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Surely vexation kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the simple.(A)

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Resentment(A) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.(B)

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Do not be quick to anger,
    for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.(A)

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Do not be quickly provoked(A) in your spirit,
    for anger resides in the lap of fools.(B)

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16 Fools show their anger at once,
    but the prudent ignore an insult.(A)

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16 Fools(A) show their annoyance at once,(B)
    but the prudent overlook an insult.(C)

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You who tear yourself in your anger—
    shall the earth be forsaken because of you
    or the rock be removed out of its place?(A)

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You who tear yourself(A) to pieces in your anger,(B)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(C)

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while for those who are self-seeking and who obey not the truth but injustice, there will be wrath and fury.(A)

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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(A) there will be wrath and anger.(B)

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Futile Reliance on the Nations

11 Ephraim has become like a dove,
    silly and without sense;
    they call upon Egypt, they go to Assyria.(A)

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11 “Ephraim is like a dove,(A)
    easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(B)
    now turning to Assyria.(C)

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17 Some were sick[a] through their sinful ways
    and because of their iniquities endured affliction;(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 107.17 Cn: Heb fools

17 Some became fools(A) through their rebellious ways(B)
    and suffered affliction(C) because of their iniquities.

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The dullard cannot know;
    the stupid cannot understand this:

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Senseless people(A) do not know,
    fools do not understand,

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I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,”
    and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;(A)

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To the arrogant(A) I say, ‘Boast no more,’(B)
    and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horns.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 75:4 Horns here symbolize strength; also in verses 5 and 10.

Psalm 14

Denunciation of Godlessness

To the leader. Of David.

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
    They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;
    there is no one who does good.(A)

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Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.

Saul was very angry, for this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom?”(A) So Saul eyed David from that day on.

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Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?(A) And from that time on Saul kept a close(B) eye on David.

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30 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”(A)

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30 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children,(A) she became jealous of her sister.(B) So she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I’ll die!”

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For among them are those who make their way into households and captivate immature women, overwhelmed by their sins and swayed by all kinds of desires,(A)

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They are the kind who worm their way(A) into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

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