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(For the bewitching of wickedness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.)
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He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time.
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For his soul pleased the Lord; therefore hastened He to take him away from among the wicked.
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This the people saw and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds: that His grace and mercy is with His saints, and that He hath respect unto His chosen.
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Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly who are living; and youth that is soon perfected, the many years and old age of the unrighteous.
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For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in His counsel hath decreed for him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.
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They shall see him and despise him, but God shall laugh them to scorn; and they shall hereafter be a vile carcass, and a reproach among the dead for evermore.
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For He shall rend them and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; and He shall shake them from the foundation; and they shall be utterly laid waste and be in sorrow, and their memorial shall perish.
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And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear; and their own iniquities shall convict them to their face.