With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
    I have avoided the ways of the violent.

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Though people tried to bribe me,
    I have kept myself from the ways of the violent
    through what your lips have commanded.

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(A)Be sober-minded; (B)be watchful. Your (C)adversary the devil (D)prowls around (E)like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Be alert and of sober mind.(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around(B) like a roaring lion(C) looking for someone to devour.

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for you are still of the flesh. For while there is (A)jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

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You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(A) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

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Beth

How can (A)a young man keep his way pure?
    By guarding it according to your word.
10 (B)With my whole heart I seek you;
    let me not (C)wander from your commandments!
11 I have (D)stored up your word in my heart,
    that I might not sin against you.

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ב Beth

How can a young person stay on the path of purity?(A)
    By living according to your word.(B)
10 I seek you with all my heart;(C)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(D)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart(E)
    that I might not sin(F) against you.

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11 And (A)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for (B)they loved not their lives (C)even unto death.

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11 They triumphed over(A) him
    by the blood of the Lamb(B)
    and by the word of their testimony;(C)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.(D)

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18 (A)Of his own will he (B)brought us forth by the word of truth, (C)that we should be a kind of (D)firstfruits of his creatures.

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18 He chose to give us birth(A) through the word of truth,(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(C) of all he created.

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17 and take (A)the helmet of salvation, and (B)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,

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17 Take the helmet of salvation(A) and the sword of the Spirit,(B) which is the word of God.(C)

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17 (A)Sanctify them[a] in the truth; (B)your word is truth.

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  1. John 17:17 Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God)

17 Sanctify them by[a] the truth; your word is truth.(A)

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  1. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, (A)Satan! For (B)it is written,

(C)“‘You shall worship the Lord your God
    and (D)him only shall you serve.’”

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10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan!(A) For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 4:10 Deut. 6:13

Jesus said to him, “Again (A)it is written, (B)‘You shall not (C)put the Lord your God to the test.’”

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Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 4:7 Deut. 6:16

But he answered, (A)“It is written,

(B)“‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
    but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

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Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 4:4 Deut. 8:3

10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 (A)discretion will (B)watch over you,
    understanding will guard you,
12 delivering you from the way of evil,
    from men of perverted speech,
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
    to (C)walk in the ways of darkness,
14 who (D)rejoice in doing evil
    and (E)delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 men whose (F)paths are crooked,
    (G)and who are (H)devious in their ways.

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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.(B)

12 Wisdom will save(C) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,
13 who have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways,(D)
14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(E)
15 whose paths are crooked(F)
    and who are devious in their ways.(G)

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The Fool Says, There Is No God

To the choirmaster. Of David.

14 (A)The (B)fool says in his heart, (C)“There is no God.”
    They are (D)corrupt, they do abominable deeds;
    (E)there is none who does good.

The Lord (F)looks down from heaven on the children of man,
    to see if there are any who understand,[a]
    who (G)seek after God.

They have all turned aside; together they have become (H)corrupt;
    there is none who does good,
    not even one.

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  1. Psalm 14:2 Or that act wisely

Psalm 14(A)

For the director of music. Of David.

The fool[a] says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(B)
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

The Lord looks down from heaven(C)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(D)
    any who seek God.(E)
All have turned away,(F) all have become corrupt;(G)
    there is no one who does good,(H)
    not even one.(I)

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  1. Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.