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Where the workers of iniquity may
hide themselves.
23 For He need not further consider a
man, 98:4 Shout joyfully. A great cheer, greeting
That he should go before God in and welcoming a king (Zech.9:9;Matt.21:4–9).
judgment. break forth. The idea is that of an eruption of
24 He breaks in pieces mighty men praise which could not be contained (Is. 14:7;
without inquiry, 44:23; 55:12).
And sets others in their place.
25 Therefore He knows their works; 98:8 rivers clap their hands. Different parts
He overthrows them in the night, of nature are pictured as rejoicing in this uni-
And they are crushed. versal scene of joy (Is. 35:1,2; Rom. 8:19–21).
26 He strikes them as wicked men
In the open sight of others,
6 With trumpets and the sound of a horn;
27 Because they turned back from Him,
And would not consider any of His Shout joyfully before the LORD, the King.
ways, 7 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness,
28 So that they caused the cry of the poor The world and those who dwell in it;
to come to Him; 8 Let the rivers clap their hands;
For He hears the cry of the afflicted. Let the hills be joyful together
29 When He gives quietness, who then 9 before the LORD,
can make trouble? For He is coming to judge the earth.
And when He hides His face, who then With righteousness He shall judge the
can see Him, world,
Whether it is against a nation or a man And the peoples with equity.
alone?—
30 That the hypocrite should not reign, Proverbs 23:19–21
Lest the people be ensnared. 19 Hear, my son, and be wise;
31 “For has anyone said to God, And guide your heart in the way.
20 Do not mix with winebibbers,
‘I have borne chastening;
I will offend no more; Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will
32 Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no come to poverty,
more’? And drowsiness will clothe a man
33 Should He repay it according to your with rags.
terms, 1 Corinthians 3:1–23
Just because you disavow it? And I, brethren, could not speak to you as
You must choose, and not I; 3 to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to
Therefore speak what you know.
babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not
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34 “Men of understanding say to me, with solid food; for until now you were not able
Wise men who listen to me: to receive it, and even now you are still not able;
35 ‘Job speaks without knowledge, 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are
His words are without wisdom.’ envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you
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36 Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, not carnal and behaving like mere men? For
Because his answers are like those of when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I
wicked men! am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but
He claps his hands among us, ministers through whom you believed, as the
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And multiplies his words against God.” Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos
watered, but God gave the increase. So then
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Psalm 98:4–9
neither he who plants is anything, nor he who
4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; waters, but God who gives the increase. Now
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Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing he who plants and he who waters are one, and
praises. each one will receive his own reward according
5 Sing to the LORD with the harp, to his own labor.
With the harp and the sound of a 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are
psalm, God’s field, you are God’s building. According
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