But they set an ambush for themselves; they attack their own lives. Such are the paths of all who profit dishonestly; it takes the lives of those who receive it.
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Proverbs 1:18
Who made the human mouth? Who makes him mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I? Now go! I will help you speak and I will teach you what to say.
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Exodus 4:11-12
If you fall to pieces in a crisis, there wasn’t much to you in the first place.
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Proverbs 24:10
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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Isaiah 53:6
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
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Matthew 5:44
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
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Proverbs 11:2
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Psalm 139:24
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 5:3-10
Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope in steadfast love.
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Jonah 2:8
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own site.
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Romans 12:16
If you love me you will keep my commandments.
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John 14:15
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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James 1:27
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
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1 John 3:16
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
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1 Peter 2:15
Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.
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Romans 12:10
But when He heard this, He said, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do. Go and learn what this means.”
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Matthew 9:12-13
Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again.
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James 5:18-18
Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don’t see many of “the brightest and the best” among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn’t it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these “nobodies” to expose the hollow pretensions of the “somebodies”? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That’s why we have the saying, “If you’re going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God.
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1 Corinthians 1:28 MSG