27 So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments (A)and blessed him and said,

“See, (B)the smell of my son
    is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!

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15 (A)Through him then let us continually offer up (B)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

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his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (A)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and (B)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his

Take with you words
    and return to the Lord;
say to him,
    “Take away all iniquity;
accept (A)what is good,
    and we will pay with bulls
    (B)the vows[a] of our lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit

15 He shall eat (A)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

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13 My son, (A)eat honey, for it is good,
    and (B)the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be (C)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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24 (A)Gracious words are like (B)a honeycomb,
    sweetness to the soul and (C)health to the body.

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For the lips of (A)a forbidden[a] woman drip honey,
    and her speech[b] is (B)smoother than oil,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew strange; also verse 20
  2. Proverbs 5:3 Hebrew palate

23 My lips will shout for joy,
    when I sing praises to you;
    my soul also, which you have (A)redeemed.
24 And my (B)tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been (C)put to shame and disappointed
    who sought to do me hurt.

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14 But I will (A)hope continually
    and will (B)praise you yet more and more.
15 My (C)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
    of your deeds of salvation all the day,
    for (D)their number is past my knowledge.

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    your robes are all fragrant with (A)myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces (B)stringed instruments make you glad;

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10 More to be desired are they than (A)gold,
    even much (B)fine gold;
(C)sweeter also than honey
    and drippings of (D)the honeycomb.

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