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24 To be a partner of a thief is to hate one’s own life;
    one hears the victim’s curse but discloses nothing.[a](A)

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  1. 29.24 Meaning of Heb uncertain

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.(A)

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“When any of you sin in that you have heard a public adjuration to testify and, although able to testify as one who has seen or learned of the matter, do not speak up, you are subject to punishment.(A)

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“‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify(A) regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.(B)

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36 but those who miss me injure themselves;
    all who hate me love death.”(A)

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36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(A)
    all who hate me love death.”(B)

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23 Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
    and the widow’s cause does not come before them.(A)

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23 Your rulers are rebels,(A)
    partners with thieves;(B)
they all love bribes(C)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.(D)

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11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;
    let us wantonly ambush the innocent;(A)
12 like Sheol let us swallow them alive
    and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.(B)
13 We shall find all kinds of costly things;
    we shall fill our houses with spoil.
14 Throw in your lot among us;
    we will all have one purse”—
15 my child, do not walk in their way;
    keep your foot from their paths,(C)
16 for their feet run to evil,
    and they hurry to shed blood.(D)
17 For in vain is the net baited
    while the bird is looking on;
18 yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves!
    and set an ambush—for their own lives!
19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
    it takes away the life of its possessors.(E)

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  1. 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways

11 If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait(A) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
12 let’s swallow(B) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(C)
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
14 cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot(D)”—
15 my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot(E) on their paths;(F)
16 for their feet rush into evil,(G)
    they are swift to shed blood.(H)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
18 These men lie in wait(I) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!(J)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(K)

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18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
    and you keep company with adulterers.(A)

19 You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your kin;
    you slander your own mother’s child.(B)
21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
    you thought that I was one just like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.(C)

22 Mark this, then, you who forget God,
    or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.(D)

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18 When you see a thief, you join(A) with him;
    you throw in your lot with adulterers.(B)
19 You use your mouth for evil
    and harness your tongue to deceit.(C)
20 You sit and testify against your brother(D)
    and slander your own mother’s son.
21 When you did these things and I kept silent,(E)
    you thought I was exactly[a] like you.
But I now arraign(F) you
    and set my accusations(G) before you.

22 “Consider this, you who forget God,(H)
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:(I)

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  1. Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I am’ was

17 He was teaching and saying, “Is it not written,

‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’?
    But you have made it a den of robbers.”(A)

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17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[a]?(A) But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[b](B)

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  1. Mark 11:17 Isaiah 56:7
  2. Mark 11:17 Jer. 7:11

32 Those who ignore instruction despise themselves,
    but those who heed admonition gain understanding.(A)

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32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,(A)
    but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.(B)

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32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
    he who does it destroys himself.(A)

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32 But a man who commits adultery(A) has no sense;(B)
    whoever does so destroys himself.

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The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
    anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.(A)

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A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;(A)
    those who anger him forfeit their lives.(B)

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He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and even spoke it in my hearing—that silver is in my possession; I took it, but now I will return it to you.”[a] And his mother said, “May my son be blessed by the Lord!”

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  1. 17.2 The words but now I will return it to you are transposed from the end of 17.3 in Heb

said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(A) my son!”

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  1. Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms