1 Samuel 23:21
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21 “The Lord bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!
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1 Samuel 22:8
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8 Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You’re not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”
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Micah 3:11
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11 You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God’s laws only for a price;
you prophets won’t prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the Lord.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the Lord is here among us.”
Isaiah 66:5
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5 Hear this message from the Lord,
all you who tremble at his words:
“Your own people hate you
and throw you out for being loyal to my name.
‘Let the Lord be honored!’ they scoff.
‘Be joyful in him!’
But they will be put to shame.
Psalm 10:3
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3 For they brag about their evil desires;
they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
Judges 17:2
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2 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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- 17:2 Hebrew 1,100 [shekels], about 28 pounds or 12.5 kilograms in weight.
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