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So she said, “What will you give me, that Declare His deeds among the people.
you may come in to me?” 12 When He avenges blood, He
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And he said, “I will send a young goat from remembers them;
the flock.” He does not forget the cry
So she said, “Will you give me a pledge till of the humble.
you send it?”
13 Have mercy on me, O LORD!
Then he said, “What pledge shall I give you?”
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So she said, “Your signet and cord, and your Consider my trouble from those who
staff that is in your hand.” Then he gave them hate me,
to her, and went in to her, and she conceived You who lift me up from the gates of
by him. So she arose and went away, and laid 14 death,
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aside her veil and put on the garments of her That I may tell of all Your praise
widowhood. In the gates of the daughter
And Judah sent the young goat by the
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hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive I will rejoice in Your salvation.
his pledge from the woman’s hand, but he did 15 The nations have sunk down in the pit
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not find her. Then he asked the men of that which they made;
place, saying, “Where is the harlot who was In the net which they hid, their own
openly by the roadside?” foot is caught.
And they said, “There was no harlot in this 16 The LORD is known by the judgment
place.” He executes;
So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot The wicked is snared in the work
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find her. Also, the men of the place said there of his own hands.
was no harlot in this place.” Meditation. Selah
23 Then Judah said, “Let her take them for
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell,
herself, lest we be shamed; for I sent this
young goat and you have not found her.” And all the nations that forget God.
24 18 For the needy shall not always be
And it came to pass, about three months
after, that Judah was told, saying, “Tamar your forgotten;
daughter-in-law has played the harlot; further- The expectation of the poor shall not
more she is with child by harlotry.” perish forever.
So Judah said, “Bring her out and let her be 19 Arise, O LORD,
burned!” Do not let man prevail;
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When she was brought out, she sent to her Let the nations be judged in Your
father-in-law, saying, “By the man to whom sight.
these belong, I am with child.” And she said, 20 Put them in fear, O LORD,
“Please determine whose these are—the That the nations may know
signet and cord, and staff.” themselves to be but men. Selah
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So Judah acknowledged them and said,
“She has been more righteous than I, because Proverbs 3:31–35
I did not give her to Shelah my son.” And he 31 Do not envy the oppressor,
never knew her again. And choose none of his ways;
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Now it came to pass, at the time for giving 32 For the perverse person is an
birth, that behold, twins were in her womb. abomination to the LORD,
And so it was, when she was giving birth,
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that the one put out his hand; and the midwife But His secret counsel is with the
upright.
took a scarlet thread and bound it on his hand,
33 The curse of the LORD is on the house
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saying, “This one came out first.” Then it
happened, as he drew back his hand, that his of the wicked,
brother came out unexpectedly; and she said, But He blesses the home of
“How did you break through? This breach be the just.
34 Surely He scorns the scornful,
upon you!” Therefore his name was called
Perez. Afterward his brother came out who But gives grace to the humble.
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had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his 35 The wise shall inherit glory,
name was called Zerah. But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
Psalm 9:11–20 Matthew 13:1–30
11 Sing praises to the LORD, On the same day Jesus went out of the
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who dwells in Zion! 13 house and sat by the sea. And great
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