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The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
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“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
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David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.
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“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”
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Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
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They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.
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Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
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Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.
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Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.
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For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.
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Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them.
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You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,
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A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
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For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
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But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
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For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.
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For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
