The words of his mouth are (A)trouble and deceit;
    (B)he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

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21 His (A)speech was (B)smooth as butter,
    yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
    yet they were (C)drawn swords.

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22 “For (A)my people are foolish;
    they know me not;
they are stupid children;
    they have no understanding.
(B)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
    But how to do good they know not.”

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(A)His mouth is filled with cursing and (B)deceit and (C)oppression;
    (D)under his tongue are (E)mischief and (F)iniquity.

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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35 (A)And one of them, (B)a lawyer, asked him a question (C)to test him.

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Paying Taxes to Caesar

15 (A)Then the Pharisees went and plotted how (B)to entangle him in his words. 16 And they sent (C)their disciples to him, along with (D)the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, (E)we know that you are true and teach (F)the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for (G)you are not swayed by appearances.[a] 17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay (H)taxes to (I)Caesar, or not?” 18 But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, “Why (J)put me to the test, you hypocrites?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:16 Greek for you do not look at people's faces

(A)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    (B)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

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They make (A)their tongue sharp as (B)a serpent's,
    and (C)under their lips is the (D)venom of asps. Selah

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But those who (A)turn aside to their (B)crooked ways
    the Lord will lead away with (C)evildoers!
    (D)Peace be upon Israel!

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(A)Understand, O dullest of the people!
    Fools, when will you be wise?

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The wicked are (A)estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

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Everyone (A)utters lies to his neighbor;
    with (B)flattering lips and (C)a double heart they speak.

May the Lord cut off all (D)flattering lips,
    the tongue that makes (E)great boasts,

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For there is no truth in their mouth;
    their inmost self is (A)destruction;
(B)their throat is (C)an open grave;
    they (D)flatter with their tongue.

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21 Then Saul said, (A)“I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.”

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And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, (A)“As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.” And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence (B)as before.

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21 Saul thought, “Let me give her to him, that she may (A)be a snare for him (B)and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time,[a] (C)“You shall now be my son-in-law.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:21 Hebrew by two

David in Saul's Service

14 (A)Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, (B)and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.

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26 And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. (A)For you have rejected the word of the Lord, (B)and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

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