32 For the Lord detests the perverse(A)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(B)

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14 The Lord confides(A) in those who fear him;
    he makes his covenant known(B) to them.

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.(A)

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11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven(A) has been given to you,(B) but not to them.

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21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(A) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(B) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(C) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(D)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(E) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(F) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(G)

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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent(A)
    the Lord detests them both.(B)

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13 To fear the Lord(A) is to hate evil;(B)
    I hate(C) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

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The Father Revealed in the Son(A)

25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,(B) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(C)

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26 to the pure(A) you show yourself pure,
    but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.(B)

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Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
    when God’s intimate friendship(A) blessed my house,(B)

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17 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give some of the hidden manna.(C) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name(D) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.(E)

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15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(A) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(B) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

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Go to the ant, you sluggard;(A)
    consider its ways and be wise!
It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
yet it stores its provisions in summer(B)
    and gathers its food at harvest.(C)

How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(D)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(E)
11 and poverty(F) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

12 A troublemaker and a villain,
    who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13     who winks maliciously with his eye,(G)
    signals with his feet
    and motions with his fingers,(H)
14     who plots evil(I) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(J)
15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;(K)
    he will suddenly(L) be destroyed—without remedy.(M)

16 There are six things the Lord hates,(N)
    seven that are detestable to him:
17         haughty eyes,(O)
        a lying tongue,(P)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(Q)
18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(R)
19         a false witness(S) who pours out lies(T)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(U)

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10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no one else can share its joy.

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