DEUTERONOMY 7
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A Chosen People 7:1 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you, 2 and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them. 3 You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, 4 for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. 5 But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and chop down their Asherim and burn their carved images with fire.DEUTERONOMY 8
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Remember the Lord Your God 8:1 “The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. 6 So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him. 7 For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, 8 a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, 9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.PROVERBS 21
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21:1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;he turns it wherever he will. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the Lord weighs the heart. 3 To do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,the lamp of the wicked, are sin. 5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. 6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongueis a fleeting vapor and a snare of death. 7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,because they refuse to do what is just. 8 The way of the guilty is crooked,but the conduct of the pure is upright. 9 It is better to live in a corner of the housetopthan in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. 10 The soul of the wicked desires evil;his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. 11 When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge. 12 The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;he throws the wicked down to ruin. 13 Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poorwill himself call out and not be answered. 14 A gift in secret averts anger,and a concealed bribe, strong wrath. 15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteousbut terror to evildoers. 16 One who wanders from the way of good sensewill rest in the assembly of the dead. 17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;he who loves wine and oil will not be rich. 18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,and the traitor for the upright. 19 It is better to live in a desert landthan with a quarrelsome and fretful woman. 20 Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,but a foolish man devours it. 21 Whoever pursues righteousness and kindnesswill find life, righteousness, and honor. 22 A wise man scales the city of the mightyand brings down the stronghold in which they trust. 23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tonguekeeps himself out of trouble. 24 “Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty manwho acts with arrogant pride. 25 The desire of the sluggard kills him,for his hands refuse to labor. 26 All day long he craves and craves,but the righteous gives and does not hold back. 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;how much more when he brings it with evil intent. 28 A false witness will perish,but the word of a man who hears will endure. 29 A wicked man puts on a bold face,but the upright gives thought to his ways. 30 No wisdom, no understanding, no counselcan avail against the Lord. 31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,but the victory belongs to the Lord.MARK 3
A Man with a Withered Hand 3:1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. A Great Crowd Follows Jesus7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known. The Twelve Apostles13 And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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