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Isaiah 58:2
WEB — World English Bible KJV — King James Version NASB — New American Standard AMP — Amplified Bible NET — New English Translation 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn`t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
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religious hypocrisy
the gap between profession and practice