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Proverbs:6:16-19 [16] Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
[17] Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
[18] A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
[19] A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
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Colossians:3:9-10 [9] Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
[10] And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
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Exodus:20:16Do not give false witness against your neighbour.
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Proverbs:20:17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
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Proverbs:20:23Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
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Proverbs:11:1Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.
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Luke:16:10-12 [10] He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.
[11] If, then, you have not been true in your use of the wealth of this life, who will give into your care the true wealth?
[12] And if you have not been true in your care of the property of other people, who will give you that which is yours?
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Hebrews:13:18Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.
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Proverbs:16:28A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
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Proverbs:11:3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
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Colossians:3:9Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
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Romans:12:2And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
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John:13:34-35 [34] I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
[35] By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
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Romans:13:1Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.
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Matthew:23:27-28 [27] A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.
[28] Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
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Zephaniah:1:9And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.
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Proverbs:20:10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
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Philippians:4:8-9 [8] For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
[9] The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
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Romans:14:10-12 [10] But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.
[11] For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God.
[12] So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
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Luke:16:10He who is true in a little, is true in much; he who is false in small things, is false in great.
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Jeremiah:7:8-10 [8] See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
[9] Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
[10] And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things?
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Colossians:3:5Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
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Romans:12:1For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
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Acts:17:11Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.
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Luke:18:9-14 [9] And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
[10] Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
[11] The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
[12] Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
[13] The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
[14] I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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Luke:10:25-28 [25] And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
[26] And he said to him, What does the law say, in your reading of it?
[27] And he, answering, said, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and for your neighbour as for yourself.
[28] And he said, You have given the right answer: do this and you will have life.
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Matthew:25:31-46 [31] But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:
[32] And before him all the nations will come together; and they will be parted one from another, as the sheep are parted from the goats by the keeper.
[33] And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
[34] Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
[35] For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
[36] I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.
[37] Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?
[38] And when did we see you wandering, and take you in? or without clothing, and give it to you?
[39] And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?
[40] And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
[41] Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
[42] For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:
[43] I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.
[44] Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?
[45] Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.
[46] And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
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Genesis:30:31-43 [31] And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
[32] Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
[33] And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
[34] And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
[35] So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;
[36] And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.
[37] Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.
[38] And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
[39] And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
[40] These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.
[41] And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.
[42] But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.
[43] So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.
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1 Thessalonians:4:6And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.
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Matthew:7:21-23 [21] Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
[22] A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
[23] And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
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Matthew:7:12All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.
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Matthew:7:1-5 [1] Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
[2] For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
[3] And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
[4] Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?
[5] You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
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Matthew:6:14-15 [14] For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.
[15] But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.
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Matthew:6:1-2 [1] Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
[2] When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.
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Matthew:5:33-37 [33] Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:
[34] But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
[35] Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.
[36] You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
[37] But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
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Zechariah:5:3-4 [3] Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
[4] And I will send it out, says the Lord of armies, and it will go into the house of the thief and into the house of him who takes a false oath by my name: and it will be in his house, causing its complete destruction, with its woodwork and its stones.
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Nahum:3:1A curse is on the town of blood; it is full of deceit and violent acts; and there is no end to the taking of life.
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Judges:17:2And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath and said in my hearing, I have given this silver to the Lord from my hand for myself, to make a pictured image and a metal image: see, I have the silver, for I took it: so now I will give it back to you. And his mother said, May the blessing of the Lord be on my son.
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Deuteronomy:25:13-16 [13] Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;
[14] Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.
[15] But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
[16] For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
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Leviticus:19:35-36 [35] Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
[36] Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;
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Revelation:21:8But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
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James:4:11-12 [11] Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.
[12] There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?
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Romans:3:23For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;
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Acts:2:1-47 [1] And when the day of Pentecost was come, they were all together in one place.
[2] And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like the rushing of a violent wind, and all the house where they were was full of it.
[3] And they saw tongues, like flames of fire, coming to rest on every one of them.
[4] And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
[5] Now there were living at Jerusalem, Jews, God-fearing men, from every nation under heaven.
[6] And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.
[7] And they were full of wonder and said, Are not all these men Galilaeans?
