16 They do not turn to the Most High;(A)
    they are like a faulty bow.(B)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
    because of their insolent(C) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(D)
    in the land of Egypt.(E)

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16 They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

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57 Like their ancestors(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
    as unreliable as a faulty bow.(B)

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57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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They will not remain(A) in the Lord’s land;
    Ephraim will return to Egypt(B)
    and eat unclean food in Assyria.(C)

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They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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32 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“You will drink your sister’s cup,
    a cup large and deep;
it will bring scorn and derision,(A)
    for it holds so much.(B)

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32 Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

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Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
    and their tongues take possession of the earth.

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They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

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Even if they escape from destruction,
    Egypt will gather them,(A)
    and Memphis(B) will bury them.(C)
Their treasures of silver(D) will be taken over by briers,
    and thorns(E) will overrun their tents.

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For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

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those who say,
    “By our tongues we will prevail;(A)
    our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”

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Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

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The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies(A) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.(B)

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And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

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(for that righteous man,(A) living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—

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(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

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Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.(A) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

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Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”(A)

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24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

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13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.(A)

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13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

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36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

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36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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