12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (A)prolongs his life, yet I know that (B)it will be well with (C)those who fear God, because they fear before him.

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12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better(A) with those who fear God,(B) who are reverent before him.(C)

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11 But (A)the meek shall inherit the land
    and delight themselves in (B)abundant peace.

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11 But the meek will inherit the land(A)
    and enjoy peace and prosperity.(B)

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then (A)the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials,[a] and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

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  1. 2 Peter 2:9 Or temptations

if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)

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15 In my (A)vain[a] life I have seen everything. There is (B)a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who (C)prolongs his life in his evildoing.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:15 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

15 In this meaningless life(A) of mine I have seen both of these:

the righteous perishing in their righteousness,
    and the wicked living long in their wickedness.(B)

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18 The Lord (A)knows the days of the blameless,
    and their (B)heritage will remain forever;
19 they are not put to shame in evil times;
    in (C)the days of famine they have abundance.

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18 The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,(A)
    and their inheritance will endure forever.(B)
19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
    in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

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22 What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience (A)vessels of wrath (B)prepared for destruction,

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22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience(A) the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction?(B)

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But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are (A)storing up (B)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

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But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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34 Then (A)the King will say to (B)those on his right, ‘Come, you (C)who are blessed by my Father, (D)inherit (E)the kingdom (F)prepared for you (G)from the foundation of the world.

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34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom(A) prepared for you since the creation of the world.(B)

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20 No more shall there be in it
    an infant who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for (A)the young man shall die a hundred years old,
    and (B)the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 (C)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 (D)They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
(E)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy[a] the work of their hands.
23 (F)They shall not labor in vain
    (G)or bear children for calamity,[b]
for (H)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.
24 (I)Before they call I will answer;
    (J)while they are yet speaking I will hear.

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  1. Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
  2. Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

20 “Never again will there be in it
    an infant(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(F)
    so will be the days(G) of my people;
my chosen(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(I)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(J)
for they will be a people blessed(K) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(L) with them.
24 Before they call(M) I will answer;(N)
    while they are still speaking(O) I will hear.

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  1. Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches

10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    (B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (C)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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10 Tell the righteous it will be well(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(B)
11 Woe to the wicked!(C)
    Disaster(D) is upon them!
They will be paid back(E)
    for what their hands have done.(F)

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14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; (A)nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

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14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.(A)

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32 For the simple are killed by (A)their turning away,
    and (B)the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but (C)whoever listens to me will dwell secure
    and will be (D)at ease, without dread of disaster.”

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32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,
    and the complacency of fools will destroy them;(A)
33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety(B)
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”(C)

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50 And (A)his mercy is for those who fear him
    from generation to generation.

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50 His mercy extends to those who fear him,
    from generation to generation.(A)

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