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Deuteronomy 8:1-11 |
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"All the commandments which
I command you this day you shall be careful to do, that you may live and
multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to
your fathers. |
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And you shall remember all
the ways which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the
wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in
your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. |
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And he humbled you and let
you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your
fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by
bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the
mouth of the LORD. |
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Your clothing did not wear
out upon you, and your foot did not swell, these forty years. |
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Know then in your heart
that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. |
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So you shall keep the
commandments of the LORD your God, by walking in his ways and by fearing
him. |
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For the LORD your God is
bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains
and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills, |
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a land of wheat and barley,
of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and
honey, |
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a land in which you will
eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose
stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. |
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And you shall eat and be
full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has
given you. |
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"Take heed lest you forget
the LORD your God, by not keeping his commandments and his ordinances
and his statutes, which I command you this day: |
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Job
28:1-4; 9-11 |
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"Surely there is a mine for
silver, and a place for gold which they refine. |
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Iron is taken out of the
earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. |
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Men put an end to darkness,
and search out to the farthest bound the ore in gloom and deep darkness. |
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They open shafts in a
valley away from where men live; they are forgotten by travelers, they
hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. |
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"Man puts his hand to the
flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots. |
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He cuts out channels in the
rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing. |
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He binds up the streams so
that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to
light. |
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Psalm 35 |
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A Psalm of David. Contend,
O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight
against me! |
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Take hold of shield and
buckler, and rise for my help! |
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Draw the spear and javelin
against my pursuers! Say to my soul, "I am your deliverance!" |
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Let them be put to shame
and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and
confounded who devise evil against me! |
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Let them be like chaff
before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them on! |
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Let their way be dark and
slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them! |
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For without cause they hid
their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. |
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Let ruin come upon them
unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall
therein to ruin! |
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Then my soul shall rejoice
in the LORD, exulting in his deliverance. |
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All my bones shall say, "O
LORD, who is like thee, thou who deliverest the weak from him who is too
strong for him, the weak and needy from him who despoils him?" |
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Malicious witnesses rise
up; they ask me of things that I know not. |
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They requite me evil for
good; my soul is forlorn. |
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But I, when they were
sick--I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with
head bowed on my bosom, |
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as though I grieved for my
friend or my brother; I went about as one who laments his mother, bowed
down and in mourning. |
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But at my stumbling they
gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; cripples whom I
knew not slandered me without ceasing; |
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they impiously mocked more
and more, gnashing at me with their teeth. |
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How long, O LORD, wilt thou
look on? Rescue me from their ravages, my life from the lions! |
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Then I will thank thee in
the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise thee. |
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Let not those rejoice over
me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate
me without cause. |
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For they do not speak
peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words
of deceit. |
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They open wide their mouths
against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! our eyes have seen it!" |
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Thou hast seen, O LORD; be
not silent! O Lord, be not far from me! |
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Bestir thyself, and awake
for my right, for my cause, my God and my Lord! |
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Vindicate me, O LORD, my
God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me! |
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Let them not say to
themselves, "Aha, we have our heart's desire!" Let them not say, "We
have swallowed him up." |
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Let them be put to shame
and confusion altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed
with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me! |
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Let those who desire my
vindication shout for joy and be glad, and say evermore, "Great is the
LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!" |
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Then my tongue shall tell
of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. |
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Galatians
5:16-26 |
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But I say, walk by the
Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
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For the desires of the
flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against
the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from
doing what you would. |
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But if you are led by the
Spirit you are not under the law. |
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Now the works of the flesh
are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, |
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idolatry, sorcery, enmity,
strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, |
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envy, drunkenness,
carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those
who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. |
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But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, |
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gentleness, self-control;
against such there is no law. |
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And those who belong to
Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. |
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If we live by the Spirit,
let us also walk by the Spirit. |
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Let us have no
self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. |
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Galatians
6:3-10 |
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For if any one thinks he is
something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. |
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But let each one test his
own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not
in his neighbor. |
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For each man will have to
bear his own load. |
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Let him who is taught the
word share all good things with him who teaches. |
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Do not be deceived; God is
not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. |
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For he who sows to his own
flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit
will from the Spirit reap eternal life. |
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And let us not grow weary
in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart. |
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So then, as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are
of the household of faith |