He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property—
    the (A)eyes of his children will fail.

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If anyone denounces their friends for reward,(A)
    the eyes of their children will fail.(B)

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19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips

19 A gossip betrays a confidence;(A)
    so avoid anyone who talks too much.

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Everyone (A)utters lies to his neighbor;
    with (B)flattering lips and (C)a double heart they speak.

May the Lord cut off all (D)flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes (E)great boasts,

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Everyone lies(A) to their neighbor;
    they flatter with their lips
    but harbor deception in their hearts.(B)

May the Lord silence all flattering lips(C)
    and every boastful tongue—(D)

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(A)A man who flatters his neighbor
    spreads (B)a net for his feet.

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Those who flatter their neighbors
    are spreading nets for their feet.(A)

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21 I will not (A)show partiality to any man
    or use flattery toward any person.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
    else my Maker would soon take me away.

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21 I will show no partiality,(A)
    nor will I flatter anyone;(B)
22 for if I were skilled in flattery,
    my Maker(C) would soon take me away.(D)

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20 But (A)the eyes of the wicked will fail;
    all way of escape will be lost to them,
    and their hope is (B)to breathe their last.”

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20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail,(A)
    and escape will elude them;(B)
    their hope will become a dying gasp.”(C)

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12 Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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12 Nevertheless, for the sake of David(A) your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

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65 And (A)among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but (B)the Lord will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and (C)a languishing soul.

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65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place(A) for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes(B) weary with longing, and a despairing heart.(C)

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(A)You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am (B)a jealous God, (C)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,

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You shall not bow down to them or worship(A) them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,(B) punishing the children for the sin of the parents(C) to the third and fourth generation(D) of those who hate me,

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(A)For we never came with words of flattery,[a] as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—(B)God is witness.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:5 Or with a flattering speech

You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed(A)—God is our witness.(B)

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17 (A)Our eyes failed, ever watching
    (B)vainly for help;
in our watching we watched
    for (C)a nation which could not save.

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17 Moreover, our eyes failed,
    looking in vain(A) for help;(B)
from our towers we watched
    for a nation(C) that could not save us.

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