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In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:
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And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace.
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And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.
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Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.
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As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.
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The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.
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They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
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They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect.
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But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord.
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For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable.
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Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked.