20 “For,” said Peter, “it is written in the Book of Psalms:

“‘May his place be deserted;
    let there be no one to dwell in it,’[a](A)

and,

“‘May another take his place of leadership.’[b](B)

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  1. Acts 1:20 Psalm 69:25
  2. Acts 1:20 Psalm 109:8

20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

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25 May their place be deserted;(A)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(B)

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25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

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May his days be few;(A)
    may another take his place(B) of leadership.
May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.(C)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(D)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(E) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(F) the fruits of his labor.(G)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(H) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(I)
    their names blotted out(J) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(K) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(L) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(M) from the earth.

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  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”

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25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

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33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus.(A) As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.’[a](B)

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  1. Acts 13:33 Psalm 2:7

33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

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44 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you:(A) Everything must be fulfilled(B) that is written about me in the Law of Moses,(C) the Prophets(D) and the Psalms.”(E)

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44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

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42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms:

“‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand

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42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

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And he said to me, “This is the curse(A) that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief(B) will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely(C) will be banished. The Lord Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely(D) by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.(E)’”

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Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.

I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

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