assyria before me have done to all the people of the earth! Were any of the gods of those nations able to rescue their people from my power?

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2Ch 32:14 - Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me?

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2Ch 32:15 - Don't let Hezekiah deceive you! Don't let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”

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2Ch 32:17 - The king also sent letters scorning the LORD, the God of Israel. He wrote, “Just as the gods of all the other nations failed to rescue their people from my power, so the God of Hezekiah will also fail.”

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2Ch 35:21 - But King Neco sent messengers to Josiah with this message: “What do you want with me, king of Judah? I have no quarrel with you today! I am on my way to fight another nation, and God has told me to hurry! Do not interfere with God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”

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2Ch 36:2 - Jehoahaz[fn] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

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2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God's name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Ezr 2:63 - The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.

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Ezr 6:8 - “Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted.

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Ezr 7:24 - I also decree that no priest, Levite, singer, gatekeeper, Temple servant, or other worker in this Temple of God will be required to pay tribute, customs, or tolls of any kind.'

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Ezr 7:25 - “And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God's laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it.

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Ezr 7:26 - Anyone who refuses to obey the law of your God and the law of the king will be punished immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.”

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Ezr 9:12 - Don't let your daughters marry their sons! Don't take their daughters as wives for your sons. Don't ever promote the peace and prosperity of those nations. If you follow these instructions, you will be strong and will enjoy the good things the land produces, and you will leave this prosperity to your children forever.'

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Ezr 9:14 - But even so, we are again breaking your commands and intermarrying with people who do these detestable things. Won't your anger be enough to destroy us, so that even this little remnant no longer survives?

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Ezr 10:8 - Those who failed to come within three days would, if the leaders and elders so decided, forfeit all their property and be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

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Neh 1:5 - Then I said, “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands,

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Neh 1:11 - O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[fn] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king's cup-bearer.

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Neh 2:2 - So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You don't look sick to me. You must be deeply troubled.”
Then I was terrified,

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Neh 2:3 - but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

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Neh 2:12 - I slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack animals with us except the donkey I was riding.

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Neh 4:3 - Tobiah the Ammonite, who was standing beside him, remarked, “That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!”

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Neh 4:5 - Do not ignore their guilt. Do not blot out their sins, for they have provoked you to anger here in front of[fn] the builders.”

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Neh 4:14 - Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don't be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”

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Neh 7:65 - The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.

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Neh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don't mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

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Neh 8:10 - And Nehemiah[fn] continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”

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Neh 8:11 - And the Levites, too, quieted the people, telling them, “Hush! Don't weep! For this is a sacred day.”

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Neh 9:32 - “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.

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Neh 10:30 - “We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters.

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Neh 13:1 - On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God.[fn]

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Neh 13:14 - Remember this good deed, O my God, and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for the Temple of my God and its services.

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Neh 13:19 - Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening,[fn] not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.

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Neh 13:27 - How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”

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Est 1:19 - “So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen more worthy than she.

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Est 2:10 - Esther had not told anyone of her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had directed her not to do so.

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Est 2:14 - That evening she was taken to the king's private rooms, and the next morning she was brought to the second harem,[fn] where the king's wives lived. There she would be under the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would never go to the king again unless he had especially enjoyed her and requested her by name.

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Est 4:13 - Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don't think for a moment that because you're in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed.

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Est 4:16 - “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”

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Est 5:1 - On the third day of the fast, Esther put on her royal robes and entered the inner court of the palace, just across from the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the entrance.

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Est 6:6 - So Haman came in, and the king said, “What should I do to honor a man who truly pleases me?”
Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?”

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Est 6:10 - “Excellent!” the king said to Haman. “Quick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!”

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Est 6:13 - When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.”

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Est 9:28 - These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.

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Job 1:9 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.

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Job 1:12 - “All right, you may test him,” the LORD said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't harm him physically.” So Satan left the LORD's presence.

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Job 3:4 - Let that day be turned to darkness.
Let it be lost even to God on high,
and let no light shine on it.

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Job 3:6 - Let that night be blotted off the calendar,
never again to be counted among the days of the year,
never again to appear among the months.

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Job 3:7 - Let that night be childless.
Let it have no joy.

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Job 3:9 - Let its morning stars remain dark.
Let it hope for light, but in vain;
may it never see the morning light.

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Job 4:2 - “Will you be patient and let me say a word?
For who could keep from speaking out?

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Job 4:11 - The fierce lion will starve for lack of prey,
and the cubs of the lioness will be scattered.

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Job 4:17 - ‘Can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone be pure before the Creator?'

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Job 4:20 - They are alive in the morning but dead by evening,
gone forever without a trace.

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Job 4:21 - Their tent-cords are pulled and the tent collapses,
and they die in ignorance.

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Job 5:6 - But evil does not spring from the soil,
and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

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Job 5:12 - He frustrates the plans of schemers
so the work of their hands will not succeed.

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Job 5:17 - “But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.

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Job 5:19 - From six disasters he will rescue you;
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.

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Job 5:21 - You will be safe from slander
and have no fear when destruction comes.

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Job 5:22 - You will laugh at destruction and famine;
wild animals will not terrify you.

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Job 5:24 - You will know that your home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.

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Job 6:5 - Don't I have a right to complain?
Don't wild donkeys bray when they find no grass,
and oxen bellow when they have no food?

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Job 6:10 - At least I can take comfort in this:
Despite the pain,
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Job 6:12 - Do I have the strength of a stone?
Is my body made of bronze?

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Job 6:29 - Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.

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Job 7:9 - Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes,
those who die[fn] will not come back.

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Job 7:10 - They are gone forever from their home—
never to be seen again.

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Job 8:3 - Does God twist justice?
Does the Almighty twist what is right?

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Job 8:11 - “Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh?
Can marsh grass flourish without water?

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Job 8:12 - While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.

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Job 8:15 - They cling to their home for security, but it won't last.
They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.

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Job 8:20 - “But look, God will not reject a person of integrity,
nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.

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Job 9:3 - If someone wanted to take God to court,[fn]
would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?

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Job 9:11 - “Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him.
When he moves by, I do not see him go.

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Job 9:17 - For he attacks me with a storm
and repeatedly wounds me without cause.

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Job 9:24 - The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he's not the one who does it, who is?

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Job 9:35 - Then I could speak to him without fear,
but I cannot do that in my own strength.

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Job 11:3 - Should I remain silent while you babble on?
When you mock God, shouldn't someone make you ashamed?

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Job 11:4 - You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,'
and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.'

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Job 11:14 - Get rid of your sins,
and leave all iniquity behind you.

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Job 11:15 - Then your face will brighten with innocence.
You will be strong and free of fear.

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Job 12:10 - For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
and the breath of every human being.

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Job 12:25 - They grope in the darkness without a light.
He makes them stagger like drunkards.

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Job 14:2 - We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

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Job 14:5 - You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.

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Job 14:7 - “Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.

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Job 14:12 - people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.

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Job 14:15 - You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.

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Job 14:16 - For then you would guard my steps,
instead of watching for my sins.

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Job 15:6 - Your own mouth condemns you, not I.
Your own lips testify against you.

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Job 15:7 - “Were you the first person ever born?
Were you born before the hills were made?

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Job 15:22 - They dare not go out into the darkness
for fear they will be murdered.

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Job 15:29 - Their riches will not last,
and their wealth will not endure.
Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

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Job 15:30 - “They will not escape the darkness.
The burning sun will wither their shoots,
and the breath of God will destroy them.

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Job 15:31 - Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches,
for emptiness will be their only reward.

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Job 15:32 - Like trees, they will be cut down in the prime of life;
their branches will never again be green.

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Job 16:3 - Won't you ever stop blowing hot air?
What makes you keep on talking?

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Job 16:18 - “O earth, do not conceal my blood.
Let it cry out on my behalf.

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Job 17:4 - You have closed their minds to understanding,
but do not let them triumph.

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Job 18:21 - They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person,
the place of one who rejected God.'”

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Job 19:8 - God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
He has plunged my path into darkness.

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Job 20:4 - “Don't you realize that from the beginning of time,
ever since people were first placed on the earth,

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Job 20:8 - They will fade like a dream and not be found.
They will vanish like a vision in the night.

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Job 20:14 - But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour,
a poisonous venom in their stomach.

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Job 20:17 - They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil
or rivers of milk and honey.

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Job 20:24 - When they try to escape an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.

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Job 21:2 - “Listen closely to what I am saying.
That's one consolation you can give me.

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Job 21:4 - “My complaint is with God, not with people.
I have good reason to be so impatient.

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Job 21:20 - Let them see their destruction with their own eyes.
Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.

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Job 22:12 - “God is so great—higher than the heavens,
higher than the farthest stars.

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Job 22:15 - “Will you continue on the old paths
where evil people have walked?

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Job 22:20 - They will say, ‘See how our enemies have been destroyed.
The last of them have been consumed in the fire.'

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Job 23:11 - For I have stayed on God's paths;
I have followed his ways and not turned aside.

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Job 23:12 - I have not departed from his commands,
but have treasured his words more than daily food.

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Job 24:8 - They are soaked by mountain showers,
and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.

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Job 24:22 - “God, in his power, drags away the rich.
They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.

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Job 24:23 - They may be allowed to live in security,
but God is always watching them.

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Job 25:3 - Who is able to count his heavenly army?
Doesn't his light shine on all the earth?

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Job 26:5 - “The dead tremble—
those who live beneath the waters.

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Job 27:4 - my lips will speak no evil,
and my tongue will speak no lies.

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Job 27:6 - I will maintain my innocence without wavering.
My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

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Job 27:10 - Can they take delight in the Almighty?
Can they call to God at any time?

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Job 28:13 - No one knows where to find it,
for it is not found among the living.

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Job 29:24 - When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.

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Job 31:20 - did they not praise me
for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

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Job 31:34 - Have I feared the crowd
or the contempt of the masses,
so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?

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Job 31:35 - “If only someone would listen to me!
Look, I will sign my name to my defense.
Let the Almighty answer me.
Let my accuser write out the charges against me.

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Job 31:37 - For I would tell him exactly what I have done.
I would come before him like a prince.

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Job 32:13 - And don't tell me, ‘He is too wise for us.
Only God can convince him.'

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Job 32:21 - I won't play favorites
or try to flatter anyone.

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Job 33:18 - He protects them from the grave,
from crossing over the river of death.

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Job 33:20 - They lose their appetite
for even the most delicious food.

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Job 33:23 - “But if an angel from heaven appears—
a special messenger to intercede for a person
and declare that he is upright—

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Job 33:24 - he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.'

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Job 33:28 - God rescued me from the grave,
and now my life is filled with light.'

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Job 34:9 - He has even said, ‘Why waste time
trying to please God?'

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Job 34:16 - “Now listen to me if you are wise.
Pay attention to what I say.

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Job 34:32 - Or ‘I don't know what evil I have done—tell me.
If I have done wrong, I will stop at once'?

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Job 34:33 - “Must God tailor his justice to your demands?
But you have rejected him!
The choice is yours, not mine.
Go ahead, share your wisdom with us.

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Job 34:36 - Job, you deserve the maximum penalty
for the wicked way you have talked.

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Job 34:37 - For you have added rebellion to your sin;
you show no respect,
and you speak many angry words against God.”

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Job 35:12 - And when they cry out, God does not answer
because of their pride.

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Job 36:5 - “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone!
He is mighty in both power and understanding.

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Job 36:6 - He does not let the wicked live
but gives justice to the afflicted.

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Job 36:12 - But if they refuse to listen to him,
they will be killed by the sword[fn]
and die from lack of understanding.

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Job 36:20 - Do not long for the cover of night,
for that is when people will be destroyed.[fn]

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Job 36:21 - Be on guard! Turn back from evil,
for God sent this suffering
to keep you from a life of evil.

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Job 37:20 - Should God be notified that I want to speak?
Can people even speak when they are confused?[fn]

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Job 39:4 - Their young grow up in the open fields,
then leave home and never return.

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Job 39:16 - She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn't care if they die.

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Job 39:22 - It laughs at fear and is unafraid.
It does not run from the sword.

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Job 39:24 - It paws the ground fiercely
and rushes forward into battle when the ram's horn blows.

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Job 40:2 - “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?
You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?”

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Job 40:8 - “Will you discredit my justice
and condemn me just to prove you are right?

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Job 40:23 - It is not disturbed by the raging river,
not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.

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Job 41:7 - Will its hide be hurt by spears
or its head by a harpoon?

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Job 41:16 - They are so close together
that no air can get between them.

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Job 41:17 - Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

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Job 41:26 - No sword can stop it,
no spear, dart, or javelin.

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Job 41:28 - Arrows cannot make it flee.
Stones shot from a sling are like bits of grass.

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Job 42:8 - So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”

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Psa 4:4 - Don't sin by letting anger control you.
Think about it overnight and remain silent.
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Psa 6:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.

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Psa 7:2 - If you don't, they will maul me like a lion,
tearing me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

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Psa 7:11 - God is an honest judge.
He is angry with the wicked every day.

