As for such as turn aside to their (A)crooked ways,
The Lord shall lead them away
With the workers of iniquity.

(B)Peace be upon Israel!

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But those who turn(A) to crooked ways(B)
    the Lord will banish(C) with the evildoers.

Peace be on Israel.(D)

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15 (A)Whose ways are crooked,
And who are devious in their paths;

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15 whose paths are crooked(A)
    and who are devious in their ways.(B)

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The way of (A)peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
(B)They have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

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The way of peace they do not know;(A)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(B)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.(C)

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Yes, may you (A)see your children’s children.

(B)Peace be upon Israel!

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May you live to see your children’s children—(A)
    peace be on Israel.(B)

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(A)Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Blessed is the one(A)
    who trusts in the Lord,(B)
who does not look to the proud,(C)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:4 Or to lies

Blessing and a Plea

16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.

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16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to[a] the Israel of God.

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  1. Galatians 6:16 Or rule and to

27 (A)Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(A) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(B) and do not be afraid.

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23 And (A)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (B)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

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23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(A)

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I will set nothing [a]wicked before my eyes;
(A)I hate the work of those (B)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

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  1. Psalm 101:3 worthless

I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(A)

I hate what faithless people do;(B)
    I will have no part in it.

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15 that you may become blameless and [a]harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as (A)lights in the world,

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  1. Philippians 2:15 innocent

15 so that you may become blameless(A) and pure, “children of God(B) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a](C) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

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  1. Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5

(A)elect (B)according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, (C)in sanctification of the Spirit, for (D)obedience and (E)sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:

(F)Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge(A) of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,(B) to be obedient(C) to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:(D)

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.(E)

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38 Now (A)the[a] just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 NU My just one

38 And,

“But my righteous[a] one will live by faith.(A)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[b](B)

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)

48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master (A)is delaying [a]his coming,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is (B)not aware of, 51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. (C)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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  1. Matthew 24:48 NU omits his coming

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.(A) 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(B)

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