Romans 9:15
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
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Romans 9:15
For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and pity on whom I will have pity.
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Genesis 18:25
Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
Job 34:8
And goes in the company of evil-doers, walking in the way of sinners?
Job 34:9
For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.
Job 34:10
Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
Job 34:11
For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
Job 34:12
Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.
Job 34:17
How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
Job 34:18
He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
Job 35:2
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
Job 40:8
Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?
Romans 3:4
In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.
Romans 3:5
But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
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Genesis 25:22
And the children were fighting together inside her, and she said, If it is to be so, why am I like this? So she went to put her question to the Lord.
Genesis 25:28
Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.
Genesis 27:4
And make me food, good to the taste, such as is pleasing to me, and put it before me, so that I may have a meal and give you my blessing before death comes to me.
Genesis 27:29
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.
Genesis 27:33
And in great fear Isaac said, Who then is he who got meat and put it before me, and I took it all before you came, and gave him a blessing, and his it will be?
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Exodus 19:5
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus 19:6
And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:37
And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;
Deuteronomy 10:15
But the Lord had delight in your fathers and love for them, marking out for himself their seed after them, even you, from all peoples, as at this day.
Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
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Exodus 22:22
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.
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Exodus 32:33
And the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has done evil against me will be taken out of my book.
Exodus 32:35
And the Lord sent punishment on the people because they gave worship to the ox which Aaron made.
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Deuteronomy 19:13
Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
Jeremiah 13:14
I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have no pity or mercy, I will have no feeling for them to keep me from giving them to destruction.
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Joshua 2:9
And said to them, It is clear to me that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has come on us;
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Judges 6:25
The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,
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Job 9:12
If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?
Job 11:10
If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?
Job 12:14
Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
Job 34:29
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Psalms 33:10
The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
Psalms 33:11
The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
Psalms 76:10
The...will give you praise; the rest of...
Proverbs 19:21
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
1 Peter 2:8
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
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Psalms 31:16
Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.
Psalms 130:3
O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
Hosea 2:14
For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.
Mark 5:19
And he would not let him, but said to him, Go to your house, to your friends, and give them news of the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.
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Nehemiah 9:17
And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.
Psalms 78:38
But he, being full of pity, has forgiveness for sin, and does not put an end to man: frequently turning back his wrath, and not being violently angry.
Psalms 103:8
The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.
Psalms 106:45
And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.
Psalms 115:1
Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
Psalms 145:8
The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.
Psalms 145:9
The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
Romans 3:23
For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;
Ephesians 2:6
So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 10:28
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
James 2:13
For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
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Psalms 6:4
Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.
Psalms 103:9
His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.
Psalms 103:10
He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
Psalms 103:11
For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.
Psalms 103:13
As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
Psalms 103:14
For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
Psalms 103:15
As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
Psalms 103:16
The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
Psalms 130:4
But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Joel 2:13
Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.
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Psalms 33:9
For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.
Proverbs 16:9
A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
Ecclesiastes 7:13
Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
Isaiah 14:27
For it is the purpose of the Lord of armies, and who will make it of no effect? when his hand is stretched out, by whom may it be turned back?
Isaiah 43:13
From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?
Isaiah 46:9
Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;
Lamentations 3:37
Who is able to say a thing, and give effect to it, if it has not been ordered by the Lord?
Acts 4:27
For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
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Isaiah 6:9
And he said, Go, and say to this people, You will go on hearing, but learning nothing; you will go on seeing, but without getting wiser.
Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
Mark 4:12
So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness.
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Exodus 5:2
And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, to whose voice I am to give ear and let Israel go? I have no knowledge of the Lord and I will not let Israel go.
Exodus 33:17
And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.
Exodus 33:18
And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.
Psalms 51:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
Psalms 103:17
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
Psalms 103:18
If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.
Isaiah 30:18
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
Daniel 9:9
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;
Daniel 9:18
O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.
Luke 1:72
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,
Romans 5:21
That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Ephesians 2:7
That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
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Ezekiel 16:6
And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life;
Ezekiel 16:7
And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
Matthew 19:30
But a great number who are first will be last, and some who are last will be first.
Acts 9:6
But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.
Acts 22:14
And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.
Acts 26:16
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
Galatians 1:15
But when it was the good pleasure of God, by whom I was marked out even from my mother's body, through his grace,
Galatians 1:16
To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,
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Matthew 20:13
But he in answer said to one of them, Friend, I do you no wrong: did you not make an agreement with me for a penny?
Matthew 20:14
Take what is yours, and go away; it is my pleasure to give to this last, even as to you.
Acts 11:15
And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.
Acts 11:17
If then God gave them, when they had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the same as he gave to us, who was I to go against God?
Acts 15:8
And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;
Acts 15:9
Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.
Romans 11:34
Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?
Romans 11:35
Or who has first given to him, and it will be given back to him again?
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
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Mark 7:26
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.
Mark 7:27
And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
Mark 7:28
But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.
Mark 7:29
And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
Luke 4:25
Truly I say to you, There were a number of widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up for three years and six months and there was no food in the land;
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Luke 6:13
And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;
John 6:70
Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?
John 13:18
I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
Acts 1:24
And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
Acts 10:41
Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.
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Acts 18:10
For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
Romans 9:1
I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
1 Corinthians 7:25
Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
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Luke 1:78
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
John 1:16
From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
John 3:3
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
John 3:5
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
Acts 13:48
And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.
Romans 4:17
(As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.
Romans 11:31
So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
1 Timothy 1:15
It is a true saying, in which all may put their faith, that Christ Jesus came into the world to give salvation to sinners, of whom I am the chief:
Hebrews 2:17
Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 9:15
And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.
1 Peter 1:10
For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;
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Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Jeremiah 31:3
From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
John 1:12
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
Romans 8:31
What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 11:29
Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?
Ephesians 1:5
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
Philippians 1:6
For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:
James 1:18
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
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Romans 9:6
But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
Romans 9:7
And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
Romans 9:8
That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
Romans 9:27
And Isaiah says about Israel, Even if the number of the children of Israel is as the sand of the sea, only a small part will get salvation:
Romans 9:29
And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Romans 11:4
But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
Romans 11:5
In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
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Matthew 1:25
And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.
Luke 11:32
The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: for they were turned away from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; but now something greater than Jonah is here.
John 3:4
Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?
Romans 9:30
What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
Romans 10:20
And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.
Romans 11:30
For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
Colossians 1:20
Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
Colossians 1:21
And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one
2 Thessalonians 1:11
For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:23
Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
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Ephesians 4:5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
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Ephesians 4:6
One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.
Revelation 7:5
Of the tribe of Judah were marked twelve thousand: of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand:
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John 1:1
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
1 Timothy 3:16
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Hebrews 1:8
But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.
Hebrews 3:4
For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.
1 John 5:20
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
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Exodus 4:21
And the Lord said to Moses, When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have given you power to do: but I will make his heart hard and he will not let the people go.
Joshua 11:20
For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.
1 Samuel 2:25
If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
1 Samuel 6:6
Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became hard with pride, he was put down from his place as king, and they took his glory from him:
James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
James 1:14
But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.
James 1:15
Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.
James 1:16
Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.
James 1:17
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
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James 4:13
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
James 4:14
When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.
James 4:15
But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.
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Psalms 44:3
For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
John 6:39
And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.
Romans 4:4
Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.
Romans 11:20
Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;
Philippians 3:12
Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:
2 Thessalonians 2:14
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:14
And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:18
(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.
Hebrews 4:16
Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
1 Peter 2:10
In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
1 John 4:19
We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
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