"Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people."
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to peoples.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.
Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples `is' a sin-offering.