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Proverbs 11-12 Wisdom will prove itself right in the long run, and foolishness will prove itself wrong. The incidents where people seem to be profiting from wrongdoing are just temporary exceptions....
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first nation
Amos 6 Amos spoke out against the elite of his people. They considered themselves the best people of the first nation. They spent their time in idol pursuits, and luxurious living. Their pride kept...
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sharpening friends
Proverbs 27-28 One of the tests of real friendship is the courage to rebuke when your friend needs it. We are all fallible, and the LORD sometimes calls on us to point out the rough spots in the lives...
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case closed
Micah 6 The LORD calls on his people to prepare their case, and he will argue his. He had established his nation in order to declare his glory, but they had shamed him. All the animal sacrifices in...
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bad underwear
Jeremiah 13 Proud, disobedient and rebellious Judah is likened to bad underwear which is good for nothing and must be discarded. The loincloth episode showed Jeremiah what the LORD felt about his...
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the King of heaven
Daniel 4 This letter, preserved in the Bible in its original Aramaic, is from one of the most powerful men who ever lived. It is a testimony of king Nebuchadnezzar of a God more powerful than his...
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last party
Daniel 5 Belshazzar is drinking from the sacred vessels as he parties with his lords, wives and concubines. Suddenly a disembodied hand appears and writes some strange words on the wall. The king is...
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power politics
Ezekiel 19 Ezekiel describes what the ESV Study Bible calls Zedekiah’s last attempts at “power politics” which end in “disaster.” Showing one’s strength only works if there is something that goes...
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those who dominate
Ezekiel 31 The LORD tells Ezekiel to remind Pharaoh that Assyria was once a mighty, dominating nation too. It had been like a giant cedar tree. It was so great and beautiful that all the trees in the...
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a day of repentance and humility
Zechariah 12-13 Embedded within this prophecy of restoration is a prophecy of spiritual revival – a cleansing of idolatry and sin from Judah and Jerusalem. It starts on the day the whole people are...
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Blessed are the losers
Matthew 5:3-7 3 “Blessed are the spiritually poor now, for theirs is the promised kingdom from the sky later. 4 “Blessed are those who are mourning now, for they shall be comforted later. 5 “Blessed...
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Getting even
Matthew 5:38-42 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye in exchange for an eye and a tooth in exchange for a tooth.’ 39 But I tell you, Do not retaliate when evil happens. Instead, when someone...
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A Savior of sinners
Matthew 9:9-13 9 As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” So, he got up and followed him. 10 And while Jesus...
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taking the moral high ground
Genesis 31:26-37 26 And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have stolen away my heart and carried away my daughters like captives with a sword? 27 Why did you flee secretly and trick...
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every careless word
Matthew 12:33-37 33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten, because from the fruit you will know the tree. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you say...
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our clout with God
Matthew 12:43-50 43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest but does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house from which I left.’...
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no stealing the show
Genesis 41:15-28 15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can explain it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can explain it.” 16 Joseph...
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great faith
Matthew 15:21-28 21 And after Jesus went away from that place, he withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And see, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, “Have mercy on...
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important people
Matthew 18:1-6 1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the most important in the kingdom from the sky?” 2 So, after calling a child to him, he put him in the middle of them 3 and...
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hypocritical workaholics
Matthew 23:1-12 1 Then Jesus told the crowds and his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so practice and obey whatever they tell you- but not what they do. Because they...
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