18 And (A)a harvest of righteousness (B)is sown in peace by those who make peace.

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18 Peacemakers(A) who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.(B)

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“Blessed are (A)the peacemakers, for (B)they shall be called (C)sons[a] of God.

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  1. Matthew 5:9 Greek huioi; see Preface

Blessed are the peacemakers,(A)
    for they will be called children of God.(B)

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11 filled (A)with the fruit of righteousness that comes (B)through Jesus Christ, (C)to the glory and praise of God.

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11 filled with the fruit of righteousness(A) that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

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12 (A)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
    reap steadfast love;
    (B)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
    that he may come and (C)rain righteousness upon you.

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12 Sow(A) righteousness(B) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;(C)
    for it is time to seek(D) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness(E) on you.

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For (A)the one who sows to his own flesh (B)will from the flesh reap corruption, but (C)the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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Whoever sows to please their flesh,(A) from the flesh will reap destruction;(B) whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.(C)

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16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 (A)And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[a] forever.

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  1. Isaiah 32:17 Or security

16 The Lord’s justice(A) will dwell in the desert,(B)
    his righteousness(C) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(D) will be peace;(E)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence(F) forever.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is (A)a tree of life,
    and whoever (B)captures souls is wise.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

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11 (A)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields (B)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace(A) for those who have been trained by it.

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18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
    but one who (A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

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20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

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20 because human anger(A) does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

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36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that (A)sower and (B)reaper (C)may rejoice together.

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36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(A) a crop for eternal life,(B) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.

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12 Do horses run on rocks?
    Does one plow there[a] with oxen?
(A)But you have turned justice into (B)poison
    (C)and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood[b]

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  1. Amos 6:12 Or the sea
  2. Amos 6:12 Or into bitter fruit

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea[a] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(A)
    and the fruit of righteousness(B) into bitterness(C)

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  1. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there

28 Whoever (A)trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will (B)flourish like a green leaf.

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28 Those who trust in their riches will fall,(A)
    but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.(B)

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