15 So now (A)we call the proud blessed,
For those who do wickedness are [a]raised up;
They even (B)tempt God and go free.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:15 Lit. built

The Great Day of God

“For behold, (A)the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all (B)the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be (C)stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“That will (D)leave them neither root nor branch.

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.

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nor let us [a]tempt Christ, as (A)some of them also tempted, and (B)were destroyed by serpents;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:9 test

21 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them.

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Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together (A)to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

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and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

(A)‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’

and,

(B)‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’

Jesus said to him, “It is written again, (C)‘You shall not [a]tempt the Lord your God.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 4:7 test

17 (A)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?
In that you say,
(B)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

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13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
14 Why do You make men like fish of the sea,
Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?

15 They take up all of them with a hook,
They catch them in their net,
And gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore (A)they sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is [a]sumptuous
And their food plentiful.
17 Shall they therefore empty their net,
And continue to slay nations without pity?

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 1:16 Lit. fat

16 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.”

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20 (A)But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was (B)driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, (C)till he [a]knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses.

22 “But you his son, Belshazzar, (D)have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this. 23 (E)And you have [b]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (F)vessels of [c]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (G)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (H)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified. 24 Then the [d]fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

25 “And this is the inscription that was written:

[e]MENE, MENE, [f]TEKEL, [g]UPHARSIN.

26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; 27 TEKEL: (I)You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the (J)Medes and (K)Persians.”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:21 Recognized
  2. Daniel 5:23 Exalted
  3. Daniel 5:23 The temple
  4. Daniel 5:24 Lit. palm
  5. Daniel 5:25 Lit. a mina (50 shekels) from the verb “to number”
  6. Daniel 5:25 Lit. a shekel from the verb “to weigh”
  7. Daniel 5:25 Lit. and half-shekels from the verb “to divide”; pl. of Peres, v. 28
  8. Daniel 5:28 Aram. Paras, consonant with Peres

37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, (B)all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. (C)And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.

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