17 Then she told him this story:(A) “That Hebrew(B) slave(C) you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

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Laws of Justice and Mercy

23 “Do not spread false reports.(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.(B)

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65 Then the high priest tore his clothes(A) and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will perish.(A)

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A false witness(A) will not go unpunished,(B)
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.(C)

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19 Truthful lips endure forever,
    but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

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Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(A)
    and from deceitful tongues.(B)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows,(C)
    with burning coals of the broom bush.

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    because of what my enemy is saying,
    because of the threats of the wicked;
for they bring down suffering on me(A)
    and assail(B) me in their anger.(C)

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.

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In those letters she wrote:

“Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 10 But seat two scoundrels(A) opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed(B) both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

11 So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel directed in the letters she had written to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast(C) and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 13 Then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.(D)

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17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler(A) of Israel?”

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14 she called her household servants.(A) “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew(B) has been brought to us to make sport of us!(C) He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.(D)

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