Then he<n id="1" /> is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop<n id="2" /> to decontaminate<n id="3" /> the house,

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;If any person<n id="1" /> sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering.

You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat&#8217;s hair, and everything made of wood.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned<n id="1" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>. And know that your sin will find you out.

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. He followed in his father&#8217;s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="2" />p>

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>; he followed in Jeroboam&#8217;s footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.<n id="2" />p>

Obadiah<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?<n id="2" />

In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">That person sings<n id="1" /> to others,<n id="2" /> saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I have sinned and falsified what is right,p> <p class="poetry">but I was not punished according to what I deserved.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">If you sin, how does it affect God?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">If your transgressions are many,p> <p class="poetry">what does it do to him?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Tremble with fear and do not sin!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways!<n id="2" /> (Selah)p>

<p class="poetry">As for me, I said:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, have mercy on me!p> <p class="poetry">Heal me, for I have sinned against you!p>

<p class="poetry">Against you &#8211; you above all<n id="1" /> &#8211; I have sinned;p> <p class="poetry">I have done what is evil in your sight.p> <p class="poetry">So<n id="2" /> you are just when you confront me;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you are right when you condemn me.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">It is dangerous<n id="1" /> to have zeal<n id="2" /> without knowledge,p> <p class="poetry">and the one who acts hastily<n id="3" /> makes poor choices.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> there is not one truly<n id="2" /> righteous person on the earthp> <p class="poetry">who continually does good and never sins.p>

<p class="poetry">Wisdom is better than weapons of war,p> <p class="poetry">but one sinner can destroy much that is good.p>

<p class="poetry">those who bear false testimony against a person,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.<n id="3" />p>

None of the sins he has committed will be counted<n id="1" /> against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.p>

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.

O <sc>LORDsc>, we have been humiliated<n id="1" /> &#8211; our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors &#8211; because we have sinned against you.