Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
    but those who despise him are devious in their ways.

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He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

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People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,(A) boastful, proud,(B) abusive,(C) disobedient to their parents,(D) ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

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For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

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35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.(A)

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35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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28 And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil(A) is understanding.”(B)

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28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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Or do you show contempt for the riches(A) of his kindness,(B) forbearance(C) and patience,(D) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?(E)

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(F), when his righteous judgment(G) will be revealed.

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Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria(A) enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.(B)

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31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

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Psalm 112[a]

Praise the Lord.[b](A)

Blessed are those(B) who fear the Lord,(C)
    who find great delight(D) in his commands.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

112 Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

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21 May integrity(A) and uprightness(B) protect me,
    because my hope, Lord,[a] is in you.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:21 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have Lord.

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

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22 The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man,(A) who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say.”(B)

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22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

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14 The Pharisees, who loved money,(A) heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.(B)

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14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

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16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”(A)

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16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

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“My covenant was with him, a covenant(A) of life and peace,(B) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(C) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name. True instruction(D) was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked(E) with me in peace(F) and uprightness,(G) and turned many from sin.(H)

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My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

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