1The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.

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2 Kings 22:20, 2 Kings 22:20, Psalms 12:1, Psalms 12:1, 2 Chronicles 34:28

2He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

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Revelation 14:13, Revelation 14:13, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Luke 2:29

3"But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.

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Matthew 16:4, Matthew 16:4, James 4:4, 1 John 3:10, James 4:4

4Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood,

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2 Peter 2:13, 2 Peter 2:13, Isaiah 1:4, Psalms 35:21, Exodus 9:17

5you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

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Ezekiel 16:20, 2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 16:4, Isaiah 1:29, Ezekiel 16:20

6Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; you have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?

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Jeremiah 3:9, Jeremiah 3:9, Jeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 7:18, Habakkuk 2:19

7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.

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Ezekiel 23:41, Ezekiel 16:16, Ezekiel 23:41, Ezekiel 16:16, Jeremiah 2:20

8Behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial: for you have uncovered to someone besides me, and have gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it.

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Ezekiel 16:25, Ezekiel 16:28, Ezekiel 8:8, Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 16:32

9You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol.

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Ezekiel 23:16, Ezekiel 23:16, Colossians 2:18, Isaiah 30:1, Isaiah 30:6

10You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you did not say, 'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.

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Jeremiah 2:25, Jeremiah 2:25, Jeremiah 18:12, Jeremiah 18:12, Jeremiah 5:3

11"Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you do not fear me?

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Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 51:13, Proverbs 29:25

12I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.

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Micah 3:2, Micah 3:4, Jeremiah 7:4, Jeremiah 7:11, Matthew 23:13

13When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."

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Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:9, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:3, Isaiah 65:25

14He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people."

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Isaiah 62:10, Isaiah 62:10, Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 35:8, Isaiah 40:3

15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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Psalms 34:18, Psalms 34:18, Isaiah 66:1, Isaiah 66:2, Psalms 138:6

16For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.

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Micah 7:18, Micah 7:18, Psalms 103:9, Psalms 103:16, Psalms 85:5

17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

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Isaiah 56:11, Isaiah 56:11, Jeremiah 6:13, Colossians 3:5, Jeremiah 6:13

18I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

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Jeremiah 33:6, Jeremiah 33:6, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 7:17, Jeremiah 3:22

19I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says the Lord; "and I will heal them."

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Hebrews 13:15, Acts 2:39, Hebrews 13:15, Acts 2:39, Acts 10:36

20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

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Proverbs 4:16, Proverbs 4:17, Isaiah 3:11, Proverbs 4:16, Proverbs 4:17

21"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

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Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 48:22, Isaiah 59:8, 2 Kings 9:22, Isaiah 3:11