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Psa 7:12 - If a person does not repent,
God[fn] will sharpen his sword;
he will bend and string his bow.

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Psa 9:19 - Arise, O LORD!
Do not let mere mortals defy you!
Judge the nations!

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Psa 10:6 - They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
We will be free of trouble forever!”

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Psa 10:11 - The wicked think, “God isn't watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!”

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Psa 10:12 - Arise, O LORD!
Punish the wicked, O God!
Do not ignore the helpless!

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Psa 10:15 - Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.

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Psa 10:18 - You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.

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Psa 16:4 - Troubles multiply for those who chase after other gods.
I will not take part in their sacrifices of blood
or even speak the names of their gods.

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Psa 16:8 - I know the LORD is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.

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Psa 17:4 - I have followed your commands,
which keep me from following cruel and evil people.

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Psa 17:5 - My steps have stayed on your path;
I have not wavered from following you.

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Psa 18:38 - I struck them down so they could not get up;
they fell beneath my feet.

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Psa 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD.
The unfailing love of the Most High will keep him from stumbling.

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Psa 21:11 - Although they plot against you,
their evil schemes will never succeed.

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Psa 22:11 - Do not stay so far from me,
for trouble is near,
and no one else can help me.

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Psa 22:19 - O LORD, do not stay far away!
You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!

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Psa 25:2 - I trust in you, my God!
Do not let me be disgraced,
or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.

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Psa 25:3 - No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced,
but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others.

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Psa 25:7 - Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O LORD.

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Psa 25:20 - Protect me! Rescue my life from them!
Do not let me be disgraced, for in you I take refuge.

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Psa 26:1 - A psalm of David.

Declare me innocent, O LORD,
for I have acted with integrity;
I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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Psa 26:4 - I do not spend time with liars
or go along with hypocrites.

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Psa 26:5 - I hate the gatherings of those who do evil,
and I refuse to join in with the wicked.

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Psa 26:9 - Don't let me suffer the fate of sinners.
Don't condemn me along with murderers.

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Psa 27:9 - Do not turn your back on me.
Do not reject your servant in anger.
You have always been my helper.
Don't leave me now; don't abandon me,
O God of my salvation!

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Psa 27:12 - Do not let me fall into their hands.
For they accuse me of things I've never done;
with every breath they threaten me with violence.

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Psa 28:1 - A psalm of David.

I pray to you, O LORD, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.

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Psa 28:3 - Do not drag me away with the wicked—
with those who do evil—
those who speak friendly words to their neighbors
while planning evil in their hearts.

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Psa 28:5 - They care nothing for what the LORD has done
or for what his hands have made.
So he will tear them down,
and they will never be rebuilt!

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Psa 30:6 - When I was prosperous, I said,
“Nothing can stop me now!”

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Psa 30:9 - “What will you gain if I die,
if I sink into the grave?
Can my dust praise you?
Can it tell of your faithfulness?

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Psa 30:12 - that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!

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Psa 31:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.

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Psa 31:17 - Don't let me be disgraced, O LORD,
for I call out to you for help.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them lie silent in the grave.[fn]

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Psa 32:2 - Yes, what joy for those
whose record the LORD has cleared of guilt,[fn]
whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

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Psa 32:9 - Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”

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Psa 34:5 - Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy;
no shadow of shame will darken their faces.

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Psa 34:13 - Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!

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Psa 34:22 - But the LORD will redeem those who serve him.
No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

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Psa 35:19 - Don't let my treacherous enemies rejoice over my defeat.
Don't let those who hate me without cause gloat over my sorrow.

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Psa 35:22 - O LORD, you know all about this.
Do not stay silent.
Do not abandon me now, O Lord.

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Psa 35:24 - Declare me not guilty, O LORD my God, for you give justice.
Don't let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.

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Psa 35:25 - Don't let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”

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Psa 36:11 - Don't let the proud trample me
or the wicked push me around.

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Psa 36:12 - Look! Those who do evil have fallen!
They are thrown down, never to rise again.

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Psa 37:1 - A psalm of David.

Don't worry about the wicked
or envy those who do wrong.

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Psa 37:7 - Be still in the presence of the LORD,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don't worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.

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Psa 37:8 - Stop being angry!
Turn from your rage!
Do not lose your temper—
it only leads to harm.

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Psa 37:10 - Soon the wicked will disappear.
Though you look for them, they will be gone.

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Psa 37:33 - But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed
or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.

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Psa 38:1 - A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!

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Psa 38:21 - Do not abandon me, O LORD.
Do not stand at a distance, my God.

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Psa 39:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”

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Psa 39:12 - Hear my prayer, O LORD!
Listen to my cries for help!
Don't ignore my tears.
For I am your guest—
a traveler passing through,
as my ancestors were before me.

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Psa 39:13 - Leave me alone so I can smile again
before I am gone and exist no more.

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Psa 40:9 - I have told all your people about your justice.
I have not been afraid to speak out,
as you, O LORD, well know.

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Psa 40:11 - LORD, don't hold back your tender mercies from me.
Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.

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Psa 40:17 - As for me, since I am poor and needy,
let the Lord keep me in his thoughts.
You are my helper and my savior.
O my God, do not delay.

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Psa 41:2 - The LORD protects them
and keeps them alive.
He gives them prosperity in the land
and rescues them from their enemies.

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Psa 41:8 - “He has some fatal disease,” they say.
“He will never get out of that bed!”

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Psa 41:11 - I know you are pleased with me,
for you have not let my enemies triumph over me.

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Psa 44:23 - Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.

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Psa 49:16 - So don't be dismayed when the wicked grow rich
and their homes become ever more splendid.

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Psa 50:13 - Do I eat the meat of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?

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Psa 50:22 - Repent, all of you who forget me,
or I will tear you apart,
and no one will help you.

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Psa 51:11 - Do not banish me from your presence,
and don't take your Holy Spirit[fn] from me.

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Psa 55:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

Listen to my prayer, O God.
Do not ignore my cry for help!

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Psa 55:23 - But you, O God, will send the wicked
down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
but I am trusting you to save me.

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Psa 57:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
until the danger passes by.

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Psa 58:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Justice—do you rulers[fn] know the meaning of the word?
Do you judge the people fairly?

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Psa 59:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David's house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Rescue me from my enemies, O God.
Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.

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Psa 59:5 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel,
wake up and punish those hostile nations.
Show no mercy to wicked traitors.
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Psa 59:11 - Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;
stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,
O Lord our shield.

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Psa 59:13 - Destroy them in your anger!
Wipe them out completely!
Then the whole world will know
that God reigns in Israel.[fn]
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Psa 59:15 - They scavenge for food
but go to sleep unsatisfied.[fn]

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Psa 62:2 - He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I will never be shaken.

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Psa 62:6 - He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I will not be shaken.

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Psa 62:10 - Don't make your living by extortion
or put your hope in stealing.
And if your wealth increases,
don't make it the center of your life.

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Psa 66:7 - For by his great power he rules forever.
He watches every movement of the nations;
let no rebel rise in defiance.
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Psa 66:9 - Our lives are in his hands,
and he keeps our feet from stumbling.

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Psa 66:18 - If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

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Psa 68:30 - Rebuke these enemy nations—
these wild animals lurking in the reeds,
this herd of bulls among the weaker calves.
Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.

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Psa 69:6 - Don't let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me,
O Sovereign LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Don't let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.

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Psa 69:14 - Rescue me from the mud;
don't let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.

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Psa 69:17 - Don't hide from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!

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Psa 69:23 - Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see,
and make their bodies shake continually.[fn]

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Psa 69:25 - Let their homes become desolate
and their tents be deserted.

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Psa 69:27 - Pile their sins up high,
and don't let them go free.

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Psa 69:28 - Erase their names from the Book of Life;
don't let them be counted among the righteous.

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Psa 70:5 - But as for me, I am poor and needy;
please hurry to my aid, O God.
You are my helper and my savior;
O LORD, do not delay.

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Psa 71:1 - O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.

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Psa 71:9 - And now, in my old age, don't set me aside.
Don't abandon me when my strength is failing.

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Psa 71:12 - O God, don't stay away.
My God, please hurry to help me.

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Psa 71:18 - Now that I am old and gray,
do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

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Psa 74:19 - Don't let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves.
Don't forget your suffering people forever.

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Psa 74:21 - Don't let the downtrodden be humiliated again.
Instead, let the poor and needy praise your name.

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Psa 74:23 - Don't overlook what your enemies have said
or their growing uproar.

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Psa 75:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

We thank you, O God!
We give thanks because you are near.
People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.

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Psa 75:4 - “I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!'
I told the wicked, ‘Don't raise your fists!

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Psa 75:5 - Don't raise your fists in defiance at the heavens
or speak with such arrogance.'”

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Psa 77:7 - Has the Lord rejected me forever?
Will he never again be kind to me?

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Psa 78:7 - So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.

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Psa 78:8 - Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.

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Psa 78:19 - They even spoke against God himself, saying,
“God can't give us food in the wilderness.

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Psa 78:20 - Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out,
but he can't give his people bread and meat.”

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Psa 78:44 - For he turned their rivers into blood,
so no one could drink from the streams.

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Psa 79:6 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on kingdoms that do not call upon your name.

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Psa 79:8 - Do not hold us guilty for the sins of our ancestors!
Let your compassion quickly meet our needs,
for we are on the brink of despair.

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Psa 80:18 - Then we will never abandon you again.
Revive us so we can call on your name once more.

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Psa 83:1 - A song. A psalm of Asaph.

O God, do not be silent!
Do not be deaf.
Do not be quiet, O God.

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Psa 83:4 - “Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”

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Psa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us always?
Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?

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Psa 88:10 - Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise you?
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Psa 88:11 - Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?
Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?[fn]

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Psa 88:12 - Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

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Psa 89:30 - But if his descendants forsake my instructions
and fail to obey my regulations,

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Psa 89:31 - if they do not obey my decrees
and fail to keep my commands,

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Psa 89:33 - But I will never stop loving him
nor fail to keep my promise to him.

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Psa 89:34 - No, I will not break my covenant;
I will not take back a single word I said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:47

Psa 89:47 - Remember how short my life is,
how empty and futile this human existence!

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Psa 90:3 - You turn people back to dust, saying,
“Return to dust, you mortals!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:17

Psa 94:17 - Unless the LORD had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

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Psa 94:20 - Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side—
leaders whose decrees permit injustice?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:8

Psa 95:8 - The LORD says, “Don't harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah,
as they did at Massah in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:2

Psa 102:2 - Don't turn away from me
in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
and answer me quickly when I call to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:24

Psa 102:24 - But I cried to him, “O my God, who lives forever,
don't take my life while I am so young!

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Psa 103:2 - Let all that I am praise the LORD;
may I never forget the good things he does for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:35

Psa 104:35 - Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;
let the wicked disappear forever.
Let all that I am praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:15

Psa 105:15 - “Do not touch my chosen people,
and do not hurt my prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:23

Psa 106:23 - So he declared he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people.
He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:1

Psa 109:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O God, whom I praise,
don't stand silent and aloof

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:12

Psa 109:12 - Let no one be kind to him;
let no one pity his fatherless children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:14

Psa 109:14 - May the LORD never forget the sins of his fathers;
may his mother's sins never be erased from the record.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:8

Psa 112:8 - They are confident and fearless
and can face their foes triumphantly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:1

Psa 115:1 - Not to us, O LORD, not to us,
but to your name goes all the glory
for your unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:6

Psa 119:6 - Then I will not be ashamed
when I compare my life with your commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:10

Psa 119:10 - I have tried hard to find you—
don't let me wander from your commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:11

Psa 119:11 - I have hidden your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:19

Psa 119:19 - I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don't hide your commands from me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:36

Psa 119:36 - Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:37

Psa 119:37 - Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:43

Psa 119:43 - Do not snatch your word of truth from me,
for your regulations are my only hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:80

Psa 119:80 - May I be blameless in keeping your decrees;
then I will never be ashamed.

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Psa 119:92 - If your instructions hadn't sustained me with joy,
I would have died in my misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:93

Psa 119:93 - I will never forget your commandments,
for by them you give me life.

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Psa 119:116 - LORD, sustain me as you promised, that I may live!
Do not let my hope be crushed.

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Psa 119:121 - Ayin
Don't leave me to the mercy of my enemies,
for I have done what is just and right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:122

Psa 119:122 - Please guarantee a blessing for me.
Don't let the arrogant oppress me!

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Psa 119:133 - Guide my steps by your word,
so I will not be overcome by evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:3

Psa 121:3 - He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:1

Psa 124:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

What if the LORD had not been on our side?
Let all Israel repeat:

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Psa 124:2 - What if the LORD had not been on our side
when people attacked us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:3

Psa 125:3 - The wicked will not rule the land of the godly,
for then the godly might be tempted to do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Psa 127:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon.

Unless the LORD builds a house,
the work of the builders is wasted.
Unless the LORD protects a city,
guarding it with sentries will do no good.

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Psa 131:2 - Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself,
like a weaned child who no longer cries for its mother's milk.
Yes, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:10

Psa 132:10 - For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject the king you have anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Psa 132:11 - The LORD swore an oath to David
with a promise he will never take back:
“I will place one of your descendants
on your throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:6

Psa 137:6 - May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I fail to remember you,
if I don't make Jerusalem my greatest joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:8

Psa 138:8 - The LORD will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don't abandon me, for you made me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:6

Psa 139:6 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:8

Psa 140:8 - LORD, do not let evil people have their way.
Do not let their evil schemes succeed,
or they will become proud.
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Psa 140:10 - Let burning coals fall down on their heads.
Let them be thrown into the fire
or into watery pits from which they can't escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Psa 141:4 - Don't let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don't let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.

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Psa 141:5 - Let the godly strike me!
It will be a kindness!
If they correct me, it is soothing medicine.
Don't let me refuse it.
But I pray constantly
against the wicked and their deeds.

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Psa 141:8 - I look to you for help, O Sovereign LORD.
You are my refuge; don't let them kill me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:2

Psa 143:2 - Don't put your servant on trial,
for no one is innocent before you.

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Psa 143:7 - Come quickly, LORD, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don't turn away from me,
or I will die.

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Psa 146:3 - Don't put your confidence in powerful people;
there is no help for you there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:8

Pro 1:8 - My child,[fn] listen when your father corrects you.
Don't neglect your mother's instruction.

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Pro 1:15 - My child, don't go along with them!
Stay far away from their paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:19

Pro 2:19 - The man who visits her is doomed.
He will never reach the paths of life.

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Pro 3:1 - My child,[fn] never forget the things I have taught you.
Store my commands in your heart.

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Pro 3:3 - Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:5

Pro 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.

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Pro 3:6 - Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.

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Pro 3:7 - Don't be impressed with your own wisdom.
Instead, fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:11

Pro 3:11 - My child, don't reject the LORD's discipline,
and don't be upset when he corrects you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:21

Pro 3:21 - My child, don't lose sight of common sense and discernment.
Hang on to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:23

Pro 3:23 - They keep you safe on your way,
and your feet will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:26

Pro 3:26 - for the LORD is your security.
He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:27

Pro 3:27 - Do not withhold good from those who deserve it
when it's in your power to help them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:28

Pro 3:28 - If you can help your neighbor now, don't say,
“Come back tomorrow, and then I'll help you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:29

Pro 3:29 - Don't plot harm against your neighbor,
for those who live nearby trust you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Pro 3:30 - Don't pick a fight without reason,
when no one has done you harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:31

Pro 3:31 - Don't envy violent people
or copy their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:2

Pro 4:2 - for I am giving you good guidance.
Don't turn away from my instructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:5

Pro 4:5 - Get wisdom; develop good judgment.
Don't forget my words or turn away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Pro 4:13 - Take hold of my instructions; don't let them go.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:14

Pro 4:14 - Don't do as the wicked do,
and don't follow the path of evildoers.

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Pro 4:15 - Don't even think about it; don't go that way.
Turn away and keep moving.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Pro 4:16 - For evil people can't sleep until they've done their evil deed for the day.
They can't rest until they've caused someone to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:21

Pro 4:21 - Don't lose sight of them.
Let them penetrate deep into your heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Pro 4:27 - Don't get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Pro 5:3 - For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,
and her mouth is smoother than oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:7

Pro 5:7 - So now, my sons, listen to me.
Never stray from what I am about to say:

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Pro 5:8 - Stay away from her!
Don't go near the door of her house!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:9

Pro 5:9 - If you do, you will lose your honor
and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:10

Pro 5:10 - Strangers will consume your wealth,
and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:16

Pro 5:16 - Why spill the water of your springs in the streets,
having sex with just anyone?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:20

Pro 5:20 - Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,
or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:3

Pro 6:3 - follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:4

Pro 6:4 - Don't put it off; do it now!
Don't rest until you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:7

Pro 6:7 - Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:20

Pro 6:20 - My son, obey your father's commands,
and don't neglect your mother's instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:35

Pro 6:35 - He will accept no compensation,
nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:1

Pro 7:1 - Follow my advice, my son;
always treasure my commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:25

Pro 7:25 - Don't let your hearts stray away toward her.
Don't wander down her wayward path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:10

Pro 8:10 - Choose my instruction rather than silver,
and knowledge rather than pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:8

Pro 9:8 - So don't bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:18

Pro 9:18 - But little do they know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depths of the grave.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:12

Pro 10:12 - Hatred stirs up quarrels,
but love makes up for all offenses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:22

Pro 10:22 - The blessing of the LORD makes a person rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:14

Pro 11:14 - Without wise leadership, a nation falls;
there is safety in having many advisers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Pro 11:29 - Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:22

Pro 15:22 - Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:23

Pro 15:23 - Everyone enjoys a fitting reply;
it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:10

Pro 16:10 - The king speaks with divine wisdom;
he must never judge unfairly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:9

Pro 18:9 - A lazy person is as bad as
someone who destroys things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:18

Pro 19:18 - Discipline your children while there is hope.
Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:24

Pro 19:24 - Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:13

Pro 20:13 - If you love sleep, you will end in poverty.
Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!

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Pro 20:22 - Don't say, “I will get even for this wrong.”
Wait for the LORD to handle the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:13

Pro 21:13 - Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:22

Pro 22:22 - Don't rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:24

Pro 22:24 - Don't befriend angry people
or associate with hot-tempered people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:26

Pro 22:26 - Don't agree to guarantee another person's debt
or put up security for someone else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:27

Pro 22:27 - If you can't pay it,
even your bed will be snatched from under you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:28

Pro 22:28 - Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
set up by previous generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:29

Pro 22:29 - Do you see any truly competent workers?
They will serve kings
rather than working for ordinary people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:3

Pro 23:3 - don't desire all the delicacies,
for he might be trying to trick you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:4

Pro 23:4 - Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.

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Pro 23:6 - Don't eat with people who are stingy;
don't desire their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:10

Pro 23:10 - Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don't take the land of defenseless orphans.

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Pro 23:13 - Don't fail to discipline your children.
They won't die if you spank them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:17

Pro 23:17 - Don't envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:20

Pro 23:20 - Do not carouse with drunkards
or feast with gluttons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:22

Pro 23:22 - Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don't despise your mother when she is old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Pro 23:31 - Don't gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:1

Pro 24:1 - Don't envy evil people
or desire their company.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:11

Pro 24:11 - Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die;
save them as they stagger to their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Pro 24:15 - Don't wait in ambush at the home of the godly,
and don't raid the house where the godly live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:17

Pro 24:17 - Don't rejoice when your enemies fall;
don't be happy when they stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:19

Pro 24:19 - Don't fret because of evildoers;
don't envy the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:20

Pro 24:20 - For evil people have no future;
the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:22

Pro 24:22 - for disaster will hit them suddenly.
Who knows what punishment will come
from the LORD and the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:28

Pro 24:28 - Don't testify against your neighbors without cause;
don't lie about them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:29

Pro 24:29 - And don't say, “Now I can pay them back for what they've done to me!
I'll get even with them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:6

Pro 25:6 - Don't demand an audience with the king
or push for a place among the great.

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Pro 25:8 - don't be in a hurry to go to court.
For what will you do in the end
if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:9

Pro 25:9 - When arguing with your neighbor,
don't betray another person's secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:10

Pro 25:10 - Others may accuse you of gossip,
and you will never regain your good reputation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:4

Pro 26:4 - Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or you will become as foolish as they are.

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Pro 26:5 - Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools,
or they will become wise in their own estimation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:25

Pro 26:25 - They pretend to be kind, but don't believe them.
Their hearts are full of many evils.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:1

Pro 27:1 - Don't brag about tomorrow,
since you don't know what the day will bring.

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Pro 27:2 - Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
a stranger, not your own lips.

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Pro 27:10 - Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father's.
When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance.
It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.

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Pro 27:22 - You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:9

Pro 28:9 - God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:17

Pro 28:17 - A murderer's tormented conscience will drive him into the grave.
Don't protect him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:24

Pro 28:24 - Anyone who steals from his father and mother
and says, “What's wrong with that?”
is no better than a murderer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:18

Pro 29:18 - When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.
But whoever obeys the law is joyful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:24

Pro 29:24 - If you assist a thief, you only hurt yourself.
You are sworn to tell the truth, but you dare not testify.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:6

Pro 30:6 - Do not add to his words,
or he may rebuke you and expose you as a liar.

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Pro 30:7 - O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.

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Pro 30:9 - For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:10

Pro 30:10 - Never slander a worker to the employer,
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:16

Pro 30:16 - the grave,[fn]
the barren womb,
the thirsty desert,
the blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:25

Pro 30:25 - Ants—they aren't strong,
but they store up food all summer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:3

Pro 31:3 - do not waste your strength on women,
on those who ruin kings.

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Pro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine.
Rulers should not crave alcohol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:5

Pro 31:5 - For if they drink, they may forget the law
and not give justice to the oppressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:7

Pro 31:7 - Let them drink to forget their poverty
and remember their troubles no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:11

Ecc 3:11 - Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:12

Ecc 3:12 - So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:22

Ecc 3:22 - So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why we are here! No one will bring us back from death to enjoy life after we die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:10

Ecc 4:10 - If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.

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Ecc 5:2 - [fn]Don't make rash promises, and don't be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.

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Ecc 5:4 - When you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:5

Ecc 5:5 - It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.

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Ecc 5:6 - Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:8

Ecc 5:8 - Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:6

Ecc 6:6 - He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else—well, what's the use?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Ecc 7:9 - Control your temper,
for anger labels you a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:10

Ecc 7:10 - Don't long for “the good old days.”
This is not wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:14

Ecc 7:14 - Enjoy prosperity while you can,
but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:16

Ecc 7:16 - So don't be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:17

Ecc 7:17 - On the other hand, don't be too wicked either. Don't be a fool! Why die before your time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:18

Ecc 7:18 - Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:21

Ecc 7:21 - Don't eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:2

Ecc 8:2 - Obey the king since you vowed to God that you would.

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Ecc 8:3 - Don't try to avoid doing your duty, and don't stand with those who plot evil, for the king can do whatever he wants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Ecc 8:15 - So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:2

Ecc 9:2 - The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad,[fn] ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don't.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Ecc 9:8 - Wear fine clothes, with a splash of cologne!

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Ecc 10:4 - If your boss is angry at you, don't quit!
A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Ecc 10:20 - Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.
And don't make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.
For a little bird might deliver your message
and tell them what you said.

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Ecc 11:6 - Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don't know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.

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Ecc 12:1 - Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”

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Ecc 12:2 - Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.

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Ecc 12:6 - Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.

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Sng 1:6 - Don't stare at me because I am dark—
the sun has darkened my skin.
My brothers were angry with me;
they forced me to care for their vineyards,
so I couldn't care for myself—my own vineyard.

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Sng 1:8 - Young Man
If you don't know, O most beautiful woman,
follow the trail of my flock,
and graze your young goats by the shepherds' tents.

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Sng 3:3 - The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds,
and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”

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Sng 7:2 - Your navel is perfectly formed
like a goblet filled with mixed wine.
Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat
bordered with lilies.

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Isa 1:9 - If the LORD of Heaven's Armies
had not spared a few of us,[fn]
we would have been wiped out like Sodom,
destroyed like Gomorrah.

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Isa 1:20 - But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Isa 1:30 - You will be like a great tree with withered leaves,
like a garden without water.

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Isa 2:4 - The LORD will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.

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Isa 2:9 - So now they will be humbled,
and all will be brought low—
do not forgive them.

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Isa 5:6 - I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.

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Isa 5:8 - What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field,
until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.

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Isa 5:13 - So my people will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.

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Isa 5:14 - The grave[fn] is licking its lips in anticipation,
opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.

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Isa 5:27 - They will not get tired or stumble.
They will not stop for rest or sleep.
Not a belt will be loose,
not a sandal strap broken.

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Isa 6:9 - And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people,
‘Listen carefully, but do not understand.
Watch closely, but learn nothing.'

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Isa 6:11 - Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?”
And he replied,
“Until their towns are empty,
their houses are deserted,
and the whole country is a wasteland;

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Isa 7:4 - Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn't need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah.

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Isa 7:7 - But this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“This invasion will never happen;
it will never take place;

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Isa 7:9 - Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria,
and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah.
Unless your faith is firm,
I cannot make you stand firm.”

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Isa 7:12 - But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the LORD like that.”

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Isa 7:13 - Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn't it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?

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Isa 7:25 - No one will go to the fertile hillsides where the gardens once grew, for briers and thorns will cover them. Cattle, sheep, and goats will graze there.

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Isa 8:6 - “My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to[fn] King Rezin and King Pekah.[fn]

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Isa 8:10 - Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.
Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.
For God is with us![fn]”

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Isa 8:12 - “Don't call everything a conspiracy, like they do,
and don't live in dread of what frightens them.

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Isa 8:16 - Preserve the teaching of God;
entrust his instructions to those who follow me.

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Isa 8:22 - and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.

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Isa 9:20 - They will attack their neighbor on the right
but will still be hungry.
They will devour their neighbor on the left
but will not be satisfied.
In the end they will even eat their own children.[fn]

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Isa 10:4 - You will stumble along as prisoners
or lie among the dead.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.

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Isa 10:15 - But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it?
Is the saw greater than the person who saws?
Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it?
Can a wooden cane walk by itself?

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Isa 10:20 - In that day the remnant left in Israel,
the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.

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Isa 10:24 - So this is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago.

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Isa 11:9 - Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
for as the waters fill the sea,
so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.

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Isa 13:2 - “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.
Call up an army against Babylon.
Wave your hand to encourage them
as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.

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Isa 13:18 - The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
They will have no mercy on helpless babies
and will show no compassion for children.”

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Isa 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.

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Isa 14:20 - You will not be given a proper burial,
for you have destroyed your nation
and slaughtered your people.
The descendants of such an evil person
will never again receive honor.

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Isa 14:21 - Kill this man's children!
Let them die because of their father's sins!
They must not rise and conquer the earth,
filling the world with their cities.”

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Isa 14:29 - Do not rejoice, you Philistines,
that the rod that struck you is broken—
that the king who attacked you is dead.
For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born,
a fiery serpent to destroy you!

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Isa 15:7 - The people grab their possessions
and carry them across the Ravine of Willows.

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Isa 16:1 - Send lambs from Sela as tribute
to the ruler of the land.
Send them through the desert
to the mountain of beautiful Zion.

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Isa 16:3 - “Help us,” they cry.
“Defend us against our enemies.
Protect us from their relentless attack.
Do not betray us now that we have escaped.

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Isa 16:8 - The farms of Heshbon are abandoned;
the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted.
The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab—
that beautiful grapevine.
Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer
and trailed eastward into the wilderness.
Its shoots reached so far west
that they crossed over the Dead Sea.[fn]

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Isa 16:10 - Gone now is the gladness,
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.

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Isa 16:12 - The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,
but it will do them no good.
They will cry to the gods in their temples,
but no one will be able to save them.

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Isa 17:8 - They will no longer look to their idols for help
or worship what their own hands have made.
They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles
or worship at the pagan shrines they have built.

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Isa 21:3 - My stomach aches and burns with pain.
Sharp pangs of anguish are upon me,
like those of a woman in labor.
I grow faint when I hear what God is planning;
I am too afraid to look.

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Isa 22:4 - That's why I said, “Leave me alone to weep;
do not try to comfort me.
Let me cry for my people
as I watch them being destroyed.”

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Isa 23:8 - Who has brought this disaster on Tyre,
that great creator of kingdoms?
Her traders were all princes,
her merchants were nobles.

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Isa 23:12 - He says, “Never again will you rejoice,
O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed.
Even if you flee to Cyprus,
you will find no rest.”

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Isa 24:10 - The city writhes in chaos;
every home is locked to keep out intruders.

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Isa 24:20 - The earth staggers like a drunk.
It trembles like a tent in a storm.
It falls and will not rise again,
for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy.

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Isa 25:2 - You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins.
Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble.
Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear
and will never be rebuilt.

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Isa 26:10 - Your kindness to the wicked
does not make them do good.
Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong
and take no notice of the LORD's majesty.

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Isa 26:14 - Those we served before are dead and gone.
Their departed spirits will never return!
You attacked them and destroyed them,
and they are long forgotten.

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Isa 27:7 - Has the LORD struck Israel
as he struck her enemies?
Has he punished her
as he punished them?

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Isa 27:9 - The LORD did this to purge Israel's[fn] wickedness,
to take away all her sin.
As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.

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Isa 27:11 - The people are like the dead branches of a tree,
broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation,
for its people have turned away from God.
Therefore, the one who made them
will show them no pity or mercy.

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Isa 28:15 - You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death
and have made a deal to dodge the grave.[fn]
The coming destruction can never touch us,
for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”

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Isa 28:16 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem,[fn]
a firm and tested stone.
It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on.
Whoever believes need never be shaken.[fn]

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Isa 28:17 - I will test you with the measuring line of justice
and the plumb line of righteousness.
Since your refuge is made of lies,
a hailstorm will knock it down.
Since it is made of deception,
a flood will sweep it away.

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Isa 28:18 - I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death,
and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave.
When the terrible enemy sweeps through,
you will be trampled into the ground.

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Isa 28:22 - For the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land.
So scoff no more,
or your punishment will be even greater.

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Isa 28:24 - Does a farmer always plow and never sow?
Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?

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Isa 29:12 - When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don't know how to read.”

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Isa 29:16 - How foolish can you be?
He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay!
Should the created thing say of the one who made it,
“He didn't make me”?
Does a jar ever say,
“The potter who made me is stupid”?

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Isa 30:10 - They tell the seers,
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don't tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.

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Isa 30:14 - You will be smashed like a piece of pottery—
shattered so completely that
there won't be a piece big enough
to carry coals from a fireplace
or a little water from the well.”

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Isa 30:20 - Though the Lord gave you adversity for food
and suffering for drink,
he will still be with you to teach you.
You will see your teacher with your own eyes.

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Isa 30:29 - But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD—
to the Rock of Israel.

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Isa 30:33 - Topheth—the place of burning—
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the LORD, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.

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Isa 31:2 - In his wisdom, the LORD will send great disaster;
he will not change his mind.
He will rise against the wicked
and against their helpers.

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Isa 32:5 - In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.

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Isa 32:10 - In a short time—just a little more than a year—
you careless ones will suddenly begin to care.
For your fruit crops will fail,
and the harvest will never take place.

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Isa 33:8 - Your roads are deserted;
no one travels them anymore.
The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty
and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.[fn]
They have no respect for anyone.

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Isa 33:15 - Those who are honest and fair,
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—

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Isa 33:19 - You will no longer see these fierce, violent people
with their strange, unknown language.

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Isa 33:20 - Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.

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Isa 33:24 - The people of Israel will no longer say,
“We are sick and helpless,”
for the LORD will forgive their sins.

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Isa 35:4 - Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
He is coming to save you.”

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Isa 35:8 - And a great road will go through that once deserted land.
It will be named the Highway of Holiness.
Evil-minded people will never travel on it.
It will be only for those who walk in God's ways;
fools will never walk there.

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Isa 35:9 - Lions will not lurk along its course,
nor any other ferocious beasts.
There will be no other dangers.
Only the redeemed will walk on it.

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Isa 36:5 - Do you think that mere words can substitute for military skill and strength? Who are you counting on, that you have rebelled against me?

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Isa 36:10 - What's more, do you think we have invaded your land without the LORD's direction? The LORD himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!'”

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Isa 36:11 - Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew,[fn] for the people on the wall will hear.”

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Isa 36:12 - But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”

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Isa 36:14 - This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you.

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Isa 36:15 - Don't let him fool you into trusting in the LORD by saying, ‘The LORD will surely rescue us. This city will never fall into the hands of the Assyrian king!'

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Isa 36:16 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.

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Isa 36:18 - “Don't let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!' Have the gods of any other nations ever saved their people from the king of Assyria?

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Isa 36:19 - What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?

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Isa 37:6 - the prophet replied, “Say to your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be disturbed by this blasphemous speech against me from the Assyrian king's messengers.

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Isa 37:10 - “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.

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Isa 37:12 - Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Tel-assar? My predecessors destroyed them all!

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Isa 37:33 - “And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
“‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.

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Isa 38:11 - I said, “Never again will I see the LORD GOD
while still in the land of the living.
Never again will I see my friends
or be with those who live in this world.

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Isa 38:17 - Yes, this anguish was good for me,
for you have rescued me from death
and forgiven all my sins.

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Isa 39:6 - ‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' says the LORD.

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Isa 40:9 - O Zion, messenger of good news,
shout from the mountaintops!
Shout it louder, O Jerusalem.[fn]
Shout, and do not be afraid.
Tell the towns of Judah,
“Your God is coming!”

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Isa 40:19 - Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold,
overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?

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Isa 40:20 - Or if people are too poor for that,
they might at least choose wood that won't decay
and a skilled craftsman
to carve an image that won't fall down!

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Isa 40:24 - They hardly get started, barely taking root,
when he blows on them and they wither.
The wind carries them off like chaff.

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Isa 40:27 - O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?

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Isa 40:28 - Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

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Isa 40:29 - He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.

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Isa 41:10 - Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

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Isa 41:12 - You will look in vain
for those who tried to conquer you.
Those who attack you
will come to nothing.

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Isa 41:13 - For I hold you by your right hand—
I, the LORD your God.
And I say to you,
‘Don't be afraid. I am here to help you.

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Isa 41:28 - Not one of your idols told you this.
Not one gave any answer when I asked.

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Isa 42:14 - He will say, “I have long been silent;
yes, I have restrained myself.
But now, like a woman in labor,
I will cry and groan and pant.

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Isa 43:1 - But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you.
O Israel, the one who formed you says,
“Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you.
I have called you by name; you are mine.

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Isa 43:2 - When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.

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Isa 43:5 - “Do not be afraid, for I am with you.
I will gather you and your children from east and west.

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Isa 43:6 - I will say to the north and south,
‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel
from the distant corners of the earth.

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Isa 43:18 - “But forget all that—
it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.

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Isa 43:25 - “I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake
and will never think of them again.

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Isa 44:2 - The LORD who made you and helps you says:
Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant,
O dear Israel,[fn] my chosen one.

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Isa 44:8 - Do not tremble; do not be afraid.
Did I not proclaim my purposes for you long ago?
You are my witnesses—is there any other God?
No! There is no other Rock—not one!”

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Isa 44:12 - The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool,
pounding and shaping it with all his might.
His work makes him hungry and weak.
It makes him thirsty and faint.

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Isa 44:21 - “Pay attention, O Jacob,
for you are my servant, O Israel.
I, the LORD, made you,
and I will not forget you.

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Isa 45:9 - “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator.
Does a clay pot argue with its maker?
Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying,
‘Stop, you're doing it wrong!'
Does the pot exclaim,
‘How clumsy can you be?'

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Isa 45:17 - But the LORD will save the people of Israel
with eternal salvation.
Throughout everlasting ages,
they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.

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Isa 46:7 - They carry it around on their shoulders,
and when they set it down, it stays there.
It can't even move!
And when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
It can't rescue anyone from trouble.

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Isa 47:3 - You will be naked and burdened with shame.
I will take vengeance against you without pity.”

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Isa 47:5 - “O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence.
Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.

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Isa 47:11 - So disaster will overtake you,
and you won't be able to charm it away.
Calamity will fall upon you,
and you won't be able to buy your way out.
A catastrophe will strike you suddenly,
one for which you are not prepared.

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Isa 47:14 - But they are like straw burning in a fire;
they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all;
their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.

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Isa 48:5 - That is why I told you what would happen;
I told you beforehand what I was going to do.
Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it.
My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!'

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Isa 48:7 - They are brand new, not things from the past.
So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!'

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Isa 48:9 - Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name,
I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.

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Isa 48:19 - Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore—
too many to count!
There would have been no need for your destruction,
or for cutting off your family name.”

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Isa 49:15 - “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!

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Isa 49:24 - Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior?
Who can demand that a tyrant[fn] let his captives go?

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Isa 50:2 - Why was no one there when I came?
Why didn't anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue?
No, that is not the reason!
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

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Isa 50:7 - Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore, I have set my face like a stone,
determined to do his will.
And I know that I will not be put to shame.

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Isa 51:6 - Look up to the skies above,
and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
but my salvation lasts forever.
My righteous rule will never end!

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Isa 51:7 - “Listen to me, you who know right from wrong,
you who cherish my law in your hearts.
Do not be afraid of people's scorn,
nor fear their insults.

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Isa 52:11 - Get out! Get out and leave your captivity,
where everything you touch is unclean.
Get out of there and purify yourselves,
you who carry home the sacred objects of the LORD.

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Isa 54:2 - “Enlarge your house; build an addition.
Spread out your home, and spare no expense!

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Isa 54:4 - “Fear not; you will no longer live in shame.
Don't be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you.
You will no longer remember the shame of your youth
and the sorrows of widowhood.

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Isa 54:9 - “Just as I swore in the time of Noah
that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,
so now I swear
that I will never again be angry and punish you.

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Isa 54:10 - For the mountains may move
and the hills disappear,
but even then my faithful love for you will remain.
My covenant of blessing will never be broken,”
says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

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Isa 55:1 - “Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it's all free!

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Isa 55:10 - “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.

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Isa 55:11 - It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

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Isa 56:2 - Blessed are all those
who are careful to do this.
Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest
and keep themselves from doing wrong.

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Isa 56:3 - “Don't let foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD say,
‘The LORD will never let me be part of his people.'
And don't let the eunuchs say,
‘I'm a dried-up tree with no children and no future.'

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Isa 56:6 - “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD,
who serve him and love his name,
who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest,
and who hold fast to my covenant.

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Isa 58:1 - “Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast.
Shout aloud! Don't be timid.
Tell my people Israel[fn] of their sins!

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Isa 58:2 - Yet they act so pious!
They come to the Temple every day
and seem delighted to learn all about me.
They act like a righteous nation
that would never abandon the laws of its God.
They ask me to take action on their behalf,
pretending they want to be near me.

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Isa 58:11 - The LORD will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry
and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like an ever-flowing spring.

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Isa 58:13 - “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don't pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the LORD's holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don't follow your own desires or talk idly.

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Isa 59:1 - Listen! The LORD's arm is not too weak to save you,
nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.

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Isa 59:2 - It's your sins that have cut you off from God.
Because of your sins, he has turned away
and will not listen anymore.

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Isa 59:6 - Their webs can't be made into clothing,
and nothing they do is productive.
All their activity is filled with sin,
and violence is their trademark.

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Isa 59:9 - So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.

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Isa 59:21 - “And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children's children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Isa 63:8 - He said, “They are my very own people.
Surely they will not betray me again.”
And he became their Savior.

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Isa 63:17 - LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.

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Isa 64:9 - Don't be so angry with us, LORD.
Please don't remember our sins forever.
Look at us, we pray,
and see that we are all your people.

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Isa 65:1 - The LORD says,
“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.
I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!'
to a nation that did not call on my name.[fn]

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Isa 65:5 - Yet they say to each other,
‘Don't come too close or you will defile me!
I am holier than you!'
These people are a stench in my nostrils,
an acrid smell that never goes away.

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Isa 65:8 - “But I will not destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
(and someone will say, ‘Don't throw them all away—
some of those grapes are good!'),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
For I still have true servants there.

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Isa 65:17 - “Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth,
and no one will even think about the old ones anymore.

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Isa 65:19 - I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and delight in my people.
And the sound of weeping and crying
will be heard in it no more.

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Isa 65:20 - “No longer will babies die when only a few days old.
No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life.
No longer will people be considered old at one hundred!
Only the cursed will die that young!

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Isa 65:22 - Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses
and confiscate their vineyards.
For my people will live as long as trees,
and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.

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Isa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb will feed together.
The lion will eat hay like a cow.
But the snakes will eat dust.
In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 1:7 - The LORD replied, “Don't say, ‘I'm too young,' for you must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you.

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Jer 1:8 - And don't be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 1:17 - “Get up and prepare for action.
Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say.
Do not be afraid of them,
or I will make you look foolish in front of them.

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Jer 1:19 - They will fight you, but they will fail.
For I am with you, and I will take care of you.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 2:14 - “Why has Israel become a slave?
Why has he been carried away as plunder?

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Jer 2:15 - Strong lions have roared against him,
and the land has been destroyed.
The towns are now in ruins,
and no one lives in them anymore.

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Jer 2:31 - “O my people, listen to the words of the LORD!
Have I been like a desert to Israel?
Have I been to them a land of darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God!
We don't need him anymore!'

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Jer 2:32 - Does a young woman forget her jewelry?
Does a bride hide her wedding dress?
Yet for years on end
my people have forgotten me.

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Jer 3:1 - “If a man divorces a woman
and she goes and marries someone else,
he will not take her back again,
for that would surely corrupt the land.
But you have prostituted yourself with many lovers,
so why are you trying to come back to me?”
says the LORD.

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Jer 3:5 - Surely you won't be angry forever!
Surely you can forget about it!'
So you talk,
but you keep on doing all the evil you can.”

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Jer 4:3 - This is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:
“Plow up the hard ground of your hearts!
Do not waste your good seed among thorns.

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Jer 4:4 - O people of Judah and Jerusalem,
surrender your pride and power.
Change your hearts before the LORD,[fn]
or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
because of all your sins.

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Jer 4:6 - Raise a signal flag as a warning for Jerusalem[fn]:
‘Flee now! Do not delay!'
For I am bringing terrible destruction upon you
from the north.”

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Jer 4:7 - A lion stalks from its den,
a destroyer of nations.
It has left its lair and is headed your way.
It's going to devastate your land!
Your towns will lie in ruins,
with no one living in them anymore.

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Jer 4:27 - This is what the LORD says:
“The whole land will be ruined,
but I will not destroy it completely.

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Jer 5:9 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

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Jer 5:10 - “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines,
leaving a scattered few alive.
Strip the branches from the vines,
for these people do not belong to the LORD.

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Jer 5:18 - “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD.

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Jer 5:22 - Have you no respect for me?
Why don't you tremble in my presence?
I, the LORD, define the ocean's sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

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Jer 5:29 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

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Jer 6:8 - Listen to this warning, Jerusalem,
or I will turn from you in disgust.
Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins,
a land where no one lives.”

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Jer 6:10 - To whom can I give warning?
Who will listen when I speak?
Their ears are closed,
and they cannot hear.
They scorn the word of the LORD.
They don't want to listen at all.

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Jer 6:25 - Don't go out to the fields!
Don't travel on the roads!
The enemy's sword is everywhere
and terrorizes us at every turn!

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Jer 7:4 - But don't be fooled by those who promise you safety simply because the LORD's Temple is here. They chant, “The LORD's Temple is here! The LORD's Temple is here!”

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Jer 7:6 - only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.

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Jer 7:10 - and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?

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Jer 7:11 - Don't you yourselves admit that this Temple, which bears my name, has become a den of thieves? Surely I see all the evil going on there. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 7:16 - “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don't beg me to help them, for I will not listen to you.

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Jer 7:19 - Am I the one they are hurting?” asks the LORD. “Most of all, they hurt themselves, to their own shame.”

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Jer 7:32 - So beware, for the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.

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Jer 8:4 - “Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD says:
“‘When people fall down, don't they get up again?
When they discover they're on the wrong road, don't they turn back?

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Jer 8:19 - Listen to the weeping of my people;
it can be heard all across the land.
“Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem?[fn]” the people ask.
“Is her King no longer there?”
“Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols
and their worthless foreign gods?” says the LORD.

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Jer 8:22 - Is there no medicine in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why is there no healing
for the wounds of my people?

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Jer 9:4 - “Beware of your neighbor!
Don't even trust your brother!
For brother takes advantage of brother,
and friend slanders friend.

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Jer 9:5 - They all fool and defraud each other;
no one tells the truth.
With practiced tongues they tell lies;
they wear themselves out with all their sinning.

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Jer 9:9 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”

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Jer 9:10 - I will weep for the mountains
and wail for the wilderness pastures.
For they are desolate and empty of life;
the lowing of cattle is heard no more;
the birds and wild animals have all fled.

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Jer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the LORD.
“It will be a place haunted by jackals.
The towns of Judah will be ghost towns,
with no one living in them.”

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Jer 9:12 - Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it?

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Jer 9:23 - This is what the LORD says:
“Don't let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
or the rich boast in their riches.

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Jer 10:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Do not act like the other nations,
who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
even though other nations are terrified by them.

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Jer 10:5 - Their gods are like
helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field!
They cannot speak,
and they need to be carried because they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of such gods,
for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”

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Jer 10:24 - So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle.
Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.

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Jer 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[fn];
they have devoured and consumed them,
making the land a desolate wilderness.

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Jer 11:12 - Then the people of Judah and Jerusalem will pray to their idols and burn incense before them. But the idols will not save them when disaster strikes!

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Jer 11:14 - “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress.

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Jer 11:15 - “What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple,
when they have done so many immoral things?
Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction?
They actually rejoice in doing evil!

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Jer 11:19 - I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let's destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let's cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

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Jer 11:21 - This is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the LORD's name.”

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Jer 12:6 - Even your brothers, members of your own family,
have turned against you.
They plot and raise complaints against you.
Do not trust them,
no matter how pleasantly they speak.

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Jer 12:9 - My chosen people act like speckled vultures,[fn]
but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.
Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!

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Jer 12:17 - But any nation who refuses to obey me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 13:7 - So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.

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Jer 13:10 - These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!

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Jer 13:12 - “So tell them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: May all your jars be filled with wine.' And they will reply, ‘Of course! Jars are made to be filled with wine!'

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Jer 13:15 - Listen and pay attention!
Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

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Jer 13:17 - And if you still refuse to listen,
I will weep alone because of your pride.
My eyes will overflow with tears,
because the LORD's flock will be led away into exile.

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Jer 14:9 - Are you also confused?
Is our champion helpless to save us?
You are right here among us, LORD.
We are known as your people.
Please don't abandon us now!”

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Jer 14:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for these people anymore.

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Jer 14:17 - Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:
“Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.
I cannot stop weeping,
for my virgin daughter—my precious people—
has been struck down
and lies mortally wounded.

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Jer 14:19 - LORD, have you completely rejected Judah?
Do you really hate Jerusalem?[fn]
Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing?
We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.

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Jer 14:21 - For the sake of your reputation, LORD, do not abandon us.
Do not disgrace your own glorious throne.
Please remember us,
and do not break your covenant with us.

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Jer 14:22 - Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain?
Does it fall from the sky by itself?
No, you are the one, O LORD our God!
Only you can do such things.
So we will wait for you to help us.

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Jer 15:11 - The LORD replied,
“I will take care of you, Jeremiah.
Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf
in times of trouble and distress.

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Jer 15:15 - Then I said,
“LORD, you know what's happening to me.
Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors!
Please give me time; don't let me die young.
It's for your sake that I am suffering.

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Jer 15:20 - They will fight against you like an attacking army,
but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.
They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 16:1 - The LORD gave me another message. He said,

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Jer 16:5 - This is what the LORD says: “Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.

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Jer 16:6 - Both the great and the lowly will die in this land. No one will bury them or mourn for them. Their friends will not cut themselves in sorrow or shave their heads in sadness.

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Jer 16:7 - No one will offer a meal to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even at the death of a mother or father. No one will send a cup of wine to console them.

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Jer 16:12 - And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.

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Jer 17:17 - LORD, don't terrorize me!
You alone are my hope in the day of disaster.

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Jer 17:18 - Bring shame and dismay on all who persecute me,
but don't let me experience shame and dismay.
Bring a day of terror on them.
Yes, bring double destruction upon them!

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Jer 17:21 - This is what the LORD says: Listen to my warning! Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem's gates on the Sabbath day.

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Jer 17:22 - Do not do your work on the Sabbath, but make it a holy day. I gave this command to your ancestors,

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Jer 17:23 - but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.

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Jer 17:24 - “‘But if you obey me, says the LORD, and do not carry on your trade at the gates or work on the Sabbath day, and if you keep it holy,

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Jer 17:27 - “‘But if you do not listen to me and refuse to keep the Sabbath holy, and if on the Sabbath day you bring loads of merchandise through the gates of Jerusalem just as on other days, then I will set fire to these gates. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out the roaring flames.'”

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Jer 18:10 - but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

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Jer 18:14 - Does the snow ever disappear from the mountaintops of Lebanon?
Do the cold streams flowing from those distant mountains ever run dry?

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Jer 18:23 - LORD, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
Don't forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
Deal with them in your anger.

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Jer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.'”

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Jer 20:9 - But if I say I'll never mention the LORD
or speak in his name,
his word burns in my heart like a fire.
It's like a fire in my bones!
I am worn out trying to hold it in!
I can't do it!

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Jer 20:14 - Yet I curse the day I was born!
May no one celebrate the day of my birth.

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Jer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'

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Jer 21:12 - This is what the LORD says to the dynasty of David:
“‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge!
Help those who have been robbed;
rescue them from their oppressors.
Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
because of all your sins.

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Jer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

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Jer 22:5 - But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the LORD, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.'”

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Jer 22:6 - Now this is what the LORD says concerning Judah's royal palace:
“I love you as much as fruitful Gilead
and the green forests of Lebanon.
But I will turn you into a desert,
with no one living within your walls.

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Jer 22:10 - Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss.
Instead, weep for the captive king being led away!
For he will never return to see his native land again.

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Jer 22:13 - And the LORD says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,[fn]
who builds his palace with forced labor.[fn]
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.

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Jer 22:15 - But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.

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Jer 22:16 - He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,
and everything went well for him.
Isn't that what it means to know me?”
says the LORD.

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Jer 22:18 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah:
“The people will not mourn for him, crying to one another,
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!'
His subjects will not mourn for him, crying,
‘Alas, our master is dead! Alas, his splendor is gone!'

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Jer 22:27 - You will never again return to the land you yearn for.

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Jer 22:30 - This is what the LORD says:
‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless.
He is a failure,
for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David
to rule over Judah.'

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Jer 23:14 - But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse!
They commit adultery and love dishonesty.
They encourage those who are doing evil
so that no one turns away from their sins.
These prophets are as wicked
as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”

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Jer 23:16 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says to his people:
“Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you,
filling you with futile hopes.
They are making up everything they say.
They do not speak for the LORD!

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Jer 23:24 - Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
says the LORD.

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Jer 23:36 - But stop using this phrase, ‘prophecy from the LORD.' For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Jer 24:6 - I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them.

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Jer 25:6 - Do not provoke my anger by worshiping idols you made with your own hands. Then I will not harm you.'

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Jer 25:27 - Then the LORD said to me, “Now tell them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink from this cup of my anger. Get drunk and vomit; fall to rise no more, for I am sending terrible wars against you.'

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Jer 25:28 - And if they refuse to accept the cup, tell them, ‘The LORD of Heaven's Armies says: You have no choice but to drink from it.

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Jer 25:29 - I have begun to punish Jerusalem, the city that bears my name. Now should I let you go unpunished? No, you will not escape disaster. I will call for war against all the nations of the earth. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!'

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Jer 25:33 - In that day those the LORD has slaughtered will fill the earth from one end to the other. No one will mourn for them or gather up their bodies to bury them. They will be scattered on the ground like manure.

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Jer 26:2 - “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and make an announcement to the people who have come there to worship from all over Judah. Give them my entire message; include every word.

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Jer 26:4 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,

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Jer 26:19 - But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the LORD. They begged him for mercy. Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm.”

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Jer 26:24 - Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.

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Jer 27:8 - So you must submit to Babylon's king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon's yoke! I will punish any nation that refuses to be his slave, says the LORD. I will send war, famine, and disease upon that nation until Babylon has conquered it.

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Jer 27:9 - “‘Do not listen to your false prophets, fortune-tellers, interpreters of dreams, mediums, and sorcerers who say, “The king of Babylon will not conquer you.”

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Jer 27:16 - Then I spoke to the priests and the people and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not listen to your prophets who claim that soon the gold articles taken from my Temple will be returned from Babylon. It is all a lie!

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Jer 29:6 - Marry and have children. Then find spouses for them so that you may have many grandchildren. Multiply! Do not dwindle away!

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Jer 29:8 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,

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Jer 30:14 - All your lovers—your allies—have left you
and do not care about you anymore.
I have wounded you cruelly,
as though I were your enemy.
For your sins are many,
and your guilt is great.

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Jer 30:19 - There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving,
and I will multiply my people, not diminish them;
I will honor them, not despise them.

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Jer 30:24 - The fierce anger of the LORD will not diminish
until it has finished all he has planned.
In the days to come
you will understand all this.

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Jer 31:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Those who survive the coming destruction
will find blessings even in the barren land,
for I will give rest to the people of Israel.”

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Jer 31:9 - Tears of joy will stream down their faces,
and I will lead them home with great care.
They will walk beside quiet streams
and on smooth paths where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel's father,
and Ephraim is my oldest child.

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Jer 31:29 - “The people will no longer quote this proverb:
‘The parents have eaten sour grapes,
but their children's mouths pucker at the taste.'

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Jer 31:34 - And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the LORD. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”

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Jer 31:40 - And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”

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Jer 32:4 - King Zedekiah will be captured by the Babylonians[fn] and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face.

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Jer 32:17 - “O Sovereign LORD! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!

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Jer 32:27 - “I am the LORD, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?

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Jer 32:40 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.

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Jer 33:8 - I will cleanse them of their sins against me and forgive all their sins of rebellion.

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Jer 33:10 - “This is what the LORD says: You have said, ‘This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.' Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah's other towns, there will be heard once more

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Jer 33:12 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: This land—though it is now desolate and has no people and animals—will once more have pastures where shepherds can lead their flocks.

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Jer 34:3 - You will not escape his grasp but will be captured and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face. Then you will be exiled to Babylon.

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Jer 34:9 - He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.

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Jer 34:18 - Because you have broken the terms of our covenant, I will cut you apart just as you cut apart the calf when you walked between its halves to solemnize your vows.

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Jer 35:6 - but they refused. “No,” they said, “we don't drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab[fn] son of Recab gave us this command: ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine.

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Jer 35:7 - And do not build houses or plant crops or vineyards, but always live in tents. If you follow these commands, you will live long, good lives in the land.'

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Jer 35:8 - So we have obeyed him in all these things. We have never had a drink of wine to this day, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters.

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Jer 35:9 - We haven't built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops.

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Jer 35:13 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Go and say to the people in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Come and learn a lesson about how to obey me.

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Jer 35:14 - The Recabites do not drink wine to this day because their ancestor Jehonadab told them not to. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you refuse to obey me.

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Jer 35:19 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Jehonadab son of Recab will always have descendants who serve me.'”

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Jer 36:5 - Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, “I am a prisoner here and unable to go to the Temple.

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Jer 36:19 - “You and Jeremiah should both hide,” the officials told Baruch. “Don't tell anyone where you are!”

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Jer 36:25 - Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn't listen.

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Jer 37:9 - “This is what the LORD says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren't!

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Jer 37:19 - Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?

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Jer 37:20 - Listen, my lord the king, I beg you. Don't send me back to the dungeon in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for I will die there.”

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Jer 38:10 - So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”

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Jer 38:14 - One day King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and had him brought to the third entrance of the LORD's Temple. “I want to ask you something,” the king said. “And don't try to hide the truth.”

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Jer 38:15 - Jeremiah said, “If I tell you the truth, you will kill me. And if I give you advice, you won't listen to me anyway.”

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Jer 38:17 - Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the Babylonian officers, you and your family will live, and the city will not be burned down.

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Jer 38:18 - But if you refuse to surrender, you will not escape! This city will be handed over to the Babylonians, and they will burn it to the ground.'”

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Jer 38:19 - “But I am afraid to surrender,” the king said, “for the Babylonians may hand me over to the Judeans who have defected to them. And who knows what they will do to me!”

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Jer 38:20 - Jeremiah replied, “You won't be handed over to them if you choose to obey the LORD. Your life will be spared, and all will go well for you.

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Jer 38:21 - But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the LORD has revealed to me:

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Jer 38:23 - All your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape. You will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

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Jer 38:24 - Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don't tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!

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Jer 38:25 - My officials may hear that I spoke to you, and they may say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you don't tell us, we will kill you.'

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Jer 38:26 - If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan's dungeon, for fear you would die there.”

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Jer 39:17 - but I will rescue you from those you fear so much.

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Jer 39:18 - Because you trusted me, I will give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”

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Jer 40:9 - Gedaliah vowed to them that the Babylonians[fn] meant them no harm. “Don't be afraid to serve them. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you,” he promised.

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Jer 40:15 - Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. “Why should we let him come and murder you?” Johanan asked. “What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?”

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Jer 40:16 - But Gedaliah said to Johanan, “I forbid you to do any such thing, for you are lying about Ishmael.”

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Jer 41:8 - The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.

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Jer 42:4 - “All right,” Jeremiah replied. “I will pray to the LORD your God, as you have asked, and I will tell you everything he says. I will hide nothing from you.”

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Jer 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do!

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Jer 42:10 - ‘Stay here in this land. If you do, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you. For I am sorry about all the punishment I have had to bring upon you.

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Jer 42:11 - Do not fear the king of Babylon anymore,' says the LORD. ‘For I am with you and will save you and rescue you from his power.

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Jer 42:13 - “But if you refuse to obey the LORD your God, and if you say, ‘We will not stay here;

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Jer 42:14 - instead, we will go to Egypt where we will be free from war, the call to arms, and hunger,'

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Jer 42:18 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.'

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Jer 42:19 - “Listen, you remnant of Judah. The LORD has told you: ‘Do not go to Egypt!' Don't forget this warning I have given you today.

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Jer 43:2 - Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other proud men said to Jeremiah, “You lie! The LORD our God hasn't forbidden us to go to Egypt!

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Jer 44:4 - “Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, ‘Don't do these horrible things that I hate so much.'

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Jer 44:5 - But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept on burning incense to these gods.

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Jer 44:7 - “And now the LORD God of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, asks you: Why are you destroying yourselves? For not one of you will survive—not a man, woman, or child among you who has come here from Judah, not even the babies in your arms.

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Jer 44:9 - Have you forgotten the sins of your ancestors, the sins of the kings and queens of Judah, and the sins you and your wives committed in Judah and Jerusalem?

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Jer 44:14 - Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”

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Jer 44:19 - “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”

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Jer 45:5 - Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don't do it! I will bring great disaster upon all these people; but I will give you your life as a reward wherever you go. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”

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Jer 46:6 - “The swiftest runners cannot flee;
the mightiest warriors cannot escape.
By the Euphrates River to the north,
they stumble and fall.

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Jer 46:19 - Pack up! Get ready to leave for exile,
you citizens of Egypt!
The city of Memphis will be destroyed,
without a single inhabitant.

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Jer 46:23 - They will cut down her people like trees,” says the LORD,
“for they are more numerous than locusts.

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Jer 46:27 - “But do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant;
do not be dismayed, Israel.
For I will bring you home again from distant lands,
and your children will return from their exile.
Israel[fn] will return to a life of peace and quiet,
and no one will terrorize them.

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Jer 46:28 - Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you,” says the LORD.
“I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
I cannot let you go unpunished.”

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Jer 48:8 - “All the towns will be destroyed,
and no one will escape—
either on the plateaus or in the valleys,
for the LORD has spoken.

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Jer 48:27 - Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
Were they caught in the company of thieves
that you should despise them as you do?

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Jer 49:1 - This message was given concerning the Ammonites. This is what the LORD says:
“Are there no descendants of Israel
to inherit the land of Gad?
Why are you, who worship Molech,[fn]
living in its towns?

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Jer 49:10 - But I will strip bare the land of Edom,
and there will be no place left to hide.
Its children, its brothers, and its neighbors
will all be destroyed,
and Edom itself will be no more.

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Jer 49:12 - And this is what the LORD says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment!

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Jer 49:18 - It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.

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Jer 49:20 - Listen to the LORD's plans against Edom
and the people of Teman.
Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,
and their homes will be destroyed.

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Jer 49:23 - This message was given concerning Damascus. This is what the LORD says:
“The towns of Hamath and Arpad are struck with fear,
for they have heard the news of their destruction.
Their hearts are troubled
like a wild sea in a raging storm.

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Jer 49:33 - “Hazor will be inhabited by jackals,
and it will be desolate forever.
No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.”

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Jer 50:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Tell the whole world,
and keep nothing back.
Raise a signal flag
to tell everyone that Babylon will fall!
Her images and idols[fn] will be shattered.
Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.

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Jer 50:7 - All who found them devoured them.
Their enemies said,
‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them,
for they sinned against the LORD,
their true place of rest,
and the hope of their ancestors.'

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Jer 50:14 - “Yes, prepare to attack Babylon,
all you surrounding nations.
Let your archers shoot at her; spare no arrows.
For she has sinned against the LORD.

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Jer 50:20 - In those days,” says the LORD,
“no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah,
for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

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Jer 50:26 - Yes, come against her from distant lands.
Break open her granaries.
Crush her walls and houses into heaps of rubble.
Destroy her completely, and leave nothing!

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Jer 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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Jer 50:39 - “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas.
It will be a home for owls.
Never again will people live there;
it will lie desolate forever.

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Jer 50:40 - I will destroy it as I[fn] destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns,” says the LORD.
“No one will live there;
no one will inhabit it.

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Jer 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
As they ride forward on horses,
they sound like a roaring sea.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, Babylon.

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Jer 50:45 - Listen to the LORD's plans against Babylon
and the land of the Babylonians.
Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,
and their homes will be destroyed.

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Jer 51:3 - Don't let the archers put on their armor
or draw their bows.
Don't spare even her best soldiers!
Let her army be completely destroyed.[fn]

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Jer 51:6 - Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves!
Don't get trapped in her punishment!
It is the LORD's time for vengeance;
he will repay her in full.

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Jer 51:26 - You will be desolate forever.
Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 51:29 - The earth trembles and writhes in pain,
for everything the LORD has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.
Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.

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Jer 51:39 - And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 51:43 - Her cities now lie in ruins;
she is a dry wasteland
where no one lives or even passes by.

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Jer 51:44 - And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon,
and make him vomit up all he has eaten.
The nations will no longer come and worship him.
The wall of Babylon has fallen!

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Jer 51:50 - Get out, all you who have escaped the sword!
Do not stand and watch—flee while you can!
Remember the LORD, though you are in a far-off land,
and think about your home in Jerusalem.”

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Jer 51:62 - Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'

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Jer 51:64 - Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.'”
This is the end of Jeremiah's messages.

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Lam 1:4 - The roads to Jerusalem[fn] are in mourning,
for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals.
The city gates are silent,
her priests groan,
her young women are crying—
how bitter is her fate!

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Lam 1:10 - The enemy has plundered her completely,
taking every precious thing she owns.
She has seen foreigners violate her sacred Temple,
the place the LORD had forbidden them to enter.

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Lam 2:18 - Cry aloud[fn] before the Lord,
O walls of beautiful Jerusalem!
Let your tears flow like a river
day and night.
Give yourselves no rest;
give your eyes no relief.

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Lam 3:49 - My tears flow endlessly;
they will not stop

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Lam 3:56 - You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading!
Hear my cry for help!”

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Lam 3:57 - Yes, you came when I called;
you told me, “Do not fear.”

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Lam 4:14 - They wandered blindly
through the streets,
so defiled by blood
that no one dared touch them.

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Lam 4:15 - “Get away!” the people shouted at them.
“You're defiled! Don't touch us!”
So they fled to distant lands
and wandered among foreign nations,
but none would let them stay.

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Lam 4:18 - We couldn't go into the streets
without danger to our lives.
Our end was near; our days were numbered.
We were doomed!

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Eze 2:6 - “Son of man, do not fear them or their words. Don't be afraid even though their threats surround you like nettles and briers and stinging scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls, even though they are rebels.

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Eze 2:8 - Son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not join them in their rebellion. Open your mouth, and eat what I give you.”

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Eze 3:7 - But the people of Israel won't listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn.

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Eze 3:9 - I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock! So don't be afraid of them or fear their angry looks, even though they are rebels.”

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Eze 3:19 - If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you obeyed me.

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Eze 3:20 - “If righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and ignore the obstacles I put in their way, they will die. And if you do not warn them, they will die in their sins. None of their righteous acts will be remembered, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

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Eze 3:21 - But if you warn righteous people not to sin and they listen to you and do not sin, they will live, and you will have saved yourself, too.”

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Eze 3:25 - There, son of man, you will be tied with ropes so you cannot go out among the people.

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Eze 4:8 - I will tie you up with ropes so you won't be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed.

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Eze 5:11 - “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pity at all because you have defiled my Temple with your vile images and detestable sins.

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Eze 7:4 - I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 7:9 - I will turn my eyes away and show no pity.
I will repay you for all your detestable sins.
Then you will know that it is I, the LORD,
who is striking the blow.

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Eze 7:12 - Yes, the time has come;
the day is here!
Buyers should not rejoice over bargains,
nor sellers grieve over losses,
for all of them will fall
under my terrible anger.

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Eze 7:13 - Even if the merchants survive,
they will never return to their business.
For what God has said applies to everyone—
it will not be changed!
Not one person whose life is twisted by sin
will ever recover.

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Eze 7:19 - “They will throw their money in the streets,
tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won't save them
on that day of the LORD's anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
for their greed can only trip them up.

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Eze 8:17 - “Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?

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Eze 8:18 - Therefore, I will respond in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they cry for mercy, I will not listen.”

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Eze 9:5 - Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!

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Eze 9:6 - Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.

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Eze 9:10 - So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”

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Eze 11:11 - No, this city will not be an iron pot for you, and you will not be like meat safe inside it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel,

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Eze 12:6 - As they watch, lift your pack to your shoulders and walk away into the night. Cover your face so you cannot see the land you are leaving. For I have made you a sign for the people of Israel.”

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Eze 12:12 - “Even Zedekiah will leave Jerusalem at night through a hole in the wall, taking only what he can carry with him. He will cover his face, and his eyes will not see the land he is leaving.

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Eze 12:23 - Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will put an end to this proverb, and you will soon stop quoting it.' Now give them this new proverb to replace the old one: ‘The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!'

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Eze 12:25 - For I am the LORD! If I say it, it will happen. There will be no more delays, you rebels of Israel. I will fulfill my threat of destruction in your own lifetime. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 12:28 - Therefore, tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No more delay! I will now do everything I have threatened. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”

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Eze 13:3 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!'

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Eze 13:22 - You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, but I didn't want them to be sad. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins.

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Eze 13:23 - Because of all this, you will no longer talk of seeing visions that you never saw, nor will you make predictions. For I will rescue my people from your grasp. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 14:11 - In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”

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Eze 14:18 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if those three men were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.

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Eze 15:4 - No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

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Eze 15:5 - Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!

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Eze 16:16 - You used the lovely things I gave you to make shrines for idols, where you played the prostitute. Unbelievable! How could such a thing ever happen?

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Eze 16:41 - They will burn your homes and punish you in front of many women. I will stop your prostitution and end your payments to your many lovers.

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Eze 16:42 - “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.

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Eze 16:56 - In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.

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Eze 16:63 - You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 17:10 - But when the vine is transplanted,
will it thrive?
No, it will wither away
when the east wind blows against it.
It will die in the same good soil
where it had grown so well.”

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Eze 17:14 - so Israel would not become strong again and revolt. Only by keeping her treaty with Babylon could Israel survive.

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Eze 17:16 - No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he disregarded and broke.

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Eze 17:18 - For the king of Israel disregarded his treaty and broke it after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.

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Eze 17:19 - “So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name.

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Eze 18:6 - He does not feast in the mountains before Israel's idols[fn] or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.

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Eze 18:7 - He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.

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Eze 18:14 - “But suppose that sinful son, in turn, has a son who sees his father's wickedness and decides against that kind of life.

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Eze 18:21 - But if wicked people turn away from all their sins and begin to obey my decrees and do what is just and right, they will surely live and not die.

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Eze 18:23 - “Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.

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Eze 18:24 - However, if righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things and act like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their righteous acts will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.

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Eze 18:25 - “Yet you say, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right!' Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what's right, or is it you?

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Eze 18:28 - They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

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Eze 18:29 - And yet the people of Israel keep saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right!' O people of Israel, it is you who are not doing what's right, not I.

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Eze 19:9 - With hooks, they dragged him into a cage
and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
so his voice could never again be heard
on the mountains of Israel.

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Eze 20:7 - Then I said to them, ‘Each of you, get rid of the vile images you are so obsessed with. Do not defile yourselves with the idols[fn] of Egypt, for I am the LORD your God.'

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Eze 20:9 - But I didn't do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be brought on my name among the surrounding nations who saw me reveal myself by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.

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Eze 20:14 - But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.

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Eze 20:15 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.

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Eze 20:18 - “Then I warned their children not to follow in their parents' footsteps, defiling themselves with their idols.

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Eze 20:22 - Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgment against them to protect the honor of my name before the nations that had seen my power in bringing them out of Egypt.

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Eze 20:39 - “As for you, O people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go right ahead and worship your idols, but sooner or later you will obey me and will stop bringing shame on my holy name by worshiping idols.

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Eze 20:44 - You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 21:30 - “Now return the sword to its sheath,
for in your own country,
the land of your birth,
I will pass judgment upon you.

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Eze 21:32 - You will be fuel for the fire,
and your blood will be spilled in your own land.
You will be utterly wiped out,
your memory lost to history,
for I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 22:30 - “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

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Eze 23:27 - In this way, I will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly remember your time in Egypt.

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Eze 23:48 - In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to others not to follow their wicked example.

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Eze 24:8 - So I will splash her blood on a rock
for all to see,
an expression of my anger
and vengeance against her.

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Eze 24:12 - But it's hopeless;
the corruption can't be cleaned out.
So throw it into the fire.

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Eze 24:13 - Your impurity is your lewdness
and the corruption of your idolatry.
I tried to cleanse you,
but you refused.
So now you will remain in your filth
until my fury against you has been satisfied.

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Eze 24:14 - “I, the LORD, have spoken! The time has come, and I won't hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign LORD.”

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Eze 24:16 - “Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears.

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Eze 24:17 - Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.”

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Eze 24:23 - Your heads will remain covered, and your sandals will not be taken off. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins. You will mourn privately for all the evil you have done.

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Eze 24:27 - And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 25:10 - And I will hand Moab over to nomads from the eastern deserts, just as I handed over Ammon. Yes, the Ammonites will no longer be counted among the nations.

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Eze 26:13 - I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.

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Eze 26:14 - I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign LORD has spoken!

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Eze 26:19 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will make Tyre an uninhabited ruin, like many others. I will bury you beneath the terrible waves of enemy attack. Great seas will swallow you.

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Eze 26:20 - I will send you to the pit to join those who descended there long ago. Your city will lie in ruins, buried beneath the earth, like those in the pit who have entered the world of the dead. You will have no place of respect here in the land of the living.

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Eze 28:3 - You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel
and think no secret is hidden from you.

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Eze 28:4 - With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth—
gold and silver for your treasuries.

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Eze 28:9 - Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!'
to those who kill you?
To them you will be no god
but merely a man!

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Eze 29:5 - I will leave you and all your fish
stranded in the wilderness to die.
You will lie unburied on the open ground,
for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.

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Eze 29:11 - For forty years not a soul will pass that way, neither people nor animals. It will be completely uninhabited.

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Eze 29:15 - It will be the lowliest of all the nations, never again great enough to rise above its neighbors.

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Eze 31:14 - Let the tree of no other nation
proudly exult in its own prosperity,
though it be higher than the clouds
and it be watered from the depths.
For all are doomed to die,
to go down to the depths of the earth.
They will land in the pit
along with everyone else on earth.

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Eze 32:7 - When I blot you out,
I will veil the heavens and darken the stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give you its light.

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Eze 32:13 - I will destroy all your flocks and herds
that graze beside the streams.
Never again will people or animals
muddy those waters with their feet.

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Eze 33:4 - Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action, it is their own fault if they die.

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Eze 33:6 - But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn't sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.'

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Eze 33:8 - If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

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Eze 33:9 - But if you warn them to repent and they don't repent, they will die in their sins, but you will have saved yourself.

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Eze 33:12 - “Son of man, give your people this message: The righteous behavior of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the wicked behavior of wicked people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.

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Eze 33:13 - When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.

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Eze 33:15 - For instance, they might give back a debtor's security, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.

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Eze 33:16 - None of their past sins will be brought up again, for they have done what is just and right, and they will surely live.

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Eze 33:28 - I will completely destroy the land and demolish her pride. Her arrogant power will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate that no one will even travel through them.

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Eze 33:31 - So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

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Eze 33:32 - You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don't act on it!

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Eze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn't shepherds feed their sheep?

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Eze 34:5 - So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.

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Eze 34:8 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.

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Eze 34:10 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.

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Eze 34:22 - So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another.

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Eze 34:28 - They will no longer be prey for other nations, and wild animals will no longer devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will frighten them.

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Eze 34:29 - “And I will make their land famous for its crops, so my people will never again suffer from famines or the insults of foreign nations.

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Eze 35:9 - I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 36:12 - I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.

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Eze 36:15 - I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign LORD.”

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Eze 36:30 - I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.

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Eze 36:31 - Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did.

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Eze 37:22 - I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms.

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Eze 37:23 - They will never again pollute themselves with their idols[fn] and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful backsliding. I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

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Eze 39:10 - They won't need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 41:6 - These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.

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Eze 42:14 - When the priests leave the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.”

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Eze 44:2 - And the LORD said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain shut.

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Eze 44:19 - When they return to the outer courtyard where the people are, they must take off the clothes they wear while ministering to me. They must leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so they do not endanger anyone by transmitting holiness to them through this clothing.

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Eze 44:21 - The priests must not drink wine before entering the inner courtyard.

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Eze 46:2 - The prince will enter the entry room of the gateway from the outside. Then he will stand by the gatepost while the priest offers his burnt offering and peace offering. He will bow down in worship inside the gateway passage and then go back out the way he came. The gateway will not be closed until evening.

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Eze 46:18 - And the prince may never take anyone's property by force. If he gives property to his sons, it must be from his own land, for I do not want any of my people unjustly evicted from their property.”

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Eze 46:20 - He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”

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Eze 47:11 - But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.

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Eze 47:12 - Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”

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Dan 1:8 - But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.

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Dan 2:5 - But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don't tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!

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Dan 2:9 - ‘If you don't tell me the dream, you are doomed.' So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I'll know that you can tell me what it means.”

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Dan 2:18 - He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.

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Dan 2:24 - Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don't kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.”

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Dan 3:6 - Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

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Dan 3:11 - That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace.

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Dan 3:15 - I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments.[fn] But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”

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Dan 3:28 - Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

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Dan 4:19 - “Upon hearing this, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was overcome for a time, frightened by the meaning of the dream. Then the king said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, don't be alarmed by the dream and what it means.' “Belteshazzar replied, ‘I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to you!

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Dan 5:10 - But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don't be so pale and frightened.

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Dan 6:2 - The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.

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Dan 6:5 - So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”

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Dan 6:8 - And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”

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Dan 6:17 - A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel.

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Dan 9:11 - All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. “So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.

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Dan 9:19 - “O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”

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Dan 10:12 - Then he said, “Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.

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Dan 10:19 - “Don't be afraid,” he said, “for you are very precious to God. Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong!”
As he spoke these words to me, I suddenly felt stronger and said to him, “Please speak to me, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

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Dan 11:17 - He will make plans to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will form an alliance with the king of the south. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom from within, but his plan will fail.

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Hos 1:6 - Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved'—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them.

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Hos 2:4 - And I will not love her children,
for they were conceived in prostitution.

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Hos 2:6 - “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes.
I will block her path with a wall
to make her lose her way.

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Hos 2:7 - When she runs after her lovers,
she won't be able to catch them.
She will search for them
but not find them.
Then she will think,
‘I might as well return to my husband,
for I was better off with him than I am now.'

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Hos 2:9 - “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine
I generously provided each harvest season.
I will take away the wool and linen clothing
I gave her to cover her nakedness.

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Hos 2:10 - I will strip her naked in public,
while all her lovers look on.
No one will be able
to rescue her from my hands.

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Hos 2:17 - O Israel, I will wipe the many names of Baal from your lips,
and you will never mention them again.

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Hos 3:3 - Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution. During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me.[fn]”

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Hos 4:6 - My people are being destroyed
because they don't know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.

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Hos 4:10 - They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the LORD

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Hos 4:14 - But why should I punish them
for their prostitution and adultery?
For your men are doing the same thing,
sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes.
O foolish people! You refuse to understand,
so you will be destroyed.

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Hos 4:15 - “Though you, Israel, are a prostitute,
may Judah avoid such guilt.
Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven,[fn]
even though they take oaths there in the LORD's name.

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Hos 5:6 - When they come with their flocks and herds
to offer sacrifices to the LORD,
they will not find him,
because he has withdrawn from them.

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Hos 5:13 - “When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were,
Israel turned to Assyria—
to the great king there—
but he could neither help nor cure them.

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Hos 8:5 - “O Samaria, I reject this calf—
this idol you have made.
My fury burns against you.
How long will you be incapable of innocence?

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Hos 9:1 - O people of Israel,
do not rejoice as other nations do.
For you have been unfaithful to your God,
hiring yourselves out like prostitutes,
worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.

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Hos 9:15 - The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.

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Hos 9:16 - The people of Israel are struck down.
Their roots are dried up,
and they will bear no more fruit.
And if they give birth,
I will slaughter their beloved children.”

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Hos 10:9 - The LORD says, “O Israel, ever since Gibeah,
there has been only sin and more sin!
You have made no progress whatsoever.
Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?

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Hos 11:7 - For my people are determined to desert me.
They call me the Most High,
but they don't truly honor me.

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Hos 11:9 - No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.

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Hos 12:11 - But the people of Gilead are worthless
because of their idol worship.
And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;
their altars are lined up like the heaps of stone
along the edges of a plowed field.

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Hos 13:13 - Pain has come to the people
like the pain of childbirth,
but they are like a child
who resists being born.
The moment of birth has arrived,
but they stay in the womb!

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Hos 14:2 - Bring your confessions, and return to the LORD.
Say to him,
“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us,
so that we may offer you our praises.[fn]

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Hos 14:3 - Assyria cannot save us,
nor can our warhorses.
Never again will we say to the idols we have made,
‘You are our gods.'
No, in you alone
do the orphans find mercy.”

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Joe 2:7 - The attackers march like warriors
and scale city walls like soldiers.
Straight forward they march,
never breaking rank.

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Joe 2:8 - They never jostle each other;
each moves in exactly the right position.
They break through defenses
without missing a step.

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Joe 2:13 - Don't tear your clothing in your grief,
but tear your hearts instead.”
Return to the LORD your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
He is eager to relent and not punish.

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Joe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister in the LORD's presence,
stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar.
Let them pray, “Spare your people, LORD!
Don't let your special possession become an object of mockery.
Don't let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,
‘Has the God of Israel left them?'”

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Joe 2:26 - Once again you will have all the food you want,
and you will praise the LORD your God,
who does these miracles for you.
Never again will my people be disgraced.

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Joe 2:27 - Then you will know that I am among my people Israel,
that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other.
Never again will my people be disgraced.

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Joe 3:4 - “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

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Joe 3:21 - I will pardon my people's crimes,
which I have not yet pardoned;
and I, the LORD, will make my home
in Jerusalem[fn] with my people.”

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Amo 2:11 - I chose some of your sons to be prophets
and others to be Nazirites.
Can you deny this, my people of Israel?”
asks the LORD.

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Amo 2:12 - “But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine,
and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!'

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Amo 2:14 - Your fastest runners will not get away.
The strongest among you will become weak.
Even mighty warriors will be unable to save themselves.

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Amo 2:15 - The archers will not stand their ground.
The swiftest runners won't be fast enough to escape.
Even those riding horses won't be able to save themselves.

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Amo 3:3 - Can two people walk together
without agreeing on the direction?

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Amo 3:4 - Does a lion ever roar in a thicket
without first finding a victim?
Does a young lion growl in its den
without first catching its prey?

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Amo 3:7 - Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything
until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.

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Amo 4:8 - People staggered from town to town looking for water,
but there was never enough.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Amo 5:2 - “The virgin Israel has fallen,
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”

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Amo 5:5 - Don't worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;
don't go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

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Amo 5:6 - Come back to the LORD and live!
Otherwise, he will roar through Israel[fn] like a fire,
devouring you completely.
Your gods in Bethel
won't be able to quench the flames.

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Amo 5:11 - You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.

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Amo 5:14 - Do what is good and run from evil
so that you may live!
Then the LORD God of Heaven's Armies will be your helper,
just as you have claimed.

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Amo 5:21 - “I hate all your show and pretense—
the hypocrisy of your religious festivals and solemn assemblies.

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Amo 5:25 - “Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

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Amo 6:10 - And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead[fn] goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don't even mention the name of the LORD.”)

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Amo 6:14 - “O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”
says the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land—
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”

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Amo 7:6 - Then the LORD relented from this plan, too. “I will not do that either,” said the Sovereign LORD.

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Amo 7:8 - And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”
I answered, “A plumb line.”
And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.

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Amo 7:10 - Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel: “Amos is hatching a plot against you right here on your very doorstep! What he is saying is intolerable.

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Amo 7:13 - Don't bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king's sanctuary and the national place of worship!”

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Amo 7:16 - Now then, listen to this message from the LORD:
“You say,
‘Don't prophesy against Israel.
Stop preaching against my people.[fn]'

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Amo 8:2 - “What do you see, Amos?” he asked.
I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.”
Then the LORD said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.

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Amo 8:12 - People will stagger from sea to sea
and wander from border to border[fn]
searching for the word of the LORD,
but they will not find it.

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Amo 8:14 - And those who swear by the shameful idols of Samaria—
who take oaths in the name of the god of Dan
and make vows in the name of the god of Beersheba[fn]—
they will all fall down,
never to rise again.”

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Amo 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
No one will escape!

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Amo 9:9 - “For I will give the command
and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
yet not one true kernel will be lost.

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Amo 9:10 - But all the sinners will die by the sword—
all those who say, ‘Nothing bad will happen to us.'

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Amo 9:15 - I will firmly plant them there
in their own land.
They will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them,”
says the LORD your God.

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Oba 1:12 - “You should not have gloated
when they exiled your relatives to distant lands.
You should not have rejoiced
when the people of Judah suffered such misfortune.
You should not have spoken arrogantly
in that terrible time of trouble.

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Jon 1:6 - So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted. “Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.”

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Jon 1:14 - Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. “O LORD,” they pleaded, “don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons.”

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Jon 3:7 - Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.

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Jon 3:9 - Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”

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Mic 1:10 - Don't tell our enemies in Gath[fn];
don't weep at all.
You people in Beth-leaphrah,[fn]
roll in the dust to show your despair.

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Mic 2:3 - But this is what the LORD says:
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won't be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible time.”

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Mic 2:6 - “Don't say such things,”
the people respond.[fn]
“Don't prophesy like that.
Such disasters will never come our way!”

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Mic 3:8 - But as for me, I am filled with power—
with the Spirit of the LORD.
I am filled with justice and strength
to boldly declare Israel's sin and rebellion.

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Mic 3:11 - You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God's laws only for a price;
you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”

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Mic 4:3 - The LORD will mediate between peoples
and will settle disputes between strong nations far away.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.

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Mic 4:9 - But why are you now screaming in terror?
Have you no king to lead you?
Have your wise people all died?
Pain has gripped you like a woman in childbirth.

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Mic 5:7 - Then the remnant left in Israel[fn]
will take their place among the nations.
They will be like dew sent by the LORD
or like rain falling on the grass,
which no one can hold back
and no one can restrain.

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Mic 5:8 - The remnant left in Israel
will take their place among the nations.
They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a strong young lion among flocks of sheep and goats,
pouncing and tearing as they go
with no rescuer in sight.

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Mic 5:13 - I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars,
so you will never again worship the work of your own hands.

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Mic 6:10 - What shall I say about the homes of the wicked
filled with treasures gained by cheating?
What about the disgusting practice
of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?[fn]

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Mic 6:14 - You will eat but never have enough.
Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain.
And though you try to save your money,
it will come to nothing in the end.
You will save a little,
but I will give it to those who conquer you.

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Mic 6:15 - You will plant crops
but not harvest them.
You will press your olives
but not get enough oil to anoint yourselves.
You will trample the grapes
but get no juice to make your wine.

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Mic 7:5 - Don't trust anyone—
not your best friend or even your wife!

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Mic 7:8 - Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be my light.

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Nah 1:15 - [fn]Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news!
He is bringing a message of peace.
Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah,
and fulfill all your vows,
for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again.
They will be completely destroyed!

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Nah 2:13 - “I am your enemy!”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“Your chariots will soon go up in smoke.
Your young men[fn] will be killed in battle.
Never again will you plunder conquered nations.
The voices of your proud messengers will be heard no more.”

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Hab 1:2 - How long, O LORD, must I call for help?
But you do not listen!
“Violence is everywhere!” I cry,
but you do not come to save.

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Hab 1:5 - The LORD replied,
“Look around at the nations;
look and be amazed![fn]
For I am doing something in your own day,
something you wouldn't believe
even if someone told you about it.

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Hab 1:12 - O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.

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Hab 1:13 - But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?

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Hab 2:3 - This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.

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Hab 2:5 - Wealth[fn] is treacherous,
and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,[fn]
and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
and swallowed many peoples.

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Hab 3:8 - Was it in anger, LORD, that you struck the rivers
and parted the sea?
Were you displeased with them?
No, you were sending your chariots of salvation!

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Zep 1:6 - And I will destroy those who used to worship me
but now no longer do.
They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance
or seek my blessings.”

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Zep 1:12 - “I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem's darkest corners
to punish those who sit complacent in their sins.
They think the LORD will do nothing to them,
either good or bad.

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Zep 1:13 - So their property will be plundered,
their homes will be ransacked.
They will build new homes
but never live in them.
They will plant vineyards
but never drink wine from them.

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Zep 1:18 - Your silver and gold will not save you
on that day of the LORD's anger.
For the whole land will be devoured
by the fire of his jealousy.
He will make a terrifying end
of all the people on earth.[fn]

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Zep 3:5 - But the LORD is still there in the city,
and he does no wrong.
Day by day he hands down justice,
and he does not fail.
But the wicked know no shame.

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Zep 3:6 - “I have wiped out many nations,
devastating their fortress walls and towers.
Their streets are now deserted;
their cities lie in silent ruin.
There are no survivors—
none at all.

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Zep 3:7 - I thought, ‘Surely they will have reverence for me now!
Surely they will listen to my warnings.
Then I won't need to strike again,
destroying their homes.'
But no, they get up early
to continue their evil deeds.

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Zep 3:11 - On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed,
for you will no longer be rebels against me.
I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you.
There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain.

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Zep 3:13 - The remnant of Israel will do no wrong;
they will never tell lies or deceive one another.
They will eat and sleep in safety,
and no one will make them afraid.”

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Zep 3:16 - On that day the announcement to Jerusalem will be,
“Cheer up, Zion! Don't be afraid!

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Zec 1:4 - Don't be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.'

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Zec 1:5 - “Where are your ancestors now? They and the prophets are long dead.

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Zec 1:12 - Upon hearing this, the angel of the LORD prayed this prayer: “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”

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Zec 7:5 - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn,[fn] was it really for me that you were fasting?

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Zec 7:10 - Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.

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Zec 7:11 - “Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.

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Zec 7:12 - They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the LORD of Heaven's Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD of Heaven's Armies was so angry with them.

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Zec 7:13 - “Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Zec 8:6 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of God's people. But is it impossible for me? says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Zec 8:17 - Don't scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the LORD.”

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Zec 9:5 - The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall
and will be filled with fear.
Gaza will shake with terror,
as will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed.
Gaza's king will be killed,
and Ashkelon will be deserted.

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Zec 9:8 - I will guard my Temple
and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people's land.

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Zec 10:10 - I will bring them back from Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
until there is no more room for them all.

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Zec 11:6 - Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other's hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”

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Zec 11:16 - This illustrates how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for those who are dying, nor look after the young,[fn] nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.

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Zec 12:7 - “The LORD will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater honor than the rest of Judah.

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Zec 14:2 - I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city.

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Zec 14:17 - Any nation in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will have no rain.

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Zec 14:18 - If the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.

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Zec 14:19 - Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don't go to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.

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Mal 2:2 - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.

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Mal 2:15 - Didn't the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his.[fn] And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.

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Mal 2:16 - “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,[fn]” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”

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Mal 3:5 - “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Mal 3:10 - Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!

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Mal 3:11 - Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.[fn] Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Mal 3:18 - Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

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Mal 4:1 - [fn]The LORD of Heaven's Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.

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Mal 4:6 - His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

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