25 You know that Abner the son of Ner came to deceive you and to know (A)your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you are doing.”

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25 You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.”

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28 “‘I know your sitting down
    and your going out and coming in,
    and your raging against me.

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28 “But I know where you are
    and when you come and go(A)
    and how you rage(B) against me.

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Blessed shall you be (A)when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

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You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(A)

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God's Righteous Judgment

Therefore you have (A)no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For (B)in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.

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God’s Righteous Judgment

You, therefore, have no excuse,(A) you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.(B)

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47 The Pharisees answered them, (A)“Have you also been deceived?

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47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(A) the Pharisees retorted.

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12 And there was much (A)muttering about him among the people. (B)While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, (C)he is leading the people astray.”

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12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(A)

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The Lord will keep
    your (A)going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.(A)

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32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, (A)a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and (B)honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.”

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32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life(A) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’

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But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it?”

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the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out(A) and overthrow it?”

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27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, (A)and there he struck him (B)in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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27 Now when Abner(A) returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him(B) in the stomach, and he died.(C)

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But (A)the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return (B)to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, (C)lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here? Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances,

(D)‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
    and David his ten thousands’?”

Then Achish called David and said to him, (E)“As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that (F)you should march out and in with me in the campaign. For I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords do not approve of you.

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But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send(A) the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn(B) against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men? Isn’t this the David they sang about in their dances:

“‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his tens of thousands’?”(C)

So Achish called David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you have been reliable, and I would be pleased to have you serve with me in the army. From the day(D) you came to me until today, I have found no fault in you, but the rulers(E) don’t approve of you.

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17 who (A)shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be (B)as sheep that have no shepherd.”

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17 to go out and come in before them, one who will lead them out and bring them in, so the Lord’s people will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(A)

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16 Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

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16 Send one of your number to get your brother;(A) the rest of you will be kept in prison,(B) so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.(C) If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!(D)

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