Gibeah's Crime

22 As they were (A)making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, (B)surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.”

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But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. (A)And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? (B)Bring them out to us, that we (C)may know them.”

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Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: (A)neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts

(A)And the leaders of Gibeah rose against me and surrounded the house against me by night. They meant to kill me, and they violated my concubine, and she is dead.

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26 For this reason (A)God gave them up to (B)dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, (C)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

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13 that certain (A)worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known,

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just as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah and (B)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and (C)pursued unnatural desire,[a] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh

15 (A)What accord has Christ with Belial?[a] Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar

25 Let not my lord regard (A)this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal[a] is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:25 Nabal means fool

Eli's Worthless Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were (A)worthless men. (B)They did not know the Lord.

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25 And (A)when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.

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From (A)the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
    there they have continued.
    Shall not the war against the unjust[a] overtake them in Gibeah?

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 10:9 Hebrew the children of injustice

(A)They have deeply corrupted themselves
    as (B)in the days of Gibeah:
(C)he will remember their iniquity;
    he will punish their sins.

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But worthless men[a] are all like thorns that are thrown away,
    for they cannot be taken with the hand;
but the man who touches them
    arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
    and they are utterly consumed with fire.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:6 Hebrew worthlessness
  2. 2 Samuel 23:7 Hebrew consumed with fire in the sitting

27 But some (A)worthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

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16 Do not regard your servant as (A)a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.”

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So the two of them sat and ate and drank together. And the girl's father said to the man, “Be pleased to spend the night, and (A)let your heart be merry.” And when the man rose up to go, his father-in-law pressed him, till he spent the night there again.

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