Psalm 4:2
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2 How long will you people ruin my reputation?
How long will you make groundless accusations?
How long will you continue your lies? Interlude
Hosea 4:7
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7 The more priests there are,
the more they sin against me.
They have exchanged the glory of God
for the shame of idols.[a]
Footnotes
- 4:7 As in Syriac version and an ancient Hebrew tradition; Masoretic Text reads I will turn their glory into shame.
Psalm 3:3
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3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me;
you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Jeremiah 2:11
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11 Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones,
even though they are not gods at all?
Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God[a]
for worthless idols!
Footnotes
- 2:11 Hebrew their glory.
Psalm 106:20
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20 They traded their glorious God
for a statue of a grass-eating bull.
Psalm 5:6
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6 You will destroy those who tell lies.
The Lord detests murderers and deceivers.
Ephesians 4:25
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25 So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.
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1 Samuel 12:21
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21 Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!
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Jonah 2:8
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8 Those who worship false gods
turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
Jeremiah 9:3
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Judgment for Disobedience
3 “My people bend their tongues like bows
to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
says the Lord.
Isaiah 59:4
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4 No one cares about being fair and honest.
The people’s lawsuits are based on lies.
They conceive evil deeds
and then give birth to sin.
Isaiah 45:17
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17 But the Lord will save the people of Israel
with eternal salvation.
Throughout everlasting ages,
they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.
Isaiah 20:5
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5 Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!
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Psalm 63:11
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11 But the king will rejoice in God.
All who swear to tell the truth will praise him,
while liars will be silenced.
Psalm 58:3
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3 These wicked people are born sinners;
even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.
Psalm 58:1
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Psalm 58
For the choir director: A psalm[a] of David, to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”
1 Justice—do you rulers[b] know the meaning of the word?
Do you judge the people fairly?
Psalm 57:4
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4 I am surrounded by fierce lions
who greedily devour human prey—
whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows,
and whose tongues cut like swords.
Psalm 31:6
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6 I hate those who worship worthless idols.
I trust in the Lord.
Psalm 14:6
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6 The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
but the Lord will protect his people.
Psalm 2:1
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Psalm 2
1 Why are the nations so angry?
Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
Ecclesiastes 9:3
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3 It seems so wrong that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. Already twisted by evil, people choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.
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Psalm 72:2
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2 Help him judge your people in the right way;
let the poor always be treated fairly.
Numbers 14:11
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11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?
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