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14 You shall not revile the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.(A)

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14 “‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind,(A) but fear your God.(B) I am the Lord.

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18 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind person on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(A)

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18 “Cursed is anyone who leads the blind astray on the road.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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32 “You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

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32 “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect(A) for the elderly(B) and revere your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)

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17 Honor everyone. Love the family of believers.[a] Fear God. Honor the emperor.(A)

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  1. 2.17 Gk Love the brotherhood

17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers,(A) fear God, honor the emperor.(B)

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Do Not Make Another Stumble

13 Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother or sister.(A)

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13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment(A) on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.(B)

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17 You shall not cheat one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.(A)

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17 Do not take advantage of each other,(A) but fear your God.(B) I am the Lord your God.(C)

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14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and engage in sexual immorality.[a](A)

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  1. 2.14 Or prostitution

14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(A) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(B) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(C) and committed sexual immorality.(D)

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“Food will not bring us close to God.”[a] We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.(A) But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.(B) 10 For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? 11 So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister for whom Christ died is destroyed.(C) 12 But when you thus sin against brothers and sisters and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 13 Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never again eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.(D)

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  1. 8.8 The quotation may extend to the end of the verse

But food does not bring us near to God;(A) we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block(B) to the weak.(C) 10 For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol’s temple, won’t that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?(D) 11 So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed(E) by your knowledge. 12 When you sin against them(F) in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.(G) 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.(H)

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15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.(A)

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15 But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels[a] of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God(A) I did not act like that.

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  1. Nehemiah 5:15 That is, about 1 pound or about 460 grams

17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.(A)

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17 Since you call on a Father(A) who judges each person’s work(B) impartially,(C) live out your time as foreigners(D) here in reverent fear.(E)

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14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.(A)

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14 Bless those who persecute you;(A) bless and do not curse.

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18 On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:(A)

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18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:(A)

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32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,(A)

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32 Do not cause anyone to stumble,(A) whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God(B)

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