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But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O Lord.
    Take them away with those who do evil.

May Israel have peace!

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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 Their actions are crooked,
    and their ways are wrong.

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

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May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.
    May Israel have peace!

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

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They don’t know where to find peace
    or what it means to be just and good.
They have mapped out crooked roads,
    and no one who follows them knows a moment’s 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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Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord,
    who have no confidence in the proud
    or in those who worship idols.

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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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  1. Psalm 40:4 Or to lies

16 May God’s peace and mercy be upon all who live by this principle; they are the new people of God.[a]

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  1. 6:16 Greek this principle, and upon the Israel of God.

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 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or 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 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’

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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 refuse to look at
    anything vile and vulgar.
I hate all who deal crookedly;
    I will have nothing to do with them.

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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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God the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ.

May God give you more and more grace and peace.

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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 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
    But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:38 Or my righteous ones will live by their faithfulness; Greek reads my righteous one will live by faith.
  2. 10:37-38 Hab 2:3-4.

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)

15 so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.

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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

48 But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’ 49 and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk? 50 The master will return unannounced and unexpected, 51 and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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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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