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Should you talk that way, O family of Israel?[a]
    Will the Lord’s Spirit have patience with such behavior?
If you would do what is right,
    you would find my words comforting.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 Hebrew O house of Jacob? See note on 1:5a.

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 our sun and our shield.
    He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing
    from those who do what is right.

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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 When I discovered your words, I devoured them.
    They are my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name,
    O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

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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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Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right,
    speaking the truth from sincere hearts.

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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 what the Lord says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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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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Let those who are wise understand these things.
    Let those with discernment listen carefully.
The paths of the Lord are true and right,
    and righteous people live by walking in them.
    But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.

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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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Why was no one there when I came?
    Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue?
    No, that is not the reason!
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
    I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

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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 The blameless will be rescued from harm,
    but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.

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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 The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
    but it destroys the wicked.

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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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People with integrity walk safely,
    but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.

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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 grants a treasure of common sense to the honest.
    He is a shield to those who walk with 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 Yes, I have more insight than my teachers,
    for I am always thinking of your laws.
100 I am even wiser than my elders,
    for I have kept your commandments.
101 I have refused to walk on any evil path,
    so that I may remain obedient to your word.
102 I haven’t turned away from your regulations,
    for you have taught me well.
103 How sweet your words taste to me;
    they are sweeter than honey.

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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 instructions hadn’t sustained me with joy,
    I would have died in my misery.
93 I will never forget your commandments,
    for by them you give 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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