28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even (A)things that are not, to (B)bring to nothing things that are,

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24 He (A)shatters the mighty without investigation
    and sets (B)others in their place.

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17 as it is written, (A)“I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, (B)who gives life to the dead and calls into existence (C)the things that do not exist.

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17 (A)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
    and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
    and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

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11 (A)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
    and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

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19 who (A)shows no partiality to princes,
    nor regards the rich (B)more than the poor,
    for (C)they are all the work of his hands?
20 In a moment (D)they die;
    at (E)midnight the people are shaken and pass away,
    and the mighty are taken away by (F)no human hand.

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12 (A)You shall seek those who contend with you,
    but you shall not find them;
(B)those who war against you
    shall be as nothing at all.

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13 (A)The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
    (B)but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased (C)like chaff on the mountains before the wind
    and (D)whirling dust before the storm.
14 (E)At evening time, behold, terror!
    Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
    and the lot of those who plunder us.

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35 (A)I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
    spreading himself like (B)a green laurel tree.[a]
36 But he passed away,[b] and behold, (C)he was no more;
    though I sought him, he could not be found.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:35 The identity of this tree is uncertain
  2. Psalm 37:36 Or But one passed by

17 For (A)in a single hour all this wealth (B)has been laid waste.”

And (C)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off

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44 And in the days of those kings (A)the God of heaven will set up (B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. (C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and (D)it shall stand forever, 45 just as (E)you saw that (F)a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that (G)it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A (H)great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

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34 As you looked, a stone was cut out (A)by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and (B)broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became (C)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that (D)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became (E)a great mountain (F)and filled the whole earth.

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36 (A)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

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63 And as the Lord (A)took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the Lord will (B)take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

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Wisdom from the Spirit

Yet among (A)the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not (B)a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, (C)who are doomed to pass away.

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10 (A)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds the one who (B)trusts in the Lord.

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Concern for the Corinthian Church

11 (A)I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was (B)not at all inferior to these super-apostles, (C)even though I am nothing.

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