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10 But I am the Lord,
    and I can look into a person’s heart.
I can test a person’s mind and decide what each one should have.
    I can give each person the right payment for what they do.
11 Sometimes a bird will hatch an egg that it did not lay.
    Those who cheat to get money are like that bird.
But when their lives are half finished, they will lose the money.
    At the end of their lives, it will be clear that they were fools.”

12 From the very beginning, our Temple
    has been a glorious throne for God.
    It is a very important place.

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10 “I the Lord search the heart(A)
    and examine the mind,(B)
to reward(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(D)

11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
    are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
    and in the end they will prove to be fools.(E)

12 A glorious throne,(F) exalted from the beginning,
    is the place of our sanctuary.

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