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14 They take pleasure in doing wrong,
    and they enjoy the twisted ways of evil.

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14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(A)

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23 Doing wrong is fun for a fool,
    but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible.

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23 A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,(A)
    but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

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32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.

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32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,(A) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve(B) of those who practice them.

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15 “What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple,
    when they have done so many immoral things?
Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction?
    They actually rejoice in doing evil!

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15 “What is my beloved doing in my temple
    as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?
    Can consecrated meat(A) avert your punishment?(B)
When you engage in your wickedness,
    then you rejoice.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 11:15 Or Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice

It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

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Love does not delight in evil(A) but rejoices with the truth.(B)

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and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted, and they promised to give him money.

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And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard(A) and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money.(B)

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11 On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed,
    for you will no longer be rebels against me.
I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you.
    There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain.

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11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame(A)
    for all the wrongs you have done to me,(B)
because I will remove from you
    your arrogant boasters.(C)
Never again will you be haughty
    on my holy hill.(D)

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“The people entertain the king with their wickedness,
    and the princes laugh at their lies.

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“They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(A)

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15 Must we be strung up on their hooks
    and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?

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15 The wicked(A) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(B)
    he catches them in his net,(C)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
    and so he rejoices and is glad.

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