[8] And how is it that every one of us is hearing their words in the language which was ours from our birth?
[9] Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia,
[10] In Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews by birth and others who have become Jews,
[11] Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.
[12] And they were all surprised and in doubt saying to one another, What is the reason of this?
[13] But others, making sport of them, said, They are full of new wine.
[14] But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
[15] For these men are not overcome with wine, as it seems to you, for it is only the third hour of the day;
[16] But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;
[17] And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:
[18] And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.
[19] And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:
[20] The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
[21] And whoever makes his prayer to the Lord will have salvation.
[22] Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,
[23] Him, when he was given up, by the decision and knowledge of God, you put to death on the cross, by the hands of evil men:
[24] But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
[25] For David said of him, I saw the Lord before my face at all times, for he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved:
[26] And for this cause my heart was glad and my tongue full of joy, and my flesh will be resting in hope:
[27] For you will not let my soul be in hell and you will not give up your Holy One to destruction.
[28] You have made me see the ways of life; I will be full of joy when I see your face.
[29] My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.
[30] But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,
[31] He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
[32] This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.
[33] And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
[34] For David has not gone up into heaven, but says, himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Be seated at my right hand,
[35] Till I put all those who are against you under your feet.
[36] For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.
[37] Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
[38] And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.
[39] For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.
[40] And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.
[41] Then those who gave hearing to his words had baptism: and about three thousand souls were joined to them that day.
[42] And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.
[43] But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.
[44] And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;
[45] And exchanging their goods and property for money, they made division of it among them all, as they had need.
[46] And day by day, going in agreement together regularly to the Temple and, taking broken bread together in their houses, they took their food with joy and with true hearts,
[47] Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
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John:12:6(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
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John:8:43-47 [43] Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.
[44] You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
[45] But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.
[46] Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?
[47] He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.
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Luke:5:31-32 [31] And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
[32] I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.
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Mark:9:35And seating himself, he made the twelve come to him; and he said to them, If any man has the desire to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.
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Mark:9:1And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.
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Matthew:6:1-7 [1] Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
[2] When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.
[3] But when you give money, let not your left hand see what your right hand does:
[4] So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
[5] And when you make your prayers, be not like the false-hearted men, who take pleasure in getting up and saying their prayers in the Synagogues and at the street turnings so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
[6] But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
[7] And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
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Matthew:5:27-28 [27] You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:
[28] But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
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Micah:6:10-11 [10] Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?
[11] Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?
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Amos:8:5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;
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Amos:3:10For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
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Hosea:12:7As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
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Hosea:4:2There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
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Ezekiel:22:29The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
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Jeremiah:30:7Ha! for that day is so great that there is no day like it: it is the time of Jacob's trouble: but he will get salvation from it.
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Jeremiah:22:13A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
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Jeremiah:9:4-8 [4] Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
[5] Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
[6] There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
[7] So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
[8] His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.
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Isaiah:32:7The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.
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Proverbs:24:28Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
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Proverbs:20:14A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
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Proverbs:3:28Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.
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Psalm:50:18When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.
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Psalm:37:21The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.
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Job:24:2-11 [2] The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
[3] They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
[4] The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
[5] Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
[6] They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.
[7] They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
[8] They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
[9] The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
[10] Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.
[11] Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.
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1 Kings:21:2-16 [2] And Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vine-garden so that I may have it for a garden of sweet plants, for it is near my house; and let me give you a better vine-garden in exchange, or, if it seems good to you, let me give you its value in money.
[3] But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.
[4] So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.
[5] But Jezebel, his wife, came to him and said, Why is your spirit so bitter that you have no desire for food?
[6] And he said to her, Because I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, and I said to him, Let me have your vine-garden for a price, or, if it is pleasing to you, I will give you another vine-garden for it: and he said, I will not give you my vine-garden.
[7] Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.
[8] So she sent a letter in Ahab's name, stamped with his stamp, to the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority with Naboth.
[9] And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;
[10] And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
[11] So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.
[12] They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people.
[13] And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
[14] And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
[15] Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.
[16] So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.
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2 Samuel:14:2-20 [2] And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:
[3] And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.
[4] And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.
[5] And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
[6] And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.
