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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break offi thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; ifm it may be λa lengthening of thy tranquillity.

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Isa. 55:7• ⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)

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Psa. 41:1‑2• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
²Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies. (Psa. 41:1‑2)

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or, an healing of thine error.

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Gen. 41:33‑37• ³³And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
³⁴Let Pharaoh do [this]: and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty;
³⁵and let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and keep [it].
³⁶And let the food be a store to the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
³⁷And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. (Gen. 41:33‑37)

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Psa. 119:46• ⁴⁶And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings,{HR}And will not be ashamed. (Psa. 119:46)

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Acts 24:25• ²⁵And as he reasoned concerning righteousness and temperance and the judgment to come, Felix became terrified and answered, For the present go, and when I get a convenient season, I will send for thee, (Acts 24:25)

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2 Cor. 5:11• ¹¹Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men; but we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences. (2 Cor. 5:11)

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Job 34:31‑32• ³¹For had man [but] said to God [El],{HR}I have suffered, I will not offend:
³²Things beyond [what] I see teach me:{HR}I have done iniquity — I will not do it again. (Job 34:31‑32)

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Prov. 16:6• ⁶By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;{HR}And by the fear of Jehovah they depart from evil. (Prov. 16:6)

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Prov. 28:13• ¹³He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper;{HR}But whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy. (Prov. 28:13)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)

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Ezek. 18:21,27‑32• ²¹But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
²⁷Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
²⁹Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of Jehovah is not equal. Ο house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
³⁰Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, Ο house of Israel?
³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. (Ezek. 18:21,27‑32)

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Matt. 3:8• ⁸Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance. (Matt. 3:8)

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Acts 8:22• ²²Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and beseech the Lord if so be the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee, (Acts 8:22)

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Acts 26:20• ²⁰but reported both to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:20)

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James 4:8‑10• ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded.
⁹Sorrow, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned unto mourning, and [your] joy unto heaviness.
¹⁰Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he will exalt you. (James 4:8‑10)

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1 Peter 4:8• ⁸and before all things having your love toward each other fervent, for love covereth a multitude of sins; (1 Peter 4:8)

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Psa. 41:1‑3• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Blessed [is] he that payeth attention to the poor;{HR}In the day of evil Jehovah will deliver him.
²Jehovah will preserve him and keep him alive:{HR}He shall be prospered in the land;{HR}And do not thou give him up to the will of his enemies.
³Jehovah will hold him up on the bed of languishing:{HR}All his bed thou hast turned in his sickness. (Psa. 41:1‑3)

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Isa. 58:5‑7,10‑12• ⁵Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul—that he should bow down his head as a rush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?
⁶[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
⁷[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
¹⁰and [if] thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity [be] as the noonday:
¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters deceive not.
¹²And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths of habitation. (Isa. 58:5‑7,10‑12)

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Ezek. 18:7• ⁷and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment; (Ezek. 18:7)

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Luke 11:41• ⁴¹But rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)

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Acts 10:2‑4• ²pious and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people, and entreating God continually,
³saw in a vision manifestly about ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in unto him and saying to him, Cornelius.
⁴But he gazing on him and being affrighted, said, What is [it], Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God. (Acts 10:2‑4)

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Gal. 5:6,13,22• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision hath any force nor uncircumcision, but faith working by love.
¹³For ye have been called for freedom, brethren: only [use] not your freedom for an opportunity to the flesh; but by love serve one another.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control: (Gal. 5:6,13,22)

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Eph. 4:28• ²⁸Let him that stealeth steal no longer but rather labour, working what is good with his own hands, that he may have to distribute to him that hath need. (Eph. 4:28)

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1 Kings 21:29• ²⁹Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. (1 Kings 21:29)

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Joel 2:14• ¹⁴Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God? (Joel 2:14)

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Jonah 3:9• ⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (Jonah 3:9)

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Zeph. 2:2‑3• ²before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.
³Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger. (Zeph. 2:2‑3)

lengthening of thy tranquillity.

or, healing of thine error.

• Like Paul with Felix, Daniel reasoned with Nebuchadnezzar of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come; but we do not read that the king trembled. (“Daniel 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousnessa, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

JND Translation Notes

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The LXX reads "alms." see Note, Matt. 6.1.

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)