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They betray their friends for their own advantage,
    so let their children faint with hunger.

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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 A gossip goes around telling secrets,
    so don’t hang around with chatterers.

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

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Neighbors lie to each other,
    speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
    and silence their boastful tongues.

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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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To flatter friends
    is to lay a trap for their feet.

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

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21 I won’t play favorites
    or try to flatter anyone.
22 For if I tried flattery,
    my Creator would soon destroy me.

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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 the wicked will be blinded.
    They will have no escape.
    Their only hope is death.”

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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 But for the sake of your father, David, I will not do this while you are still alive. I will take the kingdom away from 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 There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the Lord will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.

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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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You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject 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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Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!

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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 We looked in vain for our allies
    to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
    that could not help us.

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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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