1 Samuel 15:24
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24 Saul said to Samuel, (A)“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
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Isaiah 51:12-13
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12 “I, I am he (A)who comforts you;
who are you that you are afraid of (B)man who dies,
of the son of man who is made (C)like grass,
13 and have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
(D)who stretched out the heavens
and (E)laid the foundations of the earth,
and you fear continually all the day
because of the wrath of (F)the oppressor,
when he sets himself to destroy?
And where is the wrath of (G)the oppressor?
2 Samuel 12:13
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13 (A)David said to Nathan, (B)“I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, (C)“The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
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Proverbs 29:25
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25 (A)The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
Numbers 22:34
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34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, (A)“I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.”
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Revelation 21:8
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8 (A)But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, (B)their portion will be in (C)the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is (D)the second death.”
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Galatians 1:10
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10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying (A)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a (B)servant[a] of Christ.
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- Galatians 1:10 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Exodus 23:2
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2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,
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Luke 23:20-25
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20 Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus, 21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22 A third time he said to them, “Why? (A)What evil has he done? (B)I have found in him no guilt deserving death. (C)I will therefore punish and release him.” 23 But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. 25 He released the man who had been thrown into prison (D)for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked, (E)but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
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Matthew 27:4
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4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? (A)See to it yourself.”
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Jeremiah 38:5
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5 King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands, (A)for the king can do nothing against you.”
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Job 31:34
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34 because I stood in great fear of (A)the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
1 Samuel 15:30
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30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet (A)honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, (B)and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.”
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1 Samuel 15:15
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15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, (A)for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”
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1 Samuel 15:9
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9 (A)But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves[a] and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
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- 1 Samuel 15:9 The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain
1 Samuel 2:29
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29 Why then do you (A)scorn[a] my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’
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- 1 Samuel 2:29 Hebrew kick at
Exodus 10:16
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16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, (A)“I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
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Exodus 9:27
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27 Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time (A)I have sinned; the (B)Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
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Genesis 3:17
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17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(A)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(B)cursed is the ground because of you;
(C)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Genesis 3:12
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12 The man said, (A)“The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
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