Psalm 98

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Psalm 98

Praise the King

A psalm.

¹Sing a new song to the Lord,^(A)
for he has performed wonders;
his right hand and holy arm
have won him victory.^(B)
²The Lord has made his victory known;
he has revealed his righteousness
in the sight of the nations.^(C)
³He has remembered his love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.^(D)

⁴Let the whole earth shout to the Lord;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.^(E)
⁵Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.^(F)
⁶With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn
shout triumphantly
in the presence of the Lord, our King.^(G)

⁷Let the sea and all that fills it,
the world and those who live in it, resound.^(H)
⁸Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy^(I)
⁹before the Lord,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.^(J)

Proverbs 19:4

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⁴Wealth attracts many friends,^(A)
but a poor person is separated from his friend.

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Proverbs 19:4 in all English translations

Proverbs 19:6

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⁶Many seek a ruler’s favor,^(A)
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.^(B)

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Proverbs 19:6 in all English translations

James 4:1-12

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Proud or Humble

4 What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions^(A) that wage war within you?^[a] ²You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war.^[b] You do not have because you do not ask. ³You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.^(B)

⁴You adulterous people!^[c] Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.^(C) ⁵Or do you think it’s without reason that the Scripture says: The spirit he made to dwell in us envies intensely?^[d]^(D)

⁶But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says:

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.^[e]^(E)

⁷Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.^(F) ⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.^(G) ⁹Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.^(H) ¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹¹Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer^[f] defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.^(I) ¹²There is one lawgiver and judge^[g] who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?^(J)

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Footnotes

4:1 Or war in your members
4:2 Or You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and wage war.
4:4 Lit Adulteresses
4:5 Or Scripture says: He jealously yearns for the spirit he made to live in us?, or Scripture says: The Spirit he made to dwell in us longs jealously?
4:6 Pr 3:34
4:11 Or his brother or sister
4:12 Other mss omit and judge

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