(A)You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; (B)nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice.

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“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B)

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10 My son, if sinners entice you,
(A)Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us (B)lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

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10 My son, if sinful men entice(A) you,
    do not give in(B) to them.(C)
11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(D) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;

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15 My son, (A)do not walk in the way with them,
(B)Keep your foot from their path;

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15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(A) on their paths;(B)

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23 But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men [a]and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 So (A)Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested.

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  1. Luke 23:23 NU omits and of the chief priests

23 But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. 24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand.

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24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a [a]tumult was rising, he (A)took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this [b]just Person. You see to it.

25 And all the people answered and said, (B)“His blood be on us and on our children.”

26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when (C)he had [c]scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.

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  1. Matthew 27:24 an uproar
  2. Matthew 27:24 NU omits just
  3. Matthew 27:26 flogged with a Roman scourge

24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar(A) was starting, he took water and washed his hands(B) in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”(C) he said. “It is your responsibility!”(D)

25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”(E)

26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged,(F) and handed him over to be crucified.

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34 Because I feared the great (A)multitude,
And dreaded the contempt of families,
So that I kept silence
And did not go out of the door—

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34 because I so feared the crowd(A)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(B) and would not go outside—

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17 (A)You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for (B)the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, (C)bring to me, and I will hear it.’

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17 Do not show partiality(A) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(B) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(C)

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(A)“You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute. (B)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (C)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (D)I will not justify the wicked.

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“Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits. Have nothing to do with a false charge(B) and do not put an innocent(C) or honest person to death,(D) for I will not acquit the guilty.(E)

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50 Nicodemus (A)(he who came to [a]Jesus [b]by night, being one of them) said to them, 51 (B)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”

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  1. John 7:50 Lit. Him
  2. John 7:50 NU before

50 Nicodemus,(A) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

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51 He had not consented to their decision and deed. He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, (A)who[a] himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.

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  1. Luke 23:51 NU who was waiting

51 who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.(A)

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15 (A)So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be (B)crucified.

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15 Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged,(A) and handed him over to be crucified.

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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil.

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14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.(A)

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10 So he said, (A)“I have been very (B)zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and (C)killed Your prophets with the sword. (D)I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

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10 He replied, “I have been very zealous(A) for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant,(B) torn down your altars,(C) and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,(D) and now they are trying to kill me too.”

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