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

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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 like sport to a fool,
    but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.(A)

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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 decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.(A)

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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 has my beloved in my house, when she has done vile deeds? Can vows[a] and sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.15 Gk: Heb Can many

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 in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth.(A)

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

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he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them. They were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money.(A)

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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 shall not be put to shame
    because of all the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.(A)

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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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By their wickedness they make the king glad,
    and the officials by their treachery.

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

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15 He brings all of them up with a hook;
    he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his seine,
    so he rejoices and exults.(A)

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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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