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Work

1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Genesis 45:7

Genesis 45:7 (NIV)
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Acts 12:23

Acts 12:23 (NIV)
Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Worthy to suffer

Acts 5:41 (NIV)
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

Missed kingdom

Luke 19:41-44 (MSG)
When the city came into view, he wept over it. "If you had only recognized this day, and everything that was good for you! But now it's too late. In the days ahead your enemies are going to bring up their heavy artillery and surround you, pressing in from every side. They'll smash you and your babies on the pavement. Not one stone will be left intact. All this because you didn't recognize and welcome God's personal visit."

Missed kingdom

Luke 19:12-27 (NIV)
He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.

Luke 18:14

Luke 18:14 (NIV)
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."

Life is like coffee

Luke 14:7-11 (NIV)
When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:

Colossians 3:8

Colossians 3:8 (NIV)
But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

Job 38:1, Job 38:41

Job 38:1 (NIV84)
Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said:

Job 38:41 (NIV84)
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

Proverbs 11:4

Proverbs 11:4 (NIV)
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Malachi 4:6

Malachi 4:6 (NIV)
He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction."

Proverbs 27:18

Proverbs 27:18 (NIV)
The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.

Proverbs 30:17

Proverbs 30:17 (NIV)
"The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

Romans 13:1

Romans 13:1 (NIV)
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

Matthew 13:12

Matthew 13:12 (ESV)
For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

1 Corinthians 11:1

1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV)
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Matthew 6:1

Matthew 6:1 (ESV)
"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:9

Matthew 5:9 (ESV)
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Luke 3:17

Luke 3:17 (ESV)
His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

Luke 3:11

Luke 3:11 (ESV)
And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise."

Romans 9:3

Romans 9:3 (NIV)
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race,

Lamentations 3:22

Lamentations 3:22 (NIV)
Because of the lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

Daniel 6:26

Daniel 6:26 (NIV)
"I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end.

Daniel 6:27

Daniel 6:27 (NIV)
He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions."