James 4:10

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¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.^(A)

Job 9:28-31

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²⁸I still dread^(A) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.^(B)
²⁹Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?^(C)
³⁰Even if I washed myself with soap^(D)
    and my hands^(E) with cleansing powder,^(F)
³¹you would plunge me into a slime pit^(G)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.^(H)

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Psalm 51:1-4

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Psalm 51^[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.^(A)

¹Have mercy^(B) on me, O God,
    according to your unfailing love;^(C)
according to your great compassion^(D)
    blot out^(E) my transgressions.^(F)
²Wash away^(G) all my iniquity
    and cleanse^(H) me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.^(I)
⁴Against you, you only, have I sinned^(J)
    and done what is evil in your sight;^(K)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.^(L)

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Footnotes

Psalm 51:1 In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.

Isaiah 1:15-17

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¹⁵When you spread out your hands^(A) in prayer,
I hide^(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.^(C)

Your hands^(D) are full of blood!^(E)

¹⁶Wash^(F) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(G)
    stop doing wrong.^(H)
¹⁷Learn to do right;^(I) seek justice.^(J)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a]^(K)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(L)
    plead the case of the widow.^(M)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor

Matthew 23:13-15

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Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

¹³“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!^(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.^(B) ^[14]^[a]

¹⁵“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,^(C) and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell^(D) as you are.

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