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For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil will not sojourn with you.(A)

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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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The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
    and his soul hates the lover of violence.(A)

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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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Warnings against Rejecting God’s Grace

14 Pursue peace with everyone and the holiness 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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13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
    the upright shall live in your presence.(A)

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

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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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Footnotes

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

27 But nothing unclean will enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(A)

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

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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 Your eyes are too pure to behold evil,
    and you cannot look on wrongdoing;
why do you look on the treacherous
    and are silent when the wicked swallow
    those more righteous than they?(A)

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

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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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13 But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.(A)

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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 practices deceit
    shall remain in my house;
no one who utters lies
    shall continue in my presence.

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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 wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who contrive mischief by statute?(A)

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

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

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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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