23 Love the Lord, all you his (A)saints!
    The Lord preserves the faithful
    but abundantly (B)repays the one who acts in pride.

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23 Love the Lord, all his faithful people!(A)
    The Lord preserves those who are true to him,(B)
    but the proud he pays back(C) in full.

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10 O you who love the Lord, (A)hate evil!
    He (B)preserves the lives of his (C)saints;
    he (D)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

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10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil,(A)
    for he guards(B) the lives of his faithful ones(C)
    and delivers(D) them from the hand of the wicked.(E)

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20 The Lord (A)preserves all who love him,
    but all the wicked he will destroy.

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20 The Lord watches over(A) all who love him,(B)
    but all the wicked he will destroy.(C)

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(A)Rise up, O (B)judge of the earth;
    repay to the (C)proud what they deserve!

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Rise up,(A) Judge(B) of the earth;
    pay back(C) to the proud what they deserve.

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Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,
    for those who fear him have no lack!

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Fear the Lord,(A) you his holy people,
    for those who fear him lack nothing.(B)

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Sing praises to the Lord, O you (A)his saints,
    and (B)give thanks to his holy name.[a]

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  1. Psalm 30:4 Hebrew to the memorial of his holiness (see Exodus 3:15)

Sing(A) the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;(B)
    praise his holy name.(C)

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A Life Pleasing to God

Finally, then, brothers,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you (A)received from us (B)how you ought to walk and (C)to please God, just as you are doing, that you (D)do so more and more.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

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27 (A)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 (B)I give them eternal life, and (C)they will never perish, and (D)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (E)who has given them to me,[a] (F)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (G)the Father's hand. 30 (H)I and the Father are one.”

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  1. John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me

27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(A) and they follow me.(B) 28 I give them eternal life,(C) and they shall never perish;(D) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(E) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(F) is greater than all[a];(G) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(H)

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  1. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all

(A)Pay her back as she herself has paid back others,
    and repay her (B)double for her deeds;
    mix a double portion for her (C)in the cup she mixed.

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Give back to her as she has given;
    pay her back(A) double(B) for what she has done.
    Pour her a double portion from her own cup.(C)

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23 In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”

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23 At the resurrection[a] whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

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  1. Mark 12:23 Some manuscripts resurrection, when people rise from the dead,

a God greatly (A)to be feared in the council of (B)the holy ones,
    and awesome above all (C)who are around him?

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In the council(A) of the holy ones(B) God is greatly feared;
    he is more awesome than all who surround him.(C)

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He will return the evil to my enemies;
    in your (A)faithfulness (B)put an end to them.

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Let evil recoil(A) on those who slander me;
    in your faithfulness(B) destroy them.

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(A)“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
    but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
    for not by might shall a man prevail.

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He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
    but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)

“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;

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