34 And there came against Gibeah 10,000 chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard, (A)but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.

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34 Then ten thousand of Israel’s able young men made a frontal attack on Gibeah. The fighting was so heavy that the Benjamites did not realize(A) how near disaster was.(B)

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14 And as soon as the king of Ai saw this, he and all his people, the men of the city, hurried and went out early to the appointed place[a] toward (A)the Arabah to meet Israel in battle. (B)But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

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  1. Joshua 8:14 Hebrew appointed time

14 When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah.(A) But he did not know(B) that an ambush had been set against him behind the city.

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11 But evil shall come upon you,
    which you will not know how to charm away;
disaster shall fall upon you,
    for which you will not be able to atone;
(A)and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,
    of which you know nothing.

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11 Disaster(A) will come upon you,
    and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
    that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
    will suddenly(B) come upon you.

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13 They (A)spend their days in prosperity,
    and in (B)peace they go down to (C)Sheol.

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13 They spend their years in prosperity(A)
    and go down to the grave(B) in peace.[a](C)

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  1. Job 21:13 Or in an instant

While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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While people are saying, “Peace and safety,”(A) destruction will come on them suddenly,(B) as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.(C)

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap.

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44 Therefore you also must be (A)ready, for (B)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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44 So you also must be ready,(A) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

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10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    (B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (C)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
    for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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10 Tell the righteous it will be well(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(B)
11 Woe to the wicked!(C)
    Disaster(D) is upon them!
They will be paid back(E)
    for what their hands have done.(F)

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12 For man (A)does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and (B)like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are (C)snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.(B)

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11 Because (A)the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, (B)the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (C)prolongs his life, yet I know that (D)it will be well with (E)those who fear God, because they fear before him.

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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. 12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better(A) with those who fear God,(B) who are reverent before him.(C)

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An evil man is (A)ensnared in his transgression,
    but a righteous man (B)sings and rejoices.

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Evildoers are snared by their own sin,(A)
    but the righteous shout for joy and are glad.

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19 (A)The way of the wicked is like deep (B)darkness;
    they do not know over what they (C)stumble.

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19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;(A)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.(B)

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