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36 Turn my heart to your decrees
    and not to selfish gain.(A)

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36 Turn my heart(A) toward your statutes
    and not toward selfish gain.(B)

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Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”(A)

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Keep your lives free from the love of money(A) and be content with what you have,(B) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](C)

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  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6

15 And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”(A)

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15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”(A)

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21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.

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21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

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58 but incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances that he commanded our ancestors.(A)

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58 May he turn our hearts(A) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.

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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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In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
    and put a new and right[a] spirit within me.(A)

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  1. 51.10 Or steadfast

10 Create in me a pure heart,(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.(B)

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For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart;
    those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.(A)

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He boasts(A) about the cravings of his heart;
    he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.(B)

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Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).(A)

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Put to death,(A) therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature:(B) sexual immorality,(C) impurity, lust, evil desires and greed,(D) which is idolatry.(E)

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31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not obey them. For flattery is on their lips, but their heart is set on their gain.[a](A)

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  1. 33.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain

31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(A) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(B) for unjust gain.(C)

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19 I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them;[a] I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh,(A) 20 so that they may follow my statutes and keep my ordinances and obey them. Then they shall be my people, and I will be their God.(B)

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  1. 11.19 Heb mss Gk Syr Vg: MT you

19 I will give them an undivided heart(A) and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone(B) and give them a heart of flesh.(C) 20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.(D) They will be my people,(E) and I will be their God.(F)

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Do not turn my heart to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with those who work iniquity;
    do not let me eat of their delicacies.(A)

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Do not let my heart(A) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(B)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(C)

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21 You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.(A)

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21 But select capable men(A) from all the people—men who fear(B) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(C)—and appoint them as officials(D) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.

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