Acts 16:35-40
English Standard Version
35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.” 36 And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace.” 37 But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, (A)uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.” 38 The police reported these words to the magistrates, and (B)they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens. 39 So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and (C)asked them to leave the city. 40 So they went out of the prison and visited (D)Lydia. And when they had seen (E)the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.
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Proverbs 20:19-24
English Standard Version
19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]
20 (C)If one curses his father or his mother,
(D)his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
21 (E)An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
22 Do not say, (F)“I will repay evil”;
(G)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
23 (H)Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord,
and (I)false scales are not good.
24 A man's (J)steps are from the Lord;
how then can man understand his way?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips
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