19 (A)For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the Lord was angry with you, to destroy you. (B)But the Lord listened to me at that time also.

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19 I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.(A) But again the Lord listened to me.(B)

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16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (A)The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man (B)with a nature like ours, and (C)he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
  2. James 5:16 supplication

16 Therefore confess your sins(A) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(B) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(C)

17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(D) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(E)

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10 “As at the first time, (A)I stayed in the mountain forty days and forty nights; (B)the Lord also heard me at that time, and the Lord chose not to destroy you.

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10 Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.(A)

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Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who (A)called upon His name;
They called upon the Lord, and He answered them.

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Moses(A) and Aaron(B) were among his priests,
    Samuel(C) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered(D) them.

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17 So the Lord said to Moses, (A)“I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

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17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,(A) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”(B)

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14 So the Lord (A)relented from the harm which He said He would do to His people.

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14 Then the Lord relented(A) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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10 Now therefore, (A)let Me alone, that (B)My wrath may burn hot against them and I may [a]consume them. And (C)I will make of you a great nation.”

11 (D)Then Moses pleaded with [b]the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

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  1. Exodus 32:10 destroy
  2. Exodus 32:11 Lit. the face of the Lord

10 Now leave me alone(A) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(B) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(C)

11 But Moses sought the favor(D) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(E)

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Jesus Teaches the Fear of God(A)

(B)“And I say to you, (C)My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, (D)fear Him!

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“I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B)

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And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said:

“O Lord God, forgive, I pray!
(A)Oh,[a] that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
So (B)the Lord relented concerning this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

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  1. Amos 7:2 Or How shall Jacob stand

When they had stripped the land clean,(A) I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?(B) He is so small!(C)

So the Lord relented.(D)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(E)

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that (A)Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the (B)province are there in great distress and (C)reproach. (D)The wall of Jerusalem (E)is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

And I said: “I pray, (F)Lord God of heaven, O great and (G)awesome God, (H)You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love [a]You and observe [b]Your commandments, please let Your ear be attentive and (I)Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and (J)confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned. (K)We have acted very corruptly against You, and have (L)not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.

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  1. Nehemiah 1:5 Lit. Him
  2. Nehemiah 1:5 Lit. His

Hanani,(A) one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant(B) that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(C)

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(D) For some days I mourned and fasted(E) and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said:

Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God,(F) who keeps his covenant of love(G) with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(H) the prayer(I) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(J) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly(K) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

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Then I said:

“O Lord God, cease, I pray!
(A)Oh, that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
So the Lord relented concerning this.
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

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Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(A)

So the Lord relented.(B)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(C)

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23 (A)Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one (B)stood before Him in the breach,
To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them.

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23 So he said he would destroy(A) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(B) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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Also (A)in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry enough with you to have destroyed you.

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At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath(A) so that he was angry enough to destroy you.(B)

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