(A)The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
    (B)but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

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25 I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children (A)begging for bread.

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Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him have no lack!
10 (A)The young lions suffer want and hunger;
    but those who (B)seek the Lord lack no good thing.

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30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, (A)O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For (B)the Gentiles seek after all these things, and (C)your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But (D)seek first (E)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (F)and all these things will be added to you.

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16 he will dwell on the heights;
    his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks;
    (A)his bread will be given him; his water will be sure.

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19 they are not put to shame in evil times;
    in (A)the days of famine they have abundance.

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19 that he may (A)deliver their soul from death
    and keep them alive in (B)famine.

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20 (A)In famine he will redeem you from death,
    and in war from the power of the sword.

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Keep your life (A)free from love of money, and (B)be content with what you have, for he has said, (C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say,

(D)“The Lord is my helper;
    (E)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

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31 Instead, (A)seek (B)his[a] kingdom, (C)and these things will be added to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:31 Some manuscripts God's

Do Not Be Anxious

22 And he said to his disciples, (A)“Therefore I tell you, (B)do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 (C)Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. (D)Of how much more value are you than the birds!

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18 (A)Neither their silver nor their gold
    shall be able to deliver them
    on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
(B)In the fire of his jealousy,
    (C)all the earth shall be consumed;
(D)for a full and sudden end
    he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Woe to the Chaldeans

Shall not all these (A)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

(B)“Woe to him (C)who heaps up what is not his own—
    for (D)how long?—
    and (E)loads himself with pledges!”
(F)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
    and those awake who will make you tremble?
    Then you will be spoil for them.
(G)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(H)for the blood of man and (I)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

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32 (A)The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing,
    but (B)the righteous finds refuge in his death.

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10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;
    he (A)gnashes his teeth and (B)melts away;
    (C)the desire of the wicked will perish!

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(A)Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    (B)dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:3 Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture

14 But you do see, for you (A)note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless (B)commits himself;
    you have been (C)the helper of the fatherless.

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28 The possessions of his house will be carried away,
    dragged off in the day of God's[a] wrath.

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  1. Job 20:28 Hebrew his

20 “Because he (A)knew no (B)contentment in his belly,
    (C)he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
21 There was nothing left after he had eaten;
    therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
    the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

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(A)that the exulting of the wicked is short,
    and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
(B)Though his height mount up to the heavens,
    and his head reach to the clouds,
he will perish forever like his own (C)dung;
    those who have seen him will say, (D)‘Where is he?’
He will fly away like (E)a dream and not be found;
    he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

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