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⁷ And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

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¹³ But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

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²⁰ And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

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²⁷ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

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⁴⁵ And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

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⁹ Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

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²⁶ But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

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¹³ Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked stiffnecked people:

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²⁴ Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

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⁴² They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

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⁸ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

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¹¹ And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:

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⁷ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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⁷ For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

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¹⁰ And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?

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²² And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

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² But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

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⁶ For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

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³ For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

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⁵ The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

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⁹ Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

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¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

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⁵ Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.

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⁸ For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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¹⁶ The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

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³ LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

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⁵ They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.

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⁸ I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

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⁵ As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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⁴ The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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⁴ Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

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⁸ Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

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⁹ The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

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⁶ The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.

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¹³ Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

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¹⁴ From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

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¹⁷ Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

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¹⁰ Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

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¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

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¹⁸ The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.

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²⁰ But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

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²⁸ For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

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³⁴ Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

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⁴⁰ And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

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¹⁰ Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

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³⁵ Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.

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¹² They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

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²⁰ The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

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²⁹ For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

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³ The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

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⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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⁹ The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

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⁴ The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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⁵ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

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³³ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

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²⁷ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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²⁹ The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

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²⁰ They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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²⁶ The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

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²⁹ The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

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⁴ Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken forsaken the LORD, they have provoked provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

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¹⁰ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

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¹¹ To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

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⁵ The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

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¹ Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

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⁹ That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

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⁶ For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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¹² And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

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²⁴ Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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²⁵ Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

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⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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¹⁹ Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

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¹⁰ Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

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¹¹ LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

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¹⁹ I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

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²² There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

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¹³ Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

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⁴ Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

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⁵ I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

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³ And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

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⁶ Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

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¹ Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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¹ Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

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⁸ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

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⁴ And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

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⁵ They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

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² Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

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⁴ And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

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⁷ So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

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¹⁵ Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

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³⁰ Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.

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¹³ And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

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¹² Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

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¹¹ Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.

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¹⁰ Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.