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29 The wicked bluff their way through,
    but the virtuous think before they act.

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29 The wicked put up a bold front,
    but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)

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The godly are directed by honesty;
    the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.

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The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,(A)
    but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.(B)

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11 May God our Father and our Lord Jesus bring us to you very soon.

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11 Now may our God and Father(A) himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.

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18 “Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day[a] when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid. Think carefully. 19 I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn.[b] You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you.”

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  1. 2:18 Or On this eighteenth day of December, think about the day.
  2. 2:19 Hebrew Is the seed yet in the barn?

18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(A) to the day when the foundation(B) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(C) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(D)

“‘From this day on I will bless(E) you.’”

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“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!

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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(A) to your ways.

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28 They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

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28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.(A)

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Lord, you are searching for honesty.
You struck your people,
    but they paid no attention.
You crushed them,
    but they refused to be corrected.
They are determined, with faces set like stone;
    they have refused to repent.

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)

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14 Blessed are those who fear to do wrong,[a]
    but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.

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  1. 28:14 Or those who fear the Lord; Hebrew reads those who fear.

14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
    but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

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59 I pondered the direction of my life,
    and I turned to follow your laws.

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59 I have considered my ways(A)
    and have turned my steps to your statutes.

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Oh, that my actions would consistently
    reflect your decrees!

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Oh, that my ways were steadfast
    in obeying your decrees!(A)

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17 “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,

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17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned(A) against heaven and against you.

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15 Look at what was happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of the Lord’s Temple.

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15 “‘Now give careful thought(A) to this from this day on[a]—consider how things were before one stone was laid(B) on another in the Lord’s temple.(C)

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  1. Haggai 2:15 Or to the days past

16 “We will not listen to your messages from the Lord! 17 We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

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16 “We will not listen(A) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(B) 17 We will certainly do everything we said we would:(C) We will burn incense(D) to the Queen of Heaven(E) and will pour out drink offerings to her just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials(F) did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.(G) At that time we had plenty of food(H) and were well off and suffered no harm.(I)

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