21 Evil will slay the wicked;(A)
    the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

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23 He will repay(A) them for their sins
    and destroy(B) them for their wickedness;
    the Lord our God will destroy them.

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16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

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14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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They will be punished with everlasting destruction(A) and shut out from the presence of the Lord(B) and from the glory of his might(C)

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11 Woe to the wicked!(A)
    Disaster(B) is upon them!
They will be paid back(C)
    for what their hands have done.(D)

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23 I will crush his foes before him(A)
    and strike down his adversaries.(B)

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12 The wicked plot(A) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth(B) at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.(C)

14 The wicked draw the sword(D)
    and bend the bow(E)
to bring down the poor and needy,(F)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,(G)
    and their bows will be broken.(H)

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15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(A)
    be appalled at their own shame.

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Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,(A) or these uncircumcised(B) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B)

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The World Hates the Disciples

18 “If the world hates you,(A) keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you(B) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.(C) 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](D) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(E) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(F) for they do not know the one who sent me.(G) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(H) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(I) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(A) because I testify that its works are evil.(B)

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27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”

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30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,(A)
    and their tongues speak what is just.
31 The law of their God is in their hearts;(B)
    their feet do not slip.(C)

32 The wicked lie in wait(D) for the righteous,(E)
    intent on putting them to death;
33 but the Lord will not leave them in the power of the wicked
    or let them be condemned(F) when brought to trial.(G)

34 Hope in the Lord(H)
    and keep his way.(I)
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
    when the wicked are destroyed,(J) you will see(K) it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
    flourishing(L) like a luxuriant native tree,
36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
    though I looked for him, he could not be found.(M)

37 Consider the blameless,(N) observe the upright;(O)
    a future awaits those who seek peace.[a](P)
38 But all sinners(Q) will be destroyed;(R)
    there will be no future[b] for the wicked.(S)

39 The salvation(T) of the righteous comes from the Lord;
    he is their stronghold in time of trouble.(U)
40 The Lord helps(V) them and delivers(W) them;
    he delivers them from the wicked and saves(X) them,
    because they take refuge(Y) in him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 37:37 Or upright; / those who seek peace will have posterity
  2. Psalm 37:38 Or posterity

37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried him there.

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The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate(A) him because he never prophesies anything good(B) about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

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Jonathan spoke(A) well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king do wrong(B) to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly. He took his life(C) in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory(D) for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent(E) man like David by killing him for no reason?”

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“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.(A)

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15 who killed the Lord Jesus(A) and the prophets(B) and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone 16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(C) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(D) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully

41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A) 42 and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(B) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(C) They will not leave one stone on another,(D) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(E) to you.”

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