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Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. (niv)
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1 Samuel 25 3-1 Samuel 25 8
His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings— he was a Calebite.While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.So he sent ten young men and said to them,“ Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.Say to him:‘ Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!“‘ Now I hear that it is sheep- shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing.Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.’” (niv)
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Malachi 3:18
And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not. (niv)
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Psalms 15:4
who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; (niv)
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Proverbs 23:6-8
Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.“ Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments. (niv)
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1 Samuel 25 25
Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name— his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. (niv)