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Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops.

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27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.

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36 I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter,

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20 Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts,
    or curse the rich, even in your bedroom,
for a bird of the air may carry your voice,
    or some winged creature tell the matter.(A)

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14 It was also about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “See, the Lord is coming[a] with ten thousands of his holy ones,(A) 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly[b] of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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  1. 14 Gk came
  2. 15 Other ancient authorities read everyone

12 Words spoken by the wise bring them favor,
    but the lips of fools consume them.(A)
13 The words of their mouths begin in foolishness,
    and their talk ends in wicked madness,(B)

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14 The murderer rises at dusk
    to kill the poor and needy
    and in the night is like a thief.(A)
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
    and he disguises his face.(B)

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