For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness;
    with you, evil people(A) are not welcome.

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The Lord examines the righteous,(A)
    but the wicked, those who love violence,
    he hates with a passion.(B)

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Warning and Encouragement

14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone(A) and to be holy;(B) without holiness no one will see the Lord.(C)

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13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,(A)
    and the upright will live(B) in your presence.(C)

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21 When you did these things and I kept silent,(A)
    you thought I was exactly[a] like you.
But I now arraign(B) you
    and set my accusations(C) before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I am’ was

27 Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful,(A) but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.(B)

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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice

17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)

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13 Your eyes are too pure(A) to look on evil;
    you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(B)
Why then do you tolerate(C) the treacherous?(D)
    Why are you silent while the wicked
    swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(E)

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15 proclaiming, “The Lord is upright;
    he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.(A)

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13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth,(A) where righteousness dwells.

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No one who practices deceit
    will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely
    will stand in my presence.

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20 Can a corrupt throne(A) be allied with you—
    a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?(B)

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23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(A) gives it light,(B) and the Lamb(C) is its lamp.

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23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(A) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(B)

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17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(A) and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.(B)

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