“When someone sins and offends the Lord by deceiving(A) his neighbor in regard to a deposit,(B) a security,[a] or a robbery;(C) or defrauds(D) his neighbor; or finds something lost and lies about it;(E) or swears falsely(F) about any of the sinful things a person may do— once he has sinned(G) and acknowledged his guilt(H)—he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found, or anything else about which he swore falsely. He will make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it.(I) He is to pay it to its owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.(J)

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  1. 6:2 Or an investment

“If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord(A) by deceiving a neighbor(B) about something entrusted to them or left in their care(C) or about something stolen, or if they cheat(D) their neighbor, or if they find lost property and lie about it,(E) or if they swear falsely(F) about any such sin that people may commit— when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return(G) what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution(H) in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.(I)

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19 Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause(A)
wink at me maliciously.(B)

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19 Do not let those gloat over me
    who are my enemies(A) without cause;
do not let those who hate me without reason(B)
    maliciously wink the eye.(C)

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25 But this happened so that the statement written in their law might be fulfilled:(A) They hated me for no reason.[a](B)

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  1. 15:25 Ps 69:4

25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:(A) ‘They hated me without reason.’[a](B)

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  1. John 15:25 Psalms 35:19; 69:4