Should this be said, O house of Jacob?
    (A)Has the Lord grown impatient?[a]
    Are these his deeds?
Do not my words do good
    to him who walks uprightly?

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  1. Micah 2:7 Hebrew Has the spirit of the Lord grown short?

You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
    “Does the Lord become[a] impatient?
    Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good(A)
    to the one whose ways are upright?(B)

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  1. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord

11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
(C)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who (D)walk uprightly.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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16 Your words were found, (A)and I ate them,
    and (B)your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
(C)for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.

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16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
    Lord God Almighty.

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He who (A)walks blamelessly and (B)does what is right
    and (C)speaks truth in his heart;

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The one whose walk is blameless,(A)
    who does what is righteous,
    who speaks the truth(B) from their heart;

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Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to (A)Zerubbabel: (B)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

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So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:(A) ‘Not(B) by might nor by power,(C) but by my Spirit,’(D) says the Lord Almighty.

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(A)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
    whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
    and (B)the upright walk in them,
    (C)but transgressors stumble in them.

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Who is wise?(A) Let them realize these things.
    Who is discerning? Let them understand.(B)
The ways of the Lord are right;(C)
    the righteous walk(D) in them,
    but the rebellious stumble in them.

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(A)Why, when I came, was there no man;
    why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
(B)Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
    Or have I no power to deliver?
(C)Behold, by my rebuke (D)I dry up the sea,
    (E)I make the rivers a desert;
(F)their fish stink for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

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When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?(A)
Was my arm too short(B) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength(C) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke(D) I dry up the sea,(E)
    I turn rivers into a desert;(F)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

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18 (A)Whoever (B)walks in integrity will be delivered,
    but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

29 (A)The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless,
    but destruction to evildoers.

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29 The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.(A)

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(A)Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked (B)will be found out.

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Whoever walks in integrity(A) walks securely,(B)
    but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.(C)

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he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
    he is (A)a shield to those who (B)walk in integrity,

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He holds success in store for the upright,
    he is a shield(A) to those whose walk is blameless,(B)

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99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for (A)your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than (B)the aged,[a]
    for I (C)keep your precepts.
101 I (D)hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
102 I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
103 How (E)sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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  1. Psalm 119:100 Or the elders

99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(A)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(B)
101 I have kept my feet(C) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.(D)
102 I have not departed from your laws,(E)
    for you yourself have taught(F) me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(G) to my mouth!(H)

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92 If your law had not been my (A)delight,
    I would have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts,
    for by them you have (B)given me life.

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92 If your law had not been my delight,(A)
    I would have perished in my affliction.(B)
93 I will never forget(C) your precepts,
    for by them you have preserved my life.(D)

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