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The boastful will not stand before your eyes;
    you hate all evildoers.(A)

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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 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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15 Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal;
    there I came to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
    all their officials are rebels.(A)

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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 wicked will not stand in the judgment
    nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous,(A)

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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 There are six things that the Lord hates,
    seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
    and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
    feet that hurry to run to evil,(B)
19 a lying witness who testifies falsely,
    and one who sows discord in a family.(C)

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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 You shall not follow the practices of the nation that I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(A)

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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 say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,(A)

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

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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 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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O simple ones, learn prudence;
    acquire intelligence, you who lack it.(A)

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

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Footnotes

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

23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(A)

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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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In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.(A)

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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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When you make a vow to God, do not delay fulfilling it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill what you vow.(A)

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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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