But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace.
men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways.
May you see your children's children! Peace be upon Israel!
Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”
And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.
I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.
They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast.
that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever;
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
So Saul died for his breach of faith. He broke faith with the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance. He did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
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