The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.

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[a]Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 142:6 Give heed

(A)Oh, do not remember [a]former iniquities against us!
Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.

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  1. Psalm 79:8 Or against us the iniquities of those who were before us

(A)The law of the Lord is perfect, [a]converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making (B)wise the simple;

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  1. Psalm 19:7 restoring

Jesus Gives True Rest(A)

25 (B)At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that (C)You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent (D)and have revealed them to babes.

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21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,
For I wait for You.

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A (A)highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
(B)The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.

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22 (A)Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

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But I fear, lest somehow, as (A)the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds (B)may be corrupted from the [a]simplicity that is in Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 11:3 NU adds and purity

Paul’s Sincerity

12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in [a]simplicity and (A)godly sincerity, (B)not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 The opposite of duplicity

19 For (A)your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be (B)wise in what is good, and [a]simple concerning evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 16:19 innocent

43 (A)Many times He delivered them;
But they rebelled in their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.

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