(A)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who (B)swears to his own hurt and does not change;

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35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he (A)tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I (B)have [a]given my word to the Lord, and (C)I cannot [b]go back on it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:35 Lit. opened my mouth
  2. Judges 11:35 Lit. take it back

Jesus Forbids Oaths

33 “Again you have heard that (A)it was said to those of [a]old, (B)‘You shall not swear falsely, but (C)shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’

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  1. Matthew 5:33 ancient times

My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [a]perfect way,
He shall serve me.

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  1. Psalm 101:6 blameless

A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (A)know wickedness.

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14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death.

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  1. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother

The foolish person will no longer be called [a]generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work (A)iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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  1. Isaiah 32:5 noble

As for the saints who are on the earth,
“They are the excellent ones, in (A)whom is all my delight.”

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And all the king’s servants who were (A)within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai (B)would not bow or pay homage.

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