1 Samuel 1:16
New King James Version
16 Do not consider your maidservant a (A)wicked[a] woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”
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- 1 Samuel 1:16 Lit. daughter of Belial
1 Samuel 2:12
New King James Version
The Wicked Sons of Eli
12 Now the sons of Eli were (A)corrupt;[a] (B)they did not know the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit. sons of Belial
Matthew 12:34-35
New King James Version
34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [b]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
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- Matthew 12:34 Offspring
- Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart
Job 10:1-2
New King James Version
Job: I Would Plead with God
10 “My (A)soul loathes my life;
I will [a]give free course to my complaint,
(B)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
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- Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself
Job 6:2-3
New King James Version
2 “Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.
1 Samuel 25:25
New King James Version
25 Please, let not my lord [a]regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: [b]Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
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- 1 Samuel 25:25 pay attention to
- 1 Samuel 25:25 Lit. Fool
1 Samuel 10:27
New King James Version
27 (A)But some (B)rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, (C)and brought him no presents. But he [a]held his peace.
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- 1 Samuel 10:27 kept silent
Deuteronomy 13:13
New King James Version
13 [a]‘Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” ’—which you have not known—
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- Deuteronomy 13:13 Lit. Sons of Belial
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