Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
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Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord in goodness and seek him with sincerity of heart;
2 For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.
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because he is found by those who do not put him to the test, and manifests himself to those who do not distrust him.
3 For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
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For perverse thoughts separate people from God, and when his power is tested, it exposes the foolish;
4 For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
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because wisdom will not enter a deceitful soul, or dwell in a body enslaved to sin.
5 For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
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For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit, and will leave foolish thoughts behind, and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.
6 For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
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For wisdom is a kindly spirit, but will not free blasphemers from the guilt of their words; because God is witness of their inmost feelings, and a true observer of their hearts, and a hearer of their tongues.
7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
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Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together knows what is said,
8 Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.
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therefore those who utter unrighteous things will not escape notice, and justice, when it punishes, will not pass them by.
9 For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.
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For inquiry will be made into the counsels of the ungodly, and a report of their words will come to the Lord, to convict them of their lawless deeds;
10 For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
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because a jealous ear hears all things, and the sound of grumbling does not go unheard.
11 Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
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Beware then of useless grumbling, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret word is without result, and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
12 Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.
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Do not invite death by the error of your life, or bring on destruction by the works of your hands;
13 For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
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because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living.
14 For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:
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For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.
15 (For righteousness is immortal:)
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For righteousness is immortal.
16 But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.
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But the ungodly by their words and deeds summoned death; considering him a friend, they pined away and made a covenant with him, because they are fit to belong to his company.
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