What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, ¹  and I will continue to rejoice,

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They ¹  devour widows’ property, ²  and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

So get rid of ¹  all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

In spite of all this, ¹  Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” ²  says the Lord.

They ¹  devour ²  widows’ property, ³  and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship’s boat into the sea, pretending ¹  that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

so that no one can boast in his presence.

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars ¹  whose consciences are seared. ² 

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

For he ¹  knows deceitful ²  men; when he sees evil, will he not ³  consider it? ⁴ 

Rise up, Lord! ¹  Don’t let men be defiant! ²  May the nations be judged in your presence!

The Lord frustrates ¹  the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans ²  of the peoples.

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, ¹  but he maintains the boundaries of the widow. ² 

The Lord abhors ¹  every arrogant person; ²  rest assured ³  that they will not go unpunished. ⁴ 

“I absolutely despise ¹  your festivals! I get no pleasure ²  from your religious assemblies!

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them ¹  by their hypocrisy.

They ¹  entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him ²  in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.

I am about to bring foreigners ¹  against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, ²  and they will defile your splendor.