Thematic Bible: Exhortations
Thematic Bible
Exhortations » Special » To hearken to admonition
Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.
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And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.
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Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
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So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;
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Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
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And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
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Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
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Exhortations » Special » To avoid various forms of evil
O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;
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Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.
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But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.
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Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.
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But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
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And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
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Exhortations » Special » To redeem the time
Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
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Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
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But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
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Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
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Exhortations » Special » To hold fast the good
Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
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Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.
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But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
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Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
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Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
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Exhortations » Special » To choose between God and evil
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.
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And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.
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Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him.
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Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:
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