Therefore pride serves as their necklace;
Violence covers them (A)like a garment.

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18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
So let it (A)enter his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.

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Submit to God, Resist the Devil

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for

(B)“God resists the proud,
But (C)gives grace to the humble.”

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30 The king (A)spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?”

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For they will be a (A)graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.

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26 Now the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments, pendants, and purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were around their camels’ necks.

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Indeed (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (B)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [a]Sabaoth. You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [b]luxury; you have [c]fattened your hearts [d]as in a day of slaughter. You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
  2. James 5:5 indulgence
  3. James 5:5 Lit. nourished
  4. James 5:5 NU omits as

Thus says the Lord (A)concerning the prophets
Who make my people stray;
Who chant [a]“Peace”
[b]While they (B)chew with their teeth,
But who prepare war against him
(C)Who puts nothing into their mouths:

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 3:5 All is well
  2. Micah 3:5 For those who feed them

Woe to Evildoers

Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
They (B)covet fields and take them by violence,
Also houses, and seize them.
So they oppress a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

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  1. Micah 2:1 Plan

“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is (A)lifted[a] up,
And (B)you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
(C)In the midst of the seas,’
(D)Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
(Behold, (E)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained (F)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
(G)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

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  1. Ezekiel 28:2 Proud

11 I adorned you with ornaments, (A)put bracelets on your wrists, (B)and a chain on your neck.

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29 “We have heard the (A)pride of Moab
(He is exceedingly proud),
Of his loftiness and arrogance and (B)pride,
And of the haughtiness of his heart.”

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11 “Moab has been at ease from [a]his youth;
He (A)has settled on his dregs,
And has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
Nor has he gone into captivity.
Therefore his taste remained in him,
And his scent has not changed.

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  1. Jeremiah 48:11 Heb. uses masc. and fem. pronouns interchangeably in this chapter.

19 The pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;

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11 (A)Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.

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31 (A)Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;

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29 (A)Let my accusers be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

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(A)Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?
Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses are safe from fear,
(B)Neither is [a]the rod of God upon them.
10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves (C)without miscarriage.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
13 They (D)spend their days in wealth,
And [b]in a moment go down to the [c]grave.
14 (E)Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.
15 (F)Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And (G)what profit do we have if we pray to Him?’

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:9 The rod of God’s chastisement
  2. Job 21:13 Without lingering
  3. Job 21:13 Or Sheol

Haman’s Plot Against Mordecai

So Haman went out that day (A)joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and (B)that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless Haman (C)restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 Then Haman told them of his great riches, (D)the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had (E)advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.

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