Saturday in Season after Pentecost

3Verse 3. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them. 4Verse 4. Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death. 5Verse 5. The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. 6Verse 6. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires. 7Verse 7. When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes. 8Verse 8. The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in. 9Verse 9. With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued. 10Verse 10. When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. 11Verse 11. By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down. 12Verse 12. Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent. 13Verse 13. A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

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1Verse 1. Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. 2Verse 2. But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. 3Verse 3. For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. 4Verse 4. No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. 5Verse 5. They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched. 6Verse 6. Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. 7Verse 7. Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. 8Verse 8. The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.