Resentment(A) kills a fool,
    and envy slays the simple.(B)

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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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For wrath kills a foolish man,
And envy slays a simple one.

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Surely vexation kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the simple.

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For he says, ‘There is no profit
    in trying to please God.’(A)

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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

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For (A)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’

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For (A)he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
    that he should take delight in God.’

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Yet you ask him, ‘What profit is it to me,[a]
    and what do I gain by not sinning?’(A)

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  1. Job 35:3 Or you

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

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For (A)you say,
‘What advantage will it be to You?
What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’

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that you ask, (A)‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’

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13 Surely in vain(A) I have kept my heart pure
    and have washed my hands in innocence.(B)

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13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

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13 Surely I have [a]cleansed my heart in (A)vain,
And washed my hands in innocence.

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  1. Psalm 73:13 kept my heart pure in vain

13 All in vain have I (A)kept my heart clean
    and (B)washed my hands in innocence.

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20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries(A) misuse your name.(B)

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20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

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20 For they (A)speak against You wickedly;
[a]Your enemies take Your name in vain.

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  1. Psalm 139:20 LXX, Vg. They take Your cities in vain

20 They (A)speak against you with malicious intent;
    your enemies (B)take your name in vain.[a]

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  1. Psalm 139:20 Hebrew lacks your name

Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced(A) them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;(B)
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

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I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

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Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’

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(A)I declared them to you from of old,
    before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, (B)‘My idol did them,
    my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’

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You[a] live in the midst of deception;(A)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

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Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

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Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
    (A)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

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