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19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”

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19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory(A) to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell(B) me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.

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Make models of the tumors(A) and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory(B) to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land.

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16 Give glory to the Lord your God
    before it is too late.
Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,
    causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.
For then, when you look for light,
    you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

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16 Give glory(A) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(B)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.(C)

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24 So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should get the glory for this,[a] because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”

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Footnotes

  1. 9:24 Or Give glory to God, not to Jesus; Greek reads Give glory to God.

24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”(A) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”(B)

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I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:

“O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.

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I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:(A)

“Lord, the great and awesome God,(B) who keeps his covenant of love(C) with those who love him and keep his commandments,

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22 Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites regarding the skill they displayed as they served the Lord. The celebration continued for seven days. Peace offerings were sacrificed, and the people gave thanks to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[a] the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 30:22 Or and confessed their sins to

43 “Tell me what you have done,” Saul demanded of Jonathan.

“I tasted a little honey,” Jonathan admitted. “It was only a little bit on the end of my stick. Does that deserve death?”

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43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.”(A)

So Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey(B) with the end of my staff. And now I must die!”

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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people—men or women—betray the Lord by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty. They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done, adding an additional 20 percent and returning it to the person who was wronged.

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“Say to the Israelites: ‘Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way[a] and so is unfaithful(A) to the Lord is guilty(B) and must confess(C) the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution(D) for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:6 Or woman who commits any wrong common to mankind

Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory.

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They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God,(A) who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent(B) and glorify him.(C)

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If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

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If we claim to be without sin,(A) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(B) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(C) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(D) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(E) we make him out to be a liar(F) and his word is not in us.(G)

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All Christians

Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters.[a] Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Greek Show brotherly love.

Suffering for Doing Good

Finally, all of you, be like-minded,(A) be sympathetic, love one another,(B) be compassionate and humble.(C) Do not repay evil with evil(D) or insult with insult.(E) On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,(F) because to this(G) you were called(H) so that you may inherit a blessing.(I)

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20 Human anger[a] does not produce the righteousness[b] God desires.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:20a Greek A man’s anger.
  2. 1:20b Or the justice.

20 because human anger(A) does not produce the righteousness that God desires.

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Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have sound faith and be filled with love and patience.

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Teach the older men(A) to be temperate,(B) worthy of respect, self-controlled,(C) and sound in faith,(D) in love and in endurance.

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