16 (A)for the righteous falls (B)seven times and rises again,
    but (C)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

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(A)Rejoice not over me, O (B)my enemy;
    (C)when I fall, I shall rise;
(D)when I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be a light to me.
(E)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
    because I have sinned against him,
until (F)he pleads my cause
    and executes judgment for me.
(G)He will bring me out to the light;
    I shall look upon his vindication.
10 Then (H)my enemy will see,
    and shame will cover her who (I)said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”
(J)My eyes will look upon her;
    now she will be trampled down
    (K)like the mire of the streets.

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24 (A)though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the Lord (B)upholds his hand.

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19 (A)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
    (B)but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

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19 He will (A)deliver you from six troubles;
    in seven no (B)evil[a] shall touch you.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:19 Or disaster

We are (A)afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but (B)not forsaken; (C)struck down, but not destroyed; 10 (D)always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, (E)so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So (F)death is at work in us, but life in you.

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20 (A)Rejoice over her, O heaven,
    and you saints and (B)apostles and prophets,
for (C)God has given judgment for you against her!”

21 Then (D)a mighty angel (E)took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon (F)the great city be thrown down with violence,
    and will be found no more;

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While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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32 (A)The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing,
    but (B)the righteous finds refuge in his death.

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23 Are they (A)servants of Christ? (B)I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, (C)far more imprisonments, (D)with countless beatings, and (E)often near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the (F)forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was (G)beaten with rods. (H)Once I was stoned. Three times I (I)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, (J)danger from my own people, (K)danger from Gentiles, (L)danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 (M)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, (N)in hunger and thirst, often without food,[a] in cold and exposure.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Or often in fasting

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[a] of (A)the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us (B)rely not on ourselves (C)but on God (D)who raises the dead. 10 (E)He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. (F)On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:8 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

But God will break you down forever;
    he will snatch and (A)tear you from your tent;
    he will uproot you from (B)the land of the living. Selah

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14 Blessed is the one who (A)fears the Lord[a] always,
    but whoever (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
15 Like (C)a roaring lion or (D)a charging bear
    is (E)a wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 A ruler who (F)lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,
    but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
17 If one is burdened with (G)the blood of another,
    he will be a fugitive until death;[b]
    let no one help him.
18 (H)Whoever (I)walks in integrity will be delivered,
    but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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  1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord
  2. Proverbs 28:17 Hebrew until the pit

“Fallen, no more to rise,
    is (A)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
    with none to raise her up.”

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17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
    but (A)a faithful envoy brings healing.

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10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (B)Then the wrath of the king abated.

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10 And David said, (A)“As the Lord lives, (B)the Lord will strike him, or (C)his day will come to die, (D)or he will go down into battle and perish.

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23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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14 Those who swear by (A)the Guilt of Samaria,
    and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (B)the Way of (C)Beersheba lives,’
    they shall fall, and never rise again.”

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16 His (A)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

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(A)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these (B)uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, (C)for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword (D)and fell upon it.

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