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14 Why should I put myself in mortal danger[a]
    and take my life in my own hands?

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  1. 13:14 Hebrew Why should I take my flesh in my teeth.

So when I realized you weren’t coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the Lord gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?”

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109 My life constantly hangs in the balance,
    but I will not stop obeying your instructions.

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“Fools fold their idle hands,
    leading them to ruin.”

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You may tear out your hair in anger,
    but will that destroy the earth?
    Will it make the rocks tremble?

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21 When the woman saw how distraught he was, she said, “Sir, I obeyed your command at the risk of my life.

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Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”

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26 I will feed your enemies with their own flesh.
    They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood.
All the world will know that I, the Lord,
    am your Savior and your Redeemer,
    the Mighty One of Israel.[a]

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  1. 49:26 Hebrew of Jacob. See note on 14:1.

20 They will attack their neighbor on the right
    but will still be hungry.
They will devour their neighbor on the left
    but will not be satisfied.
In the end they will even eat their own children.[a]

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  1. 9:20 Or eat their own arms.

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