Thematic Bible: Should be
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our spirit
for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our bodies
for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » In life and death
as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
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For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our members
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » With our substance
"You shall not delay to offer from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.
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Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Unreserved
"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
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So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Persevering
Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."
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that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
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Being Devoted to God » Should be » Abounding
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
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Children » Should be » Judiciously trained
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.
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Children » Should be » Instructed in the ways of God
Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."
Children » Should be » Brought early to the house of God
And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. And the child was young.
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Children » Should be » Brought to Christ
And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." read more.
And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.
Enemies » Should be » Assisted
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
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To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."
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Enemies » Should be » Overcome by kindness
Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake."
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Enemies » Should be » Loved
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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Enemies » Should be » Prayed for
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Constantly maintained
Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.
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And before the LORD your God, in the place that he will choose, to make his name dwell there, you shall eat the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
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so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever."
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Godly Fear » Should be » Exhibited in our callings
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Exhibited in giving a reason for our hope
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,
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Godly Fear » Should be » Taught to others
Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
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Godly Fear » Should be » Prayed for
Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
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The Heart » Should be » Single
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,
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The Heart » Should be » Applied unto wisdom
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
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making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
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The Heart » Should be » Guided in the right way
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
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The Heart » Should be » Given to God
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
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The Heart » Should be » Tender
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
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The Heart » Should be » Kept with diligence
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
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The Heart » Should be » Prepared unto God
And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORDand serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
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The Heart » Should be » Perfect with God
Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the LORD our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day."
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The Heart » Should be » Purified
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Kings » Should be » Reverenced
And they told the king, "Here is Nathan the prophet." And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.
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Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, "My lord the king!" And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage.
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Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders."
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Kings » Should be » Obeyed
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
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Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.
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Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
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Kings » Should be » Honored
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
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Kings » Should be » Prayed for
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
Kings » Should be » Feared
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,
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Love to Christ » Should be » Ardent
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.
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Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Even unto death
Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
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Love to Christ » Should be » With the soul
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
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Love to Christ » Should be » Unquenchable
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Sincere
Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
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Love to Christ » Should be » Supreme
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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Love to Christ » Should be » In proportion to our mercies
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven--for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little."
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God's Mercy » Should be » Magnified
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
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Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
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Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever." Let the house of Aaron say, "His steadfast love endures forever." read more.
Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures forever."
Let those who fear the LORD say, "His steadfast love endures forever."
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!
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God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for others
And as for all who walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
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may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day!--and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.
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To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
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Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
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Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
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God's Mercy » Should be » Rejoiced in
I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul,
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God's Mercy » Should be » Sought for ourselves
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
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Ministers » Should be » Ensamples to the flock
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
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It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.
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Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
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not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
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Ministers » Should be » Affectionate to their people
So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
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It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
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For you know how, like a father with his children,
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Ministers » Should be » Disinterested
Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.
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Ministers » Should be » Holy
They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the LORD's food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
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"You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, 'Holy to the LORD.'
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but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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Ministers » Should be » Gentle
And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
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But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
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Ministers » Should be » Patient
but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities,
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And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
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Ministers » Should be » Devoted
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Ministers » Should be » Prayerful
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
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always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
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Ministers » Should be » Studious and meditative
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
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Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
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Ministers » Should be » Strict in ruling their own families
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,
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Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
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Ministers » Should be » Apt to teach
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
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Ministers » Should be » Pure
Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.
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They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
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Ministers » Should be » Sober, just, and temperate
"Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
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but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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Ministers » Should be » Blameless
For an overseer,as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
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Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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Ministers » Should be » Hospitable
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.
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Ministers » Should be » Willing
shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;not for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
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Ministers » Should be » Self-denying
But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
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Ministers » Should be » Impartial
In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
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Ministers » Should be » Strong in grace
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,
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Ministers » Should be » Watchful
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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Ministers » Should be » Humble
serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;
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Obedience to God » Should be » From the heart
"And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed,
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Obedience to God » Should be » With willingness
If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
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As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
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Obedience to God » Should be » Undeviating
and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Obedience to God » Should be » Constant
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
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Obedience to God » Should be » Unreserved
and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you. You have not forsaken your brothers these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of the LORD your God.
God, Power of » Should be » Acknowledged
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.
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Hear, you who are far off, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
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God, Power of » Should be » Feared
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.
