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For you will be treated as you treat others.[a] The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.[b]

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  1. 7:2a Or For God will judge you as you judge others.
  2. 7:2b Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(A)

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13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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38 Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.[a]

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  1. 6:38 Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.

38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.(A) For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”(B)

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24 Then he added, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given[a]—and you will receive even more.

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  1. 4:24 Or The measure you give will be the measure you get back.

24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(A)

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Edom Destroyed, Israel Restored

15 “The day is near when I, the Lord,
    will judge all godless nations!
As you have done to Israel,
    so it will be done to you.
All your evil deeds
    will fall back on your own heads.

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15 “The day of the Lord is near(A)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(B) will return upon your own head.

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Do to her as she has done to others.
    Double her penalty[a] for all her evil deeds.
She brewed a cup of terror for others,
    so brew twice as much[b] for her.

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  1. 18:6a Or Give her an equal penalty.
  2. 18:6b Or brew just as much.

Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
    to those with integrity you show integrity.
26 To the pure you show yourself pure,
    but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

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25 To the faithful(A) you show yourself faithful,(B)
    to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
26 to the pure(C) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(D)

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Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.

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Generosity Encouraged

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.(A)

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Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back(A) for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem,(B) and he died there.

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In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.

And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,

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God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B) and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven(C) in blazing fire(D) with his powerful angels.(E)

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O Lord, remember what the Edomites did
    on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
    “Level it to the ground!”
O Babylon, you will be destroyed.
    Happy is the one who pays you back
    for what you have done to us.

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Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(A) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(C)
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(D)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.

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24 “I will repay Babylon
    and the people of Babylonia[a]
for all the wrong they have done
    to my people in Jerusalem,” says the Lord.

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  1. 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in 51:35.

24 “Before your eyes I will repay(A) Babylon(B) and all who live in Babylonia[a] for all the wrong they have done in Zion,” declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 51:24 Or Chaldea; also in verse 35