Thematic Bible: Of duty


Thematic Bible



Call judgment down on Meroz,' says the Lord's angelic messenger; 'Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord's battle, to help in the Lord's battle against the warriors.'

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

So they asked, "Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?" Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering.

The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.

Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest!

That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?



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