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Job 28:28: And he said to the human race, 'The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.' (NIV)

But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord--that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (AMP)

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (KJV)

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Exodus 20:16: 'You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.' (NIV)

You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor. [Exod. 23:1; Prov. 19:9; 24:28.](AMP)

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (KJV)

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Genesis 18:19: 'For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.' (NIV)

For I have known (chosen, acknowledged) him [as My own], so that he may teach and command his children and the sons of his house after him to keep the way of the Lord and to do what is just and righteous, so that the Lord may bring Abraham what He has promised him. (AMP)

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. (KJV)

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1 Thessalonians 5:7: For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. (NIV)

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night. (AMP)

For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. (KJV)

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Acts 13:39: Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. (NIV)

And that through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as his Savior and devotes himself to Him] is absolved (cleared and freed) from every charge from which he could not be justified and freed by the Law of Moses and given right standing with God. (AMP)

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (KJV)

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John 15:11: I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (NIV)

I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. (AMP)

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. (KJV)

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John 14:18: I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (NIV)

I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you. (AMP)

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (KJV)

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Luke 11:16: Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven. (NIV)

While others, to try and test and tempt Him, demanded a sign of Him from heaven. (AMP)

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. (KJV)

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Luke 1:15: For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. (NIV)

For he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord. And he must drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit even in and from his mother's womb. [Num. 6:3.](AMP)

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. (KJV)

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Matthew 21:12: Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. (NIV)

And Jesus went into the temple (whole temple enclosure) and drove out all who bought and sold in the sacred place, and He turned over the four-footed tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves. (AMP)

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, (KJV)

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Malachi 4:1: 'Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,' says the LORD Almighty. 'Not a root or a branch will be left to them.' (NIV)

FOR BEHOLD, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. [Isa. 5:21-25; Matt. 3:12.](AMP)

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (KJV)

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Micah 6:7: Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (NIV)

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (AMP)

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (KJV)

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Ezekiel 18:20: The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them. (NIV)

The soul that sins, it [is the one that] shall die. The son shall not bear and be punished for the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear and be punished for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him only, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon the wicked only. (AMP)

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. (KJV)

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Proverbs 16:17: The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives. (NIV)

The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life. (AMP)

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. (KJV)

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Psalms 34:1: Of David. When he pretended to be insane before Abimelek, who drove him away, and he left. I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. (NIV)

[A Psalm] of David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him out, and he went away. I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. (AMP)

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. (KJV)

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Deuteronomy 30:15: See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. (NIV)

See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil. (AMP)

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; (KJV)

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Genesis 28:10: Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. (NIV)

And Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. (AMP)

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. (KJV)

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Revelation 21:2: I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. (NIV)

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband (AMP)

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (KJV)

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Revelation 3:7: 'To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.' (NIV)

And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open: [Isa. 22:22.](AMP)

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; (KJV)

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3 John 1:10: So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church. (NIV)

So when I arrive, I will call attention to what he is doing, his boiling over and casting malicious reflections upon us with insinuating language. And not satisfied with that, he refuses to receive and welcome the [missionary] brethren himself, and also interferes with and forbids those who would welcome them, and tries to expel (excommunicate) them from the church. (AMP)

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. (KJV)

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2 Peter 1:18: We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. (NIV)

We [actually] heard this voice borne out of heaven, for we were together with Him on the holy mountain. (AMP)

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. (KJV)

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1 Peter 4:7: The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. (NIV)

But the end and culmination of all things has now come near; keep sound minded and self-restrained and alert therefore for [the practice of] prayer. (AMP)

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. (KJV)

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Philippians 4:10: I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. (NIV)

I was made very happy in the Lord that now you have revived your interest in my welfare after so long a time; you were indeed thinking of me, but you had no opportunity to show it. (AMP)

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. (KJV)

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Philippians 2:4: Not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (NIV)

Let each of you esteem and look upon and be concerned for not [merely] his own interests, but also each for the interests of others. (AMP)

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. (KJV)

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Galatians 5:25: Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. (NIV)

If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.](AMP)

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 11:13: For such persons are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. (NIV)

For such men are false apostles [spurious, counterfeits], deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles (special messengers) of Christ (the Messiah). (AMP)

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (KJV)

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2 Corinthians 10:4: The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. (NIV)

For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds (AMP)

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (KJV)

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1 Corinthians 1:5: For in him you have been enriched in every way – with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge – (NIV)

[So] that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech [to speak of your faith] and complete knowledge and illumination [to give you full insight into its meaning]. (AMP)

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; (KJV)

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Romans 1:7: To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV)

To [you then] all God's beloved ones in Rome, called to be saints and designated for a consecrated life: Grace and spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (AMP)

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (KJV)

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Mark 1:12: At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness (NIV)

Immediately the [Holy] Spirit [from within] drove Him out into the wilderness (desert) (AMP)

And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. (KJV)

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