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    Who can search out our crimes?[a]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
    For the human heart and mind are deep.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 64.6 Cn: Heb They search out crimes

They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

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The heart is devious above all else;
    it is perverse—
    who can understand it?(A)
10 I the Lord test the mind
    and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
    according to the fruit of their doings.(B)

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The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

10 “I the Lord search the heart(B)
    and examine the mind,(C)
to reward(D) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(E)

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Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)

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Therefore judge nothing(A) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(B) He will bring to light(C) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(D)

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29 So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.”

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29 So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?”

30 “If he were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed him over to you.”

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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,

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59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin(A) were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death.

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So the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for complaint against Daniel in connection with the kingdom. But they could find no grounds for complaint or any corruption, because he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption could be found in him.(A) The men said, “We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.”

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At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges(A) against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”(B)

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15 Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord,
    whose deeds are in the dark,
    and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”(A)

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15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)

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For there is no truth in their mouths;
    their hearts are destruction;
their throats are open graves;
    they flatter with their tongues.(A)

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Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
    their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;(A)
    with their tongues they tell lies.(B)

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The purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
    but the intelligent will draw them out.(A)

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The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,(A)
    but one who has insight draws them out.

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11 Their graves[a] are their homes forever,
    their dwelling places to all generations,
    though they named lands their own.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.11 Gk Syr Compare Tg: Heb their inward thought

11 Their tombs(A) will remain their houses[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(B)
    though they had[b] named(C) lands after themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have

11 Malicious witnesses rise up;
    they ask me about things I do not know.(A)

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11 Ruthless witnesses(A) come forward;
    they question me on things I know nothing about.

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10 But Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.(A)

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10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(A) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.

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David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?

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He said to Saul, “Why do you listen(A) when men say, ‘David is bent on harming(B) you’?

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