Proverbs 30:15
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15 The leech has two daughters;
“Give, give,” they cry.
Three things are never satisfied;
four never say, “Enough”:
Proverbs 30:29
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29 Three things are stately in their stride;
four are stately in their gait:
Proverbs 30:21
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21 Under three things the earth trembles;
under four it cannot bear up:
Proverbs 6:16
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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
Jude 11-12
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11 Woe to them! For they go the way of Cain and abandon themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain and perish in Korah’s rebellion.(A) 12 These are blots[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;(B)
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2 Peter 2:13-15
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13 suffering[a] the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures[b] while they feast with you.(A) 14 They have eyes full of adultery,[c] insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! 15 They have left the straight road and have gone astray, following the road of Balaam son of Bosor,[d] who loved the wages of doing wrong(B)
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2 Peter 2:3
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3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(A)
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Romans 16:18
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18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites,[a] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.(A)
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- 16.18 Gk their own belly
John 8:44
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44 You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(A)
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John 8:39
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Jesus and Abraham
39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, you would do[a] what Abraham did,(A)
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- 8.39 Other ancient authorities read you were . . . you would do or you are . . . then do
Matthew 23:32
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32 Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.
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Micah 7:3
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3 Their hands are skilled to do evil;
the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
thus they pervert justice.[a](A)
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- 7.3 Cn: Heb they weave it
Amos 2:4
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Judgment on Judah
4 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord
and have not kept his statutes,
but they have been led astray by the same lies
after which their ancestors walked.(A)
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- 2.4 Heb cause it to return
Amos 2:1
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2 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.(A)
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- 2.1 Heb cause it to return
Amos 1:13
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13 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.(A)
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- 1.13 Heb cause it to return
Amos 1:11
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11 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually[b]
and kept his wrath[c] forever.(A)
Proverbs 30:24
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24 Four things on earth are small,
yet they are exceedingly wise:
Amos 1:9
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9 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom
and did not remember the covenant of kinship.(A)
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- 1.9 Heb cause it to return
Amos 1:6
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6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they carried into exile entire communities,
to hand them over to Edom.(A)
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- 1.6 Heb cause it to return
Amos 1:3
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3 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.(A)
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- 1.3 Heb cause it to return
Hosea 4:18
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18 When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies;
they love lewdness more than their glory.[a](A)
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- 4.18 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ezekiel 16:44-46
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44 See, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb about you, “Like mother, like daughter.”(A) 45 You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children, and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. 46 Your big sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; your little sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.(B)
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Isaiah 57:3
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3 But as for you, come here,
you children of a sorceress,
you offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.[a](A)
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- 57.3 Heb an adulterer and she prostitutes herself
Isaiah 56:11-12
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11 The dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
The shepherds also have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
to their own gain, one and all.
12 “Come,” they say, “let us[a] get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
And tomorrow will be like today,
great beyond measure.”
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- 56.12 Q ms Syr Vg Tg: MT me
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