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109 I hold my life in my hand continually,
    but I do not forget your law.(A)

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109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands,(A)
    I will not forget(B) your law.

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When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?”(A)

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When I saw that you wouldn’t help, I took my life in my hands(A) and crossed over to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gave me the victory(B) over them. Now why have you come up today to fight me?”

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31 I die every day! That is as certain, brothers and sisters, as my boasting of you—a boast that I make in Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)

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31 I face death every day(A)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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14 I will take my flesh in my teeth
    and put my life in my hand.[a](A)

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  1. 13.14 Gk: Heb Why should I take . . . in my hand?

14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
    and take my life in my hands?(A)

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23 Are they ministers of Christ? I am talking like a madman—I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death.(A)

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23 Are they servants of Christ?(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,(B) been in prison more frequently,(C) been flogged more severely,(D) and been exposed to death again and again.(E)

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36 As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all day long;
    we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”(A)

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36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22

152 Long ago I learned from your decrees
    that you have established them forever.(A)

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152 Long ago I learned from your statutes(A)
    that you established them to last forever.(B)

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117 Hold me up, that I may be safe
    and have regard for your statutes continually.

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117 Uphold me,(A) and I will be delivered;(B)
    I will always have regard for your decrees.(C)

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83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.(A)

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83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
    I do not forget(A) your decrees.

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But David also swore, “Your father knows well that you like me, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

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But David took an oath(A) and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”

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for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”(A)

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He took his life(A) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(B) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(C) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

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