13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.

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13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

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10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

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10 “The Lord bless you,(A) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(B) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

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And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

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said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(A) my son!”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms

11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

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11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

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10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”(A)

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31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

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31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
    and let her works bring her praise(A) at the city gate.

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13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

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13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(A)
    whose glances are so disdainful;

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13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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13 Whoever conceals their sins(A) does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses(B) and renounces them finds mercy.(C)

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11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

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11 “I regret(A) that I have made Saul king, because he has turned(B) away from me and has not carried out my instructions.”(C) Samuel was angry,(D) and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

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But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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But Saul and the army spared(A) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

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19 and he blessed Abram,(A) saying,

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,(B)
    Creator of heaven and earth.(C)

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12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(A)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
    an outsider, and not your own lips.(A)

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