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On the other hand, someone else may be very poor and not up to his task. He may be slow, and he may need help, but the Lord is pleased with him and pulls him out of his bad situation.
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When he is back on his feet again, everyone is astounded.
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Everything comes from the Lord: success and failure, poverty and wealth, life and death.
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Wisdom, understanding, knowledge of the Law, love, and the doing of good deeds - all these come from the Lord.
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Error and darkness have been with sinners from the beginning, and those who enjoy evil will have it with them into their old age.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.