17 (A)A[a] proud look,
(B)A lying tongue,
(C)Hands that shed innocent blood,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:17 Lit. Haughty eyes

17         haughty eyes,(A)
        a lying tongue,(B)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(C)

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Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips
And from a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given to you,
Or what shall be done to you,
You false tongue?

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Save me, Lord,
    from lying lips(A)
    and from deceitful tongues.(B)

What will he do to you,
    and what more besides,
    you deceitful tongue?

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22 (A)Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal truthfully are His delight.

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22 The Lord detests lying lips,(A)
    but he delights(B) in people who are trustworthy.(C)

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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.

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  1. Isaiah 1:15 Pray
  2. Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed

15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

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Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(A)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

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Whoever slanders their neighbor(A) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(B) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

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You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The Lord abhors the (A)bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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    you destroy those who tell lies.(A)
The bloodthirsty and deceitful
    you, Lord, detest.

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The look on their countenance witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin as (A)Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

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The look on their faces testifies(A) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(B)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(C) upon themselves.

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(A)A haughty look, a proud heart,
And the [a]plowing of the wicked are sin.

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp

Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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25 (A)‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’

“And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

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25 “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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God’s Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord,
You children of Israel,
For the Lord brings a (A)charge[a] against the inhabitants of the land:

“There is no truth or mercy
Or (B)knowledge of God in the land.
By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed [b]upon bloodshed.

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  1. Hosea 4:1 A legal complaint
  2. Hosea 4:2 Lit. touching

The Charge Against Israel

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
    stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)

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  1. Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on

16 Moreover the Lord says:

“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk with [a]outstretched necks
And [b]wanton eyes,
Walking and [c]mincing as they go,
Making a jingling with their feet,

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  1. Isaiah 3:16 Head held high
  2. Isaiah 3:16 seductive, ogling
  3. Isaiah 3:16 tripping or skipping

16 The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion(A) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,(B)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.

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28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works (A)ruin.

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28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth(A) works ruin.

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27 For You will save the humble people,
But will bring down (A)haughty looks.

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27 You save the humble(A)
    but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.(B)

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