He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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He raises the poor(A) from the dust
    and lifts the needy(B) from the ash heap;

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

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19 Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead;(A) I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell(B) her husband Nabal.

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19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

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Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(A) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(B) and not for good.(C)(D)

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And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

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15 I meditate on your precepts(A)
    and consider your ways.

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15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

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21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(A)

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”(B)

He answered, “No.”

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21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

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Freedom in Christ

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.(A) Stand firm,(B) then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.(C)

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Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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18 The path of the righteous(A) is like the morning sun,(B)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(C)

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18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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26 The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels,[a] not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains(A) that were on their camels’ necks.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:26 That is, about 43 pounds or about 20 kilograms

26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

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You went to Molek[a](A) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.(B)
You sent your ambassadors[b](C) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:9 Or to the king
  2. Isaiah 57:9 Or idols

And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell.

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When hard pressed,(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.(B)

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I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

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31 Now is the time for judgment on this world;(A) now the prince of this world(B) will be driven out.

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31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

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10 your kingdom(A) come,
your will be done,(B)
    on earth as it is in heaven.

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10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

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