13 (A)The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
(B)But the righteous will come through trouble.

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13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

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23 (A)Whoever guards his mouth and tongue
Keeps his soul from troubles.

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23 Those who guard their mouths(A) and their tongues
    keep themselves from calamity.(B)

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You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.

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you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.

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then (A)the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,

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if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials(A) and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.(B)

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(A)The righteous is delivered from trouble,
And it comes to the wicked instead.

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The righteous person is rescued from trouble,
    and it falls on the wicked instead.(A)

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So He will make them stumble over their own tongue;
(A)All who see them shall flee away.

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He will turn their own tongues against them(A)
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads(B) in scorn.(C)

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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

(A)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37 (B)Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(A) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(B) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](C)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(D) through him who loved us.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22

25 And all the people answered and said, (A)“His blood be on us and on our children.”

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25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”(A)

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Darius Honors God

24 And the king gave the command, (A)and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, (B)their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.

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24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den,(A) along with their wives and children.(B) And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.(C)

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18 It is good that you grasp this,
And also not remove your hand from the other;
For he who (A)fears God will [a]escape them all.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Lit. come forth from all of them

18 It is good to grasp the one
    and not let go of the other.
    Whoever fears God(A) will avoid all extremes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Or will follow them both

A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.
(A)A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his (B)soul.

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The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(A)

The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(B) to their very lives.(C)

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The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
(A)But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(B)

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19 (A)Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
(B)But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

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19 The righteous person may have many troubles,(A)
    but the Lord delivers him from them all;(B)

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