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A wicked man writhes in pain all his days;
only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.


“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Samuel asked Saul.

“I’m in serious trouble,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He doesn’t answer me anymore, either through the prophets or in dreams. So I’ve called on you to tell me what I should do.”

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

Good sense wins favor,
but the way of the treacherous never changes.


Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord was against them and brought disaster on them, just as He had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.




how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
who drinks injustice like water?

Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth
and he conceals it under his tongue,

You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah

Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

This is what the Lord says concerning these people:

Truly they love to wander;
they never rest their feet.
So the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins.

You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.

For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, so that all will be condemned-those who did not believe the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.



Then the Spirit of the Lord came on me, and He told me, “You are to say: This is what the Lord says: That is what you are thinking, house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your mind.



For then You would count my steps
but would not take note of my sin.


But they never consider that I remember all their evil.
Now their sins are all around them;
they are right in front of My face.


But the one who did not know and did things deserving of blows will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.


“Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them—

“If someone sins and without knowing it violates any of the Lord’s commands concerning anything prohibited, he bears the consequences of his guilt.

“And now, brothers, I know that you did it in ignorance, just as your leaders also did.



And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.


“Then He will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me either.’



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