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13 When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May the Lord bless you,” he said. “I have carried out the Lord’s command!”

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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 “The Lord bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.

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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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One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces[a] of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”

“The Lord bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.

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  1. 17:2 Hebrew 1,100 [shekels], about 28 pounds or 12.5 kilograms in weight.

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

11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer[a]: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people—cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!

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  1. 18:11 Some manuscripts read stood and prayed this prayer to himself.

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 In the same way, when you obey me you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”

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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 Reward her for all she has done.
    Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

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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 They look proudly around,
    casting disdainful glances.

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

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13 People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
    but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive 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 “I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has not been loyal to me and has refused to obey my command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that he cried out to 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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Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.

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

19 Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:

“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
    Creator 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 The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”

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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 someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
    a stranger, not your 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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