[7] And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.
[8] And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.
[9] And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!
[10] And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.
[11] Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.
[12] Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.
[13] And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)
[14] For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.
[15] And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.
[16] For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.
[17] Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!
[18] Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.
[19] And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
[20] This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.
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Judges:18:14-21 [14] Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.
[15] And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?
[16] And the six hundred armed men of the Danites took their places by the doorway.
[17] Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.
[18] And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?
[19] And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?
[20] Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.
[21] So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.
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Joshua:7:11-26 [11] Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.
[12] For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
[13] Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.
[14] So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, man by man.
[15] Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.
[16] So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;
[17] Then he made Judah come forward, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he made the family of the Zerahites come forward man by man; and Zabdi was taken;
[18] Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
[19] And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.
[20] And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:
[21] When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.
[22] So Joshua sent men quickly, and looking in his tent, they saw where the robe had been put away secretly with the silver under it.
[23] And they took them from the tent and came back with them to Joshua and the children of Israel, and put them before the Lord.
[24] Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley of Achor.
[25] And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.
[26] And over him they put a great mass of stones, which is there to this day; then the heat of the Lord's wrath was turned away. So that place was named, The Valley of Achor, to this day.
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Leviticus:19:13Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.
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Leviticus:6:2-7 [2] If anyone does wrong, and is untrue to the Lord, acting falsely to his neighbour in connection with something put in his care, or something given for a debt, or has taken away anything by force, or has been cruel to his neighbour,
[3] Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,
[4] Causing sin to come on him, then he will have to give back the thing he took by force or got by cruel acts, or the goods which were put in his care or the thing he came on by chance,
[5] Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.
[6] Then let him take to the Lord the offering for his wrongdoing; giving to the priest for his offering, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you:
[7] And the priest will take away his sin from before the Lord, and he will have forgiveness for whatever crime he has done
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Exodus:20:15Do not take the property of another.
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Genesis:34:15-31 [15] But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;
[16] Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.
[17] But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.
[18] And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.
[19] And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.
[20] Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
[21] It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.
[22] But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.
[23] Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.
[24] Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.
[25] But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.
[26] And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.
[27] And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;
[28] They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,
[29] And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.
[30] And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.
[31] But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
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Genesis:31:36-42 [36] Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?
[37] Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.
[38] These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
[39] Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.
[40] This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.
[41] These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.
[42] If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.
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Genesis:31:19Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.
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Genesis:29:21-30 [21] Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.
[22] And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.
[23] And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.
[24] And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.
[25] And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?
[26] And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.
[27] Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.
[28] And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
[29] And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.
[30] Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.
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Genesis:27:6-29 [6] And Rebekah said to Jacob, her son, Your father said to your brother Esau in my hearing,
[7] Go and get some roe's meat and make me a good meal, so that I may be full, and give you my blessing before the Lord before my death.
[8] Now, my son, do what I say.
[9] Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:
[10] And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.
[11] And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, But Esau my brother is covered with hair, while I am smooth:
[12] If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.
[13] And his mother said, Let the curse be on me, my son: only do as I say, and go and get them for me.
[14] So he went and got them and took them to his mother: and she made a meal to his father's taste.
[15] And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:
[16] And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck:
[17] And she gave into the hand of Jacob, her son, the meat and the bread which she had made ready.
[18] And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?
[19] And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.
[20] And Isaac said, How is it that you have got it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come my way.
[21] And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.
[22] And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
[23] And he did not make out who he was, because his hands were covered with hair like his brother Esau's hands: so he gave him a blessing.
[24] And he said, Are you truly my son Esau? And he said, I am.
[25] And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.
[26] And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.
[27] And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:
[28] May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:
[29] Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.
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Genesis:26:15-22 [15] Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.
[16] And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are stronger than we are.
[17] So Isaac went away from there, and put up his tents in the valley of Gerar, making his living-place there.
[18] And he made again the water-holes which had been made in the days of Abraham his father, and which had been stopped up by the Philistines; and he gave them the names which his father had given them.
[19] Now Isaac's servants made holes in the valley, and came to a spring of flowing water.
[20] But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.
[21] Then they made another water-hole, and there was a fight about that, so he gave it the name of Sitnah.
