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19 a false witness who pours out lies,
    a person who sows discord in a family.

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19         a false witness(A) who pours out lies(B)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(C)

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
    nor will a liar escape.

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A false witness(A) will not go unpunished,(B)
    and whoever pours out lies will not go free.(C)

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14 Their perverted hearts plot evil,
    and they constantly stir up trouble.

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14     who plots evil(A) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(B)

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18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:18 Or of good things, or of justice.

18 Peacemakers(A) who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.(B)

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and a liar will be destroyed.

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A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will perish.(A)

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12 Do not let me fall into their hands.
    For they accuse me of things I’ve never done;
    with every breath they threaten me with violence.

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12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
    for false witnesses(A) rise up against me,
    spouting malicious accusations.

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18 Telling lies about others
    is as harmful as hitting them with an ax,
wounding them with a sword,
    or shooting them with a sharp arrow.

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18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow
    is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.(A)

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20 Fire goes out without wood,
    and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

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20 Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)

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10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
    Quarrels and insults will disappear.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(A)

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14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

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14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition(A) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.(B) 15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(C) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(D) 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition,(E) there you find disorder and every evil practice.

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23 Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights.

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23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.(A)

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13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.

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13 They produced false witnesses,(A) who testified, “This fellow never stops speaking against this holy place(B) and against the law.

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28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;
    gossip separates the best of friends.

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28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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