What Does The Bible Say About?

Loyalty

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Proverbs 18:24

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A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

Proverbs 17:17

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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Ruth 1:16-17

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But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

Proverbs 21:21

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He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

Matthew 26:35

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Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Titus 3:1

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Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,

Romans 13:1

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Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

1 Corinthians 16:13-14

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Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong. Do everything in love.

John 15:13

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Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Proverbs 3:3

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Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

1 Corinthians 13:7

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It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Matthew 18:15

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If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Matthew 26:33

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Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

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If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

Deuteronomy 7:9

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Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

1 Samuel 24:6-10

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So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.” With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way. After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’? Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

1 Corinthians 4:2

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Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Proverbs 20:6

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Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?

Psalm 78:8

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Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Romans 1:16

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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Proverbs 27:17

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As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

2 Timothy 2:13

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if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

Ruth 1:16

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But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

1 Samuel 26:6-16

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And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai. That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him. Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!” But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?” David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. . . .

John 16:13

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However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

Proverbs 27:10

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Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Proverbs 24:21

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My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

Joshua 24:15

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But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

Galatians 5:22

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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Hebrews 10:23

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Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

Matthew 6:24

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No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

John 14:15

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If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

1 John 3:24

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Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

Ecclesiastes 8:2

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Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Proverbs 20:28

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Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

Proverbs 17:11

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An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Acts 5:29

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But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Philippians 4:3

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Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.

Hosea 6:4

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What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Ezra 6:10

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Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

Ezra 7:26

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If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

Luke 14:26-27

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“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

2 Samuel 16:17

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“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”

John 8:12

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Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Luke 14:33

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In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

Hebrews 11:1

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Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

1 Chronicles 12:33

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From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.

Romans 8:35-39

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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Samuel 15:21

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But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

Matthew 26:33-35

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Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Proverbs 19:22

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The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Joshua 1:16-18

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So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go. Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses. Anyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”

2 Peter 2:10

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Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

Acts 17:10-11

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As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Esther 2:21-23

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In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf. After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

Luke 14:1-35

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One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely. Right there before Him was a man with dropsy. So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?” . . .

1 Chronicles 12:38

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All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

2 Samuel 15:23

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Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

2 Samuel 18:3

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But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will pay no attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not care; but you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for now if you support us from the city.”

Revelation 2:10

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Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

2 Samuel 15:30

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But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

Galatians 2:20

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I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Romans 12:2

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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Revelation 2:2

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I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

2 Kings 11:4-12

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Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace, a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple— the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king. You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.” . . .

Proverbs 22:1

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A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

Job 34:18

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who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’

Amos 2:4

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This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

2 Samuel 19:6

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You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!

Micah 6:8

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He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Proverbs 25:19

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Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.

Numbers 31:41

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Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Obadiah 1:12

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But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

2 Samuel 21:17

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But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

Ezra 10:8

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Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

Hosea 6:6

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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

2 Timothy 1:7

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Job 23:2

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“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Romans 5:8

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But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

2 Samuel 18:12

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The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’

John 15:12-15

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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

Psalm 23:1-6

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A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. . . .

2 Samuel 1:14

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So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 3:37

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So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

Matthew 7:12

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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Revelation 1:1

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Deuteronomy 23:9

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When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

Ezekiel 36:1-38

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“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’ therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you. Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder. . . .

John 15:12

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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Hebrews 13:5

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Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Matthew 6:33

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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Jeremiah 1:5

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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

John 10:10

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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

Matthew 6:34

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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

James 1:8

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He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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