32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

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32 “Why(A) should he be put to death? What(B) has he done?” Jonathan asked his father.

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23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

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23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.

But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

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For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

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He took his life(A) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(B) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(C) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

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22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.

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22 For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”(A)

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51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

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51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

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This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(A) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(B) and afterward they join the dead.(C)

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Do not be quickly provoked(A) in your spirit,
    for anger resides in the lap of fools.(B)

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Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Speak(A) up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(B)

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11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(A)
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(B) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(C) everyone according to what they have done?(D)

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24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,

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If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

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If he says, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper,(A) you can be sure that he is determined(B) to harm me.

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10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

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10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded(A) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

11 Saul sent men to David’s house to watch(B) it and to kill him in the morning.(C) But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, “If you don’t run for your life tonight, tomorrow you’ll be killed.”

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