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Isaiah 52:7: How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, 'Your God reigns!' (NIV)

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns! [Acts 10:36; Rom. 10:15; Eph. 6:14-16.](AMP)

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! (KJV)

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Genesis 12:2: 'I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.' (NIV)

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. (AMP)

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: (KJV)

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Revelation 3:10: Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth. (NIV)

Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth. (AMP)

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. (KJV)

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2 Peter 3:13: But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. (NIV)

But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness (uprightness, freedom from sin, and right standing with God) is to abide. [Isa. 65:17; 66:22.](AMP)

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (KJV)

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1 Timothy 3:2: Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (NIV)

Now a bishop (superintendent, overseer) must give no grounds for accusation but must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, circumspect and temperate and self-controlled; [he must be] sensible and well behaved and dignified and lead an orderly (disciplined) life; [he must be] hospitable [showing love for and being a friend to the believers, especially strangers or foreigners, and be] a capable and qualified teacher (AMP)

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 7:1: Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. (NIV)

THEREFORE, SINCE these [great] promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates and defiles body and spirit, and bring [our] consecration to completeness in the [reverential] fear of God. (AMP)

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (KJV)

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Romans 11:1: I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. (NIV)

I ASK then: Has God totally rejected and disowned His people? Of course not! Why, I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin! [I Sam. 12:22; Jer. 31:37; 33:24-26; Phil. 3:5.](AMP)

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (KJV)

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Romans 4:1: What then shall we say that Abraham, the forefather of us Jews, discovered in this matter? (NIV)

[BUT] IF so, what shall we say about Abraham, our forefather humanly speaking--[what did he] find out? [How does this affect his position, and what was gained by him?](AMP)

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (KJV)

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Acts 17:2: As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, (NIV)

And Paul entered, as he usually did, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned and argued with them from the Scriptures, (AMP)

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, (KJV)

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Acts 7:55: But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. (NIV)

But he, full of the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand (AMP)

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, (KJV)

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Acts 5:12: The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. (NIV)

Now by the hands of the apostles (special messengers) numerous and startling signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon's. (AMP)

And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. (KJV)

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John 6:29: Jesus answered, 'The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.' (NIV)

Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger]. (AMP)

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. (KJV)

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John 4:5: So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. (NIV)

And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (AMP)

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (KJV)

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Ezekiel 37:1: The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. (NIV)

THE HAND of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. (AMP)

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, (KJV)

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Psalms 111:10: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise. (NIV)

The reverent fear and worship of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom and skill [the preceding and the first essential, the prerequisite and the alphabet]; a good understanding, wisdom, and meaning have all those who do [the will of the Lord]. Their praise of Him endures forever. [Job. 28:28; Prov. 1:7; Matt. 22:37, 38; Rev. 14:7.](AMP)

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. (KJV)

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1 John 5:12: Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (NIV)

He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life. (AMP)

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (KJV)

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Ephesians 1:5: He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will – (NIV)

For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]-- (AMP)

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 11:14: And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. (NIV)

And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light (AMP)

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 5:7: We live by faith, not by sight. (NIV)

For we walk by faith [we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight or appearance. (AMP)

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) (KJV)

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1 Corinthians 6:7: The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? (NIV)

Why, the very fact of your having lawsuits with one another at all is a defect (a defeat, an evidence of positive moral loss for you). Why not rather let yourselves suffer wrong and be deprived of what is your due? Why not rather be cheated (defrauded and robbed)? (AMP)

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? (KJV)

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John 8:7: When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, 'Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.' (NIV)

However, when they persisted with their question, He raised Himself up and said, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. (AMP)

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. (KJV)

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John 1:24: Now the Pharisees who had been sent (NIV)

The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees. (AMP)

And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. (KJV)

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Luke 24:25: He said to them, 'How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!' (NIV)

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: (KJV)

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Luke 17:18: 'Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?' (NIV)

Was there no one found to return and to recognize and give thanks and praise to God except this alien? (AMP)

There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. (KJV)

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Matthew 22:39: And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' (NIV)

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. [Lev. 19:18.](AMP)

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (KJV)

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Matthew 19:3: Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?' (NIV)

And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and every cause? (AMP)

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? (KJV)

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Matthew 12:1: At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. (NIV)

AT THAT particular time Jesus went through the fields of standing grain on the Sabbath; and His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick off the spikes of grain and to eat. [Deut. 23:25.](AMP)

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. (KJV)

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Matthew 5:11: 'Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.' (NIV)

Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account. (AMP)

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (KJV)

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Zechariah 1:2: 'The LORD was very angry with your ancestors.' (NIV)

The Lord was very angry with your fathers. (AMP)

The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. (KJV)

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Psalms 8:3: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place (NIV)

When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established (AMP)

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; (KJV)

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