Numbers 5:22
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22 now may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels and make your womb discharge, your uterus drop!’[a] And the woman shall say, ‘Amen. Amen.’(A)
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- 5.22 Heb make the belly distend and the thigh fall
Psalm 109:18
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18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.(A)
Deuteronomy 27:15-26
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15 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who makes an idol or casts an image, anything abhorrent to the Lord, the work of an artisan, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall respond, saying, ‘Amen!’(A)
16 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors father or mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(B)
17 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who moves a neighbor’s boundary marker.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(C)
18 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind person on the road.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(D)
19 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who deprives an alien, an orphan, or a widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(E)
20 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’[a] All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(F)
21 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with any animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(G)
22 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(H)
23 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(I)
24 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(J)
25 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(K)
26 “ ‘Cursed be anyone who does not uphold the words of this law by observing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’(L)
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- 27.20 Heb uncovered his father’s skirt
John 6:53
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53 So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.(A)
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John 5:24-25
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24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.(A)
25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(B)
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John 3:11
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11 “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, yet you[a] do not receive our testimony.(A)
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John 3:3
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3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”[a](A)
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- 3.3 Or born anew
Ezekiel 3:3
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3 He said to me, “Mortal, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey.(A)
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Proverbs 1:31
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31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.(A)
Psalm 89:52
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52 Blessed be the Lord forever.
Amen and Amen.(A)
Psalm 72:19
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19 Blessed be his glorious name forever;
may his glory fill the whole earth.
Amen and Amen.(A)
Psalm 41:13
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13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.(A)
Psalm 7:4-5
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4 if I have repaid my ally with harm
or plundered my foe without cause,(A)
5 then let the enemy pursue and overtake me,
trample my life to the ground,
and lay my soul in the dust. Selah
Job 31:39-40
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39 if I have eaten its yield without payment
and caused the death of its owners,(A)
40 let thorns grow instead of wheat
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.(B)
Job 31:21-22
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21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan
because I saw I had supporters at the gate;(A)
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.(B)
Numbers 5:27
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27 When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall discharge, her uterus drop,[a] and the woman shall become an execration among her people.(A)
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- 5.27 Heb make her belly distend and her thigh fall
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