16 Do not consider your maidservant a (A)wicked[a] woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 1:16 Lit. daughter of Belial

The Wicked Sons of Eli

12 Now the sons of Eli were (A)corrupt;[a] (B)they did not know the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit. sons of Belial

34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure [b]of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

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  1. Matthew 12:34 Offspring
  2. Matthew 12:35 NU, M omit of his heart

Job: I Would Plead with God

10 “My (A)soul loathes my life;
I will [a]give free course to my complaint,
(B)I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.

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  1. Job 10:1 Lit. leave on myself

“Oh, that my grief were fully weighed,
And my calamity laid with it on the scales!
For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—
Therefore my words have been rash.

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25 Please, let not my lord [a]regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: [b]Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

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  1. 1 Samuel 25:25 pay attention to
  2. 1 Samuel 25:25 Lit. Fool

27 (A)But some (B)rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, (C)and brought him no presents. But he [a]held his peace.

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  1. 1 Samuel 10:27 kept silent

13 [a]‘Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” ’—which you have not known—

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  1. Deuteronomy 13:13 Lit. Sons of Belial

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