[22] Then he went away from there, and made another water-hole, about which there was no fighting: so he gave it the name of Rehoboth, for he said, Now the Lord has made room for us, and we will have fruit in this land.
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Genesis:25:29-33 [29] And one day Jacob was cooking some soup when Esau came in from the fields in great need of food;
[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.
[31] And Jacob said, First of all give me your birthright.
[32] And Esau said, Truly, I am at the point of death: what profit is the birthright to me?
[33] And Jacob said, First of all give me your oath; and he gave him his oath, handing over his birthright to Jacob.
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Genesis:21:25But Abraham made a protest to Abimelech because of a water-hole which Abimelech's servants had taken by force.
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Revelation:21:7-8 [7] He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
[8] But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
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1 Peter:2:1So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
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James:5:12But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
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James:5:4See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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James:4:1What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?
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James:2:12-24 [12] Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
[13] For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
[14] What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?
[15] If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,
[16] And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?
[17] Even so faith without works is dead.
[18] But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.
[19] You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear.
[20] Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
[21] Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?
[22] You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
[23] And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.
[24] You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only.
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James:2:8But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
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James:1:22-27 [22] But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
[23] Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;
[24] For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.
[25] But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
[26] If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.
[27] The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
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James:1:19-20 [19] You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;
[20] For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.
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James:1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
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Hebrews:13:15-16 [15] Let us then make offerings of praise to God at all times through him, that is to say, the fruit of lips giving witness to his name.
[16] But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.
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Hebrews:13:1-3 [1] Go on loving your brothers in the faith.
[2] Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
[3] Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.
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Titus:1:2In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
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1 Timothy:6:10For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
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1 Thessalonians:5:22Keep from every form of evil.
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1 Thessalonians:4:11And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
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Colossians:3:12-14 [12] As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
[13] Being gentle to one another and having forgiveness for one another, if anyone has done wrong to his brother, even as the Lord had forgiveness for you:
[14] And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.
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Colossians:3:5-10 [5] Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
[6] Because of which the wrath of God comes on those who go against his orders;
[7] Among whom you were living in the past, when you did such things.
[8] But now it is right for you to put away all these things; wrath, passion, bad feeling, curses, unclean talk;
[9] Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,
[10] And have put on the new man, which has become new in knowledge after the image of his maker;
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Colossians:3:1If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
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Philippians:4:8For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.
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Philippians:3:18-19 [18] For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
[19] Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
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Philippians:3:1For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
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Philippians:2:2-8 [2] Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in harmony and of one mind;
[3] Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
[4] Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.
[5] Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,
[6] To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
[7] But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
[8] And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
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Ephesians:5:1-7 [1] Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
[2] And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
[3] But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
[4] And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.
[5] Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
[6] Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
[7] Have no part with such men;
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Ephesians:4:31-32 [31] Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;
[32] And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
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Ephesians:4:25-26 [25] And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
[26] Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;
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Ephesians:4:15-16 [15] But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;
[16] Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.
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Ephesians:4:1-6 [1] I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
[2] With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;
[3] Taking care to keep the harmony of the Spirit in the yoke of peace.
[4] There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
[5] One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
[6] One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
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Galatians:6:7-8 [7] Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
[8] Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
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Galatians:6:1-3 [1] Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
[2] Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.
[3] For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.
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Galatians:5:19-21 [19] Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,
[20] Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
[21] Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
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Galatians:5:1-26 [1] Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
[2] See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.
[3] Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.
[4] You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.
[5] For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
[6] Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
[7] You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?
[8] This ready belief did not come from him who had made you his.
[9] A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.
[10] I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.
[11] But I, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still attacked? then has the shame of the cross been taken away.
[12] My desire is that they who give you trouble might even be cut off themselves.
[13] Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
[14] For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
[15] But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.
[16] But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.
[17] For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.
[18] But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
[19] Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,
[20] Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
[21] Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
[22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
[23] Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.
[24] And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
[25] If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
[26] Let us not be full of self-glory, making one another angry, having envy of one another.
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1 Corinthians:6:9Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
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Romans:15:1-2 [1] We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
[2] Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.
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Romans:14:1Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.
