Psalm 4:2
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2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah(A)
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
Hosea 4:7
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7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they changed[a] their glory into shame.(A)
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- 4.7 Tg Syr: MT I will change
Psalm 3:3
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3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.(A)
Jeremiah 2:11
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11 Has a nation changed its gods,
even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
for something that does not profit.(A)
Psalm 106:20
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- 106.20 Compare Gk mss: Heb exchanged their glory
Psalm 5:6
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6 You destroy those who speak lies;
the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.(A)
Ephesians 4:25
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Rules for the New Life
25 So then, putting away falsehood, let each of you speak the truth with your neighbor, for we are members of one another.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 8:11
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11 Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart is fully set to do evil.
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1 Samuel 12:21
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21 and do not turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or save, for they are useless.(A)
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Jonah 2:8
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8 Those who worship vain idols
forsake their true loyalty.(A)
Jeremiah 9:3
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3 They bend their tongues like bows;
they have grown strong in the land for falsehood and not for truth,
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know me, says the Lord.(A)
Isaiah 59:4
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4 No one brings suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies,
conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.(A)
Isaiah 45:17
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17 But Israel is saved by the Lord
with everlasting salvation;
you shall not be put to shame or confounded
ever again.(A)
Isaiah 20:5
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5 And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.(A)
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Psalm 63:11
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11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
all who swear by him shall exult,
for the mouths of liars will be stopped.(A)
Psalm 58:3
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3 The wicked go astray from the womb;
they err from their birth, speaking lies.(A)
Psalm 58:1
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Psalm 58
Prayer for Vengeance
To the leader: Do Not Destroy. Of David. A Miktam.
1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?
Do you judge people fairly?(A)
Psalm 57:4
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4 I lie down among lions
that greedily devour[a] human prey;
their teeth are spears and arrows,
their tongues sharp swords.(A)
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- 57.4 Cn: Heb are aflame for
Psalm 31:6
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- 31.6 Heb ms Gk Syr Jerome: MT I hate
Psalm 14:6
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6 You would confound the plans of the poor,
but the Lord is their refuge.(A)
Psalm 2:1
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:3
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3 This is an evil in all that happens under the sun, that the same fate comes to everyone. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.(A)
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Psalm 72:2
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2 May he judge your people with righteousness
and your poor with justice.(A)
Numbers 14:11
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11 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people despise me? And how long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?(A)
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