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The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
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“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
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They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
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or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—
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“No one from this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your ancestors,
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But just as all the good things the Lord your God has promised you have come to you, so he will bring on you all the evil things he has threatened, until the Lord your God has destroyed you from this good land he has given you.
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David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.
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“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”
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Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you or turn from their evil ways.
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Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
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Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
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They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.
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Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
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Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
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You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
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They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
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Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.
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Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.
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Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.
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Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into their own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.
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For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.
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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