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Romans:13:11-14 [11] See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.
[12] The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
[13] With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.
[14] But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.
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Romans:13:8-10 [8] Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.
[9] And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
[10] Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.
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Romans:12:17-21 [17] Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
[18] As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.
[19] Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.
[20] But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.
[21] Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
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Romans:12:6-8 [6] And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
[7] Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
[8] He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
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Romans:6:23For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Romans:2:21-24 [21] You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?
[22] You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?
[23] You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?
[24] For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.
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Romans:2:1-4 [1] So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
[2] And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
[3] But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?
[4] Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?
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Romans:1:26-29 [26] For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:
[27] And in the same way the men gave up the natural use of the woman and were burning in their desire for one another, men doing shame with men, and getting in their bodies the right reward of their evil-doing.
[28] And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;
[29] Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;
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Acts:20:35In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
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Acts:14:11-15 [11] And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.
[12] And they gave the name of Jupiter to Barnabas, and to Paul that of Mercury, because he was the chief talker.
[13] And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people.
[14] But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,
[15] Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:
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Acts:14:1Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.
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John:8:1-8 [1] But Jesus went to the Mountain of Olives.
[2] And early in the morning he came again into the Temple and all the people came to him and he was seated teaching them.
[3] Now the scribes and Pharisees came, with a woman who had been taken in the act of sinning against the married relation;
[4] And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.
[5] Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?
[6] They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
[7] But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a stone at her.
[8] And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.
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John:4:19-21 [19] The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.
[20] Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.
[21] Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
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John:3:16-21 [16] For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
[17] God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
[18] The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
[19] And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
[20] The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
[21] But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
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John:3:3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
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John:2:9-11 [9] After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,
[10] And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.
[11] This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee and let his glory be seen openly; and his disciples put their faith in him.
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John:2:3-6 [3] When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.
[4] Jesus said to her, Woman, this is not your business; my time is still to come.
[5] His mother said to the servants, Whatever he says to you, do it.
[6] Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.
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John:1:5-8 [5] And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
[6] There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
[7] He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
[8] He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
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Luke:21:1-4 [1] And looking up, he saw the men of wealth putting their offerings in the money-box.
[2] And he saw a certain poor widow putting in a farthing.
[3] And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:
[4] For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.
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Luke:20:46-47 [46] Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;
[47] Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.
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Luke:17:3-4 [3] Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.
[4] And if he does you wrong seven times in a day, and seven times comes to you and says, I have regret for what I have done; let him have forgiveness.
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Luke:16:13No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
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Luke:16:1-8 [1] And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
[2] And he sent for him and said, What is this which is said about you? give me an account of all you have done, for you will no longer be the manager of my property.
[3] And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.
[4] I have come to a decision what to do, so that when I am put out of my position they will take me into their houses.
[5] And sending for every one who was in debt to his lord he said to the first, What is the amount of your debt to my lord?
[6] And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said, Take your account straight away and put down fifty.
[7] Then he said to another, What is the amount of your debt? And he said, A hundred measures of grain. And he said to him, Take your account and put down eighty.
[8] And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
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Luke:12:33Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.
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Luke:8:15And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
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Luke:7:36-50 [36] And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table.
[37] And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume,
[38] And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.
[39] Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.
[40] And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.
[41] And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.
[42] When they were unable to make payment, he made the two of them free of their debts. Which of them, now, will have the greater love for him?
[43] Simon, in answer, said, It seems he whose debt was greater. And he said, Your decision is right.
[44] And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.
[45] You did not give me a kiss: but she, from the time when I came in, has gone on kissing my feet.
[46] You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.
[47] And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.
[48] And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.
[49] And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?
[50] And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.
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Luke:6:31-42 [31] Do to others as you would have them do to you.
[32] If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
[33] And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
[34] And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.
[35] But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
[36] Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.
[37] Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
[38] Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.
[39] And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?
[40] The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.
[41] And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
[42] How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.
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Luke:3:12-14 [12] Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?
[13] And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.
[14] And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.
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Mark:12:28-31 [28] And one of the scribes came, and hearing their argument together, and seeing that he had given them a good answer, put the question to him, Which law is the first of all?
