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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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Ecclesiastes 3:7
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7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent(A) and a time to speak,
Amos 5:13
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Amos 5:13
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Amos 5:13
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Amos 5:13
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Esther 4:13-14
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Esther 4:13-14
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13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
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Esther 4:13-14
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Esther 4:13-14
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13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent(A) at this time, relief(B) and deliverance(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(D)
Acts 4:20
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Acts 4:20
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20 for (A)we cannot but speak of what (B)we have seen and heard.”
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Acts 4:20
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Acts 4:20
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Micah 7:5
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Micah 7:5
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5 (A)Put no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard (B)the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;[a]
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- Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom
Micah 7:5
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Micah 7:5
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5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(A)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
Lamentations 3:28
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Lamentations 3:28
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28 Let him (A)sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
Lamentations 3:28
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Lamentations 3:28
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28 Let him sit alone in silence,(A)
for the Lord has laid it on him.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
(C)defend the rights of (D)the poor and needy.
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- Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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Proverbs 24:11-12
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Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
(B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?
Proverbs 24:11-12
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Proverbs 24:11-12
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Joel 2:13
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Joel 2:13
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13 and (A)rend your hearts and not (B)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
(C)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
(D)and he relents over disaster.
Job 32:4-22
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Job 32:4-22
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4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. 5 And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger.
6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:
“I am young in years,
and you are (A)aged;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to declare my opinion to you.
7 I said, ‘Let days speak,
and many years teach wisdom.’
8 But it is (B)the spirit in man,
(C)the breath of the Almighty, that makes him (D)understand.
9 (E)It is not the old[a] who are wise,
nor the aged who understand what is right.
10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
let me also declare my opinion.’
11 “Behold, I waited for your words,
I listened for your wise sayings,
while you searched out what to say.
12 I gave you my attention,
and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Job
or who answered his words.
13 Beware (F)lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom;
God may vanquish him, not a man.’
14 He has not directed his words against me,
and I will not answer him with your speeches.
15 “They are dismayed; they answer no more;
they have not a word to say.
16 And shall I wait, because they do not speak,
because they stand there, and answer no more?
17 I also will answer with my share;
I also will declare my opinion.
18 For I am full of words;
the spirit within me constrains me.
19 Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent;
like new (G)wineskins ready to burst.
20 (H)I must speak, that I may find (I)relief;
I must open my lips and answer.
21 I will not (J)show partiality to any man
or use flattery toward any person.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
else my Maker would soon take me away.
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- Job 32:9 Hebrew many [in years]
Job 32:4-22
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Job 32:4-22
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4 Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.(A) 5 But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.
6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
“I am young in years,
and you are old;(B)
that is why I was fearful,
not daring to tell you what I know.
7 I thought, ‘Age should speak;
advanced years should teach wisdom.’(C)
8 But it is the spirit[a](D) in a person,
the breath of the Almighty,(E) that gives them understanding.(F)
9 It is not only the old[b] who are wise,(G)
not only the aged(H) who understand what is right.(I)
10 “Therefore I say: Listen to me;(J)
I too will tell you what I know.(K)
11 I waited while you spoke,
I listened to your reasoning;
while you were searching for words,
12 I gave you my full attention.
But not one of you has proved Job wrong;
none of you has answered his arguments.(L)
13 Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;(M)
let God, not a man, refute(N) him.’
14 But Job has not marshaled his words against me,(O)
and I will not answer him with your arguments.
15 “They are dismayed and have no more to say;
words have failed them.(P)
16 Must I wait, now that they are silent,
now that they stand there with no reply?
17 I too will have my say;
I too will tell what I know.(Q)
18 For I am full of words,
and the spirit(R) within me compels me;(S)
19 inside I am like bottled-up wine,
like new wineskins ready to burst.(T)
20 I must speak and find relief;
I must open my lips and reply.(U)
21 I will show no partiality,(V)
nor will I flatter anyone;(W)
22 for if I were skilled in flattery,
my Maker(X) would soon take me away.(Y)
Esther 7:4
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Esther 7:4
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4 (A)For we have been sold, I and my people, (B)to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”
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Esther 7:4
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Esther 7:4
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4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
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- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
Luke 19:37-40
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Luke 19:37-40
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37 As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—(A)the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice (B)for all the mighty works that they had seen, 38 saying, (C)“Blessed is (D)the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and (E)glory in the highest!” 39 (F)And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, (G)the very stones would cry out.”
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Luke 19:37-40
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Luke 19:37-40
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37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,(A) the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”(C)
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”(D)
40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”(E)
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- Luke 19:38 Psalm 118:26
1 Samuel 25:24-44
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1 Samuel 25:24-44
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24 She fell at his feet and said, (A)“On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. 25 Let not my lord regard (B)this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal[a] is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. 26 Now then, my lord, (C)as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because (D)the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from (E)saving with your own hand, now then (F)let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now let this (G)present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord (H)a sure house, because my lord (I)is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. 29 If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies (J)he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you and has appointed you prince[b] over Israel, 31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for my lord (K)working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
32 And David said to Abigail, (L)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, (M)who have kept me this day from bloodguilt (N)and from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely (O)as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (P)who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.” 35 Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, (Q)“Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”
36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, (R)he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart (S)was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing (T)at all until the morning light. 37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And about ten days later (U)the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, (V)“Blessed be the Lord who has (W)avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, (X)and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. (Y)The Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and (Z)spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.” 41 And she rose (AA)and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” 42 And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
43 David also took Ahinoam of (AB)Jezreel, (AC)and both of them became his wives. 44 Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
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- 1 Samuel 25:25 Nabal means fool
- 1 Samuel 25:30 Or leader
1 Samuel 25:24-44
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1 Samuel 25:24-44
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24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,(A) and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool(B),(C) and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed(D) and from avenging(E) yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.(F) 27 And let this gift,(G) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28 “Please forgive(H) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(I) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(J) and no wrongdoing(K) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(L) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(M) away as from the pocket of a sling.(N) 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(O) over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember(P) your servant.”(Q)
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(R) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(S) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(T) would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted(U) your request.”
36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high(V) spirits and very drunk.(W) So she told(X) him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.(Y) 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck(Z) Nabal and he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”
41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” 42 Abigail(AA) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam(AB) of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.(AC) 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel[a](AD) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.(AE)
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- 1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel
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