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God, Power of » Should be » Pleaded in prayer
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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Let the groans of the prisoners come before you; according to your great power, preserve those doomed to die!
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God, Power of » Should be » Magnified
to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
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Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength! We will sing and praise your power.
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The scriptures » Should be » Read publicly to all
And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
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so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the LORD's house you shall read the words of the LORD from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities.
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After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it."
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when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."
The scriptures » Should be » Taught to children
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
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You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
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and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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The scriptures » Should be » Used against our spiritual enemies
But he answered, "It is written, "'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
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Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
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Jesus said to him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
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The scriptures » Should be » Not only heard, but obeyed
But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
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"Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
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The scriptures » Should be » Taught to all
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah; and with these Levites, the priests Elishama and Jehoram. And they taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the LORD with them. They went about through all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
The scriptures » Should be » Laid up in the heart
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
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"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
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The scriptures » Should be » Appealed to
so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
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since it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy."
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The scriptures » Should be » Read
And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them,
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Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
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The scriptures » Should be » Received, not as the word of men, but as the word of God
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
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The scriptures » Should be » Searched
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
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They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."
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The scriptures » Should be » Not handled deceitfully
But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
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The scriptures » Should be » Talked of continually
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
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The scriptures » Should be » Known
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
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The scriptures » Should be » The standard of teaching
whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies--in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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The scriptures » Should be » Received with meekness
Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
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The scriptures » Should be » Searched daily
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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The scriptures » Should be » Believed
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
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Seeking God » Should be » With the heart
Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD."
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But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Seeking God » Should be » With diligence
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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Seeking God » Should be » While he may be found
"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
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Seeking God » Should be » Immediate
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
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Seeking God » Should be » Evermore
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
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Seeking God » Should be » In the day of trouble
In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.
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Sin » Should be » Hated
The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
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Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
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O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
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Sin » Should be » Departed from
But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
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Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
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Sin » Should be » Mortified
For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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Put to death therefore what is earthly in you:sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
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Sin » Should be » Mourned over
I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
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A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel's sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the LORD their God.
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Sin » Should be » Confessed
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
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He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.
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Sin » Should be » Guarded against
Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
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I said, "I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence."
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Sin » Should be » Avoided even in appearance
Abstain from every form of evil.
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Sin » Should be » Striven against
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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Sin » Should be » Abhorred
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
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Sin » Should be » Wholly destroyed
We know that our old selfwas crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.
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Sin » Should be » Put away
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and let not injustice dwell in your tents.
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national Sins » Should be » Confessed
and return to the LORD your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul,
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And the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals."
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"But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,
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yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,' if they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,
national Sins » Should be » Turned from
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
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Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, "Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
national Sins » Should be » Repented of
And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.
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national Sins » Should be » Mourned over
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
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Waiting upon God » Should be » Specially in adversity
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
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Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men. For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O LORD, read more.
for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see! You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips-- for "Who," they think,"will hear us?" But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision. O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.
for no fault of mine, they run and make ready. Awake, come to meet me, and see! You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel. Rouse yourself to punish all the nations; spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah Each evening they come back, howling like dogs and prowling about the city. There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips-- for "Who," they think,"will hear us?" But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision. O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress.
Waiting upon God » Should be » With patience
I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
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Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With the soul
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
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For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With resignation
It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » In the way of his judgments
In the path of your judgments, O LORD, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With hope in his word
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With earnest desire
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » Continually
"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."
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Waiting upon God » Should be » All day
Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
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Waiting upon God » Should be » With full confidence
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With sobriety
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.
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So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With prayer
praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
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But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."
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Watchfulness » Should be » With steadfastness in the faith
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With thanksgiving
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
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Watchfulness » Should be » At all times
Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
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Watchfulness » Should be » In all things
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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Watchfulness » Should be » With heedfulness
Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.
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Widow's » Should be » Allowed to share in our blessings
And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.
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And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
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"When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over them again. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.
Widow's » Should be » Relieved by their friends
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
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If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those who are truly widows.
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Widow's » Should be » Relieved by the church
Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
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Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
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Widow's » Should be » Honored, if widows indeed
Honor widows who are truly widows.
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Widow's » Should be » Pleaded for
learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.
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Widow's » Should be » Visited in affliction
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
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