Yet the righteous holds to his way,
    and he who has (A)clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

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Nevertheless, the righteous(A) will hold to their ways,
    and those with clean hands(B) will grow stronger.(C)

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18 But (A)the path of the righteous is like (B)the light of dawn,
    which shines (C)brighter and brighter until (D)full day.

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18 The path of the righteous(A) is like the morning sun,(B)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.(C)

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15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (C)your hands are full of blood.
16 (D)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(E)cease to do evil,

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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

16 Wash(F) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(G)
    stop doing wrong.(H)

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16 (A)One who is wise is cautious[a] and (B)turns away from evil,
    but a fool is reckless and careless.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:16 Or fears [the Lord]

16 The wise fear the Lord and shun evil,(A)
    but a fool(B) is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

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30 He (A)delivers even the one who is not innocent,
    who will be delivered through (B)the cleanness of your hands.”

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30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent,(A)
    who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”(B)

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But he said to me, (A)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (B)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (C)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (D)For the sake of Christ, then, (E)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (F)when I am weak, then I am strong.

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But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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29 He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
    and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but (A)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings (B)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

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29 He gives strength(A) to the weary(B)
    and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men(C) stumble and fall;(D)
31 but those who hope(E) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(F)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(G)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(H)

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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
(C)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who (D)walk uprightly.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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They go (A)from strength to strength;
    each one (B)appears before God in Zion.

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They go from strength to strength,(A)
    till each appears(B) before God in Zion.(C)

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13 All in vain have I (A)kept my heart clean
    and (B)washed my hands in innocence.

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13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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I (A)wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,

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I wash my hands in innocence,(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,

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(A)He who has (B)clean hands and (C)a pure heart,
    who does not (D)lift up his soul to (E)what is false
    and does not swear deceitfully.

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The one who has clean hands(A) and a pure heart,(B)
    who does not trust in an idol(C)
    or swear by a false god.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:4 Or swear falsely

Did he not himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.”

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Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,(A)’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience(B) and clean hands.(C)

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