The (A)boastful shall not (B)stand in Your sight;
You hate all workers of iniquity.

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The arrogant(A) cannot stand(B)
    in your presence.
You hate(C) all who do wrong;

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The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

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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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15 “All their wickedness is in (A)Gilgal,
For there I hated them.
Because of the evil of their deeds
I will drive them from My house;
I will love them no more.
(B)All their princes are rebellious.

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15 “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,(A)
    I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,(B)
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;(C)
    all their leaders are rebellious.(D)

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Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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Therefore the wicked will not stand(A) in the judgment,(B)
    nor sinners in the assembly(C) of the righteous.

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16 These six things the Lord hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to [a]Him:
17 (A)A[b] proud look,
(B)A lying tongue,
(C)Hands that shed innocent blood,
18 (D)A heart that devises wicked plans,
(E)Feet that are swift in running to evil,
19 (F)A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who (G)sows discord among brethren.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:16 Lit. His soul
  2. Proverbs 6:17 Lit. Haughty eyes

16 There are six things the Lord hates,(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
17         haughty eyes,(B)
        a lying tongue,(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(D)
18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(E)
19         a false witness(F) who pours out lies(G)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(H)

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23 (A)And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and (B)therefore I abhor them.

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23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations(A) I am going to drive out before you.(B) Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(C)

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41 “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, (A)‘Depart from Me, you cursed, (B)into the everlasting fire prepared for (C)the devil and his angels:

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41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me,(A) you who are cursed, into the eternal fire(B) prepared for the devil and his angels.(C)

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(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person 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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O you [a]simple ones, understand prudence,
And you fools, be of an understanding heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:5 naive

You who are simple,(A) gain prudence;(B)
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds

23 And (A)then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; (B)depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

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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 [a]dismissed the three shepherds (A)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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  1. Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them

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(A)When you make a vow to God, do not delay to (B)pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—

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When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.(A) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.(B)

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