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Proverbs 1:11

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Those bad people might say, “Come with us! We are going to hide and wait for someone to kill. We will attack some innocent person.

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Those bad people are like lions\par waiting to kill and eat another animal.\par They hide like lions, ready to attack.\par

I did nothing wrong,\par but those people tried to trap me.\par For no reason at all,\par they tried to trap me.\par

They hide together\par and watch my every move,\par hoping for some way to kill me.\par

Those bad people race to do bad things. They are in a hurry to kill someone!

So those bad people hide themselves and wait to kill someone. But really, they will be destroyed by their own trap!

Evil people use their words to hurt other people. But the words of a good person can save people from danger.

Don’t be like a thief that wants to steal from a good person or take away his home.

Two thieves that work together are enemies. One thief will threaten the other one, so if he is forced to tell the truth in court, he will be too afraid to speak.

There are people whose teeth are like swords. Their jaws are like knives. They use their time to take everything they can from poor people.

Before the Lord showed me that the people were against me, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not understand that they were against me. They were saying these things about me: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit! Let us kill him! Then people will forget him.”

There are evil men among my people.\par Those evil men are like men\par that make nets for catching birds. {\cf2\super [35]} \par These men set their traps,\par But they catch men instead of birds.\par

I mean, all of the faithful people are gone.\par There are no good people left\par in this country.\par Every person is waiting to kill someone.\par Every person is trying to trap his brother.\par

But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: ‘They hated me for no reason.’ {\cf2\super [219]}

So this is what we want you to do: Send a message to the commander from you and all the Jewish leaders. Tell the commander you want him to bring Paul out to you. Tell the commander that you want to ask Paul more questions. We will be waiting to kill Paul while he is on the way here.”

They asked Festus to do something for them; the Jews wanted Festus to send Paul back to Jerusalem. They had a plan to kill Paul on the way.




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