For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil may not dwell with you.

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For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;
    with you, evil people(A) are not welcome.

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14 (A)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the (B)holiness (C)without which no one will see the Lord.

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Warning and Encouragement

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(A) and to be holy;(B) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(C)

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21 These things you have done, and I (A)have been silent;
    you thought that I[a] was one like yourself.
But now I (B)rebuke you and (C)lay the charge before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:21 Or that the I am

21 When you did these things and I kept silent,(A)
    you thought I was exactly[a] like you.
But I now arraign(B) you
    and set my accusations(C) before you.

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  1. Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I am’ was

13 Surely (A)the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
    (B)the upright shall dwell in your presence.

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13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,(A)
    and the upright will live(B) in your presence.(C)

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The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
    but (B)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.

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The Lord examines the righteous,(A)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(B)

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27 But (A)nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's (B)book of life.

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27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(A) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(B)

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The Messenger of the Lord

17 (A)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (B)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (C)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (D)“Where is the God of justice?”

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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice

17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)

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13 You who are (A)of purer eyes than to see evil
    and cannot look at wrong,
(B)why do you idly look at traitors
    and (C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
    the man more righteous than he?

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13 Your eyes are too pure(A) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(B)
Why then do you tolerate(C) the treacherous?(D)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(E)

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23 And the city (A)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for (B)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(A) gives it light,(B) and the Lamb(C) is its lamp.

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13 But according to his promise we are waiting for (A)new heavens and a new earth (B)in which righteousness dwells.

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13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(A) where righteousness dwells.

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No one who (A)practices deceit
    shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
    shall (B)continue before my eyes.

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No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

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20 Can (A)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame[a] injustice by (B)statute?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:20 Or fashion

20 Can a corrupt throne(A) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?(B)

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15 (A)to declare that the Lord is upright;
    he is my (B)rock, and there is (C)no unrighteousness in him.

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15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(A)

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