“Now, O Lord, (A)please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and (B)with a whole heart, (C)and have done what is good in your sight.” (D)And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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“Remember,(A) Lord, how I have walked(B) before you faithfully(C) and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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22 Then I commanded the Levites (A)that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. (B)Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.

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22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Remember(A) me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

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14 (A)Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.

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14 Remember(A) me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.

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19 (A)Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

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19 Remember(A) me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.

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(A)And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. (B)He removed the high places and broke the (C)pillars and cut down (D)the Asherah. And he broke in pieces (E)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan).[a] (F)He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, (G)so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. (H)For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses.

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  1. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and serpent

He did what was right(A) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(B) had done. He removed(C) the high places,(D) smashed the sacred stones(E) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(F) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[a])

Hezekiah trusted(G) in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. He held fast(H) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses.

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  1. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.

And they were both (A)righteous before God, walking (B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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31 and I provided (A)for the wood offering (B)at appointed times, and for the firstfruits.

(C)Remember me, O my God, for good.

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31 I also made provision for contributions of wood(A) at designated times, and for the firstfruits.(B)

Remember(C) me with favor, my God.

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21 Beloved, (A)if our heart does not condemn us, (B)we have confidence before God; 22 and (C)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and (D)do what pleases him.

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21 Dear friends,(A) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(B) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(C) because we keep his commands(D) and do what pleases him.(E)

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61 (A)Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”

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61 And may your hearts(A) be fully committed(B) to the Lord our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

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21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.” 22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, (A)‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

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21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept,(A) but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”

22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows?(B) The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’(C)

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Paul's Change of Plans

12 For our boast is this, (A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and (B)godly sincerity, (C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness

Paul’s Change of Plans

12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience(A) testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity[a](B) and godly sincerity.(C) We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom(D) but on God’s grace.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 Many manuscripts holiness

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, (B)in whom there is no deceit!”

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47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(A) in whom there is no deceit.”(B)

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(A)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
    in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then (B)nations shall bless themselves in him,
    (C)and in him shall they glory.”

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and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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