Isaiah 32:5
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5 A fool will no longer be called noble
nor a villain said to be honorable.(A)
Isaiah 5:20
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20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!(A)
Malachi 3:18
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18 Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.(A)
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Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
7 for like a hair in the throat, so are they.[a]
“Eat and drink!” they say to you,
but they do not mean it.(B)
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten,
and you will waste your pleasant words.
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- 23.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 15:4
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4 in whose eyes the wicked are despised
but who honor those who fear the Lord;
who stand by their oath even to their hurt;(A)
1 Samuel 25:25
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25 My lord, do not take seriously this ill-natured 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.(A)
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- 25.25 That is, fool
1 Samuel 25:3-8
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3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite. 4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5 So David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. 6 Thus you shall salute him, ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.(A) 7 I hear that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel.(B) 8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your sight, for we have come on a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”(C)
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