[29] Jesus said in answer, The first is, Give ear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord;
[30] And you are to have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
[31] The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.
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Mark:11:25And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.
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Mark:10:19You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.
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Mark:10:11-12 [11] And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;
[12] And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.
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Mark:7:20-22 [20] And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.
[21] Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
[22] The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
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Matthew:24:36But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.
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Matthew:23:1-33 [1] Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
[2] The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
[3] All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
[4] They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.
[5] But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
[6] And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
[7] And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
[8] But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
[9] And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
[10] And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
[11] But let the greatest among you be your servant.
[12] And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
[13] But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
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[15] A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
[16] A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
[17] You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
[18] And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.
[19] You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
[20] He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.
[21] And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.
[22] And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
[23] A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
[24] You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
[25] A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
[26] You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
[27] A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.
[28] Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
[29] A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,
[30] If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.
[31] So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.
[32] Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
[33] You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
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Matthew:22:34-40 [34] But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;
[35] And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
[36] Master, which is the chief rule in the law?
[37] And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
[38] This is the first and greatest rule.
[39] And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
[40] On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.
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Matthew:20:20-28 [20] Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, giving him worship and making a request of him.
[21] And he said to her, What is your desire? She says to him, Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
[22] But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
[23] They say to him, We are able. He says to them, Truly, you will take of my cup: but to be seated at my right hand and at my left is not for me to give, but it is for those for whom my Father has made it ready.
[24] And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.
[25] But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.
[26] Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;
[27] And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:
[28] Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
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Matthew:18:21-35 [21] Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, what number of times may my brother do wrong against me, and I give him forgiveness? till seven times?
[22] Jesus says to him, I say not to you, Till seven times; but, Till seventy times seven.
[23] For this reason the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who went over his accounts with his servants.
[24] And at the start, one came to him who was in his debt for ten thousand talents.
[25] And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
[26] So the servant went down on his face and gave him worship, saying, Lord, give me time to make payment and I will give you all.
[27] And the lord of that servant, being moved with pity, let him go, and made him free of the debt.
[28] But that servant went out, and meeting one of the other servants, who was in debt to him for one hundred pence, he took him by the throat, saying, Make payment of your debt.
[29] So that servant went down on his face, requesting him and saying, Give me time and I will make payment to you.
[30] And he would not: but went and put him into prison till he had made payment of the debt.
[31] So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.
[32] Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:
[33] Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?
[34] And his lord was very angry, and put him in the hands of those who would give him punishment till he made payment of all the debt.
[35] So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.
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Matthew:18:10Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
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Matthew:16:26For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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Matthew:15:18-20 [18] But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
[19] For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
[20] These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
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Matthew:15:7-9 [7] You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
[8] These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
[9] But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
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Matthew:13:39And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.
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Matthew:9:10-13 [10] And it came about, when he was in the house taking food, that a number of tax-farmers and sinners came and took their places with Jesus and his disciples.
[11] And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why does your Master take food with tax-farmers and sinners?
[12] But on hearing this he said, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.
[13] But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.
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Matthew:7:24-27 [24] Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
[25] And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
[26] And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
[27] And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
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Matthew:7:15-20 [15] Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
[16] By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
[17] Even so, every good tree gives good fruit; but the bad tree gives evil fruit.
[18] It is not possible for a good tree to give bad fruit, and a bad tree will not give good fruit.
[19] Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
[20] So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
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Matthew:6:31-34 [31] Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?
[32] Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:
[33] But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
[34] Then have no care for tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes.
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Matthew:6:24No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.
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Matthew:5:42-48 [42] Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.
[43] You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:
[44] But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
[45] So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
[46] For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?
[47] And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?
[48] Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
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Matthew:5:38-40 [38] You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
[39] But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
[40] And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.
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Matthew:5:21-26 [21] You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:
[22] But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
[23] If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,
[24] While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.
[25] Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
[26] Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.
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Matthew:5:16Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
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Matthew:5:5-9 [5] Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.
[6] Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
[7] Happy are those who have mercy: for they will be given mercy.
[8] Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
[9] Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.
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Matthew:4:8-10 [8] Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them;
[9] And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
[10] Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.
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Zechariah:7:9This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:
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