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High Priest

Hebrews 4:15 (ESV)
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Amos 5:1-4, Amos 5:6-7, Amos 5:10, Amos 5:14-15, Amos 5:18, Amos 5:20-21

Amos 5:1-4 (NIV)
Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:

Amos 5:6-7 (NIV)
Seek the lord and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

Amos 5:10 (NIV)
There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

Amos 5:14-15 (NIV)
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

Amos 5:18 (NIV)
Woe to you who long for the day of the lord! Why do you long for the day of the lord? That day will be darkness, not light.

Amos 5:20-21 (NIV)
Will not the day of the lord be darkness, not light— pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?

Vision

Habakkuk 2:2 (NIV)
Then the lord replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.

Sawing a seed that shall prosper

Ecclesiastes 11:6 (ASV)
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Romans 1:17

Romans 1:17 (AMP)
For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith.

Isaiah 55:8

Isaiah 55:8 (NLT)
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

2 Corinthians 11:22-33

2 Corinthians 11:22-33 (MSG)
Since you admire the egomaniacs of the pulpit so much (remember, this is your old friend, the fool, talking), let me try my hand at it. Do they brag of being Hebrews, Israelites, the pure race of Abraham? I'm their match. Are they servants of Christ? I can go them one better. (I can't believe I'm saying these things. It's crazy to talk this way! But I started, and I'm going to finish.)

2 Corinthians 1:3

2 Corinthians 1:3 (NASB)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

2 Corinthians 1:3

2 Corinthians 1:3 (NASB)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

2 Corinthians 1:3

2 Corinthians 1:3 (NASB)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

Matthew 4:1

Matthew 4:1 (NASB)
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Hebrews 6:10

Hebrews 6:10 (MSG)
God doesn't miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you've shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it.

Malachi 3:6

Malachi 3:6 (MSG)
"I am God—yes, I Am. I haven't changed. And because I haven't changed, you, the descendants of Jacob, haven't been destroyed. You have a long history of ignoring my commands. You haven't done a thing I've told you. Return to me so I can return to you," says God-of-the-Angel-Armies. "You ask, 'But how do we return?'

Malachi 3:6

Malachi 3:6 (MSG)
"I am God—yes, I Am. I haven't changed. And because I haven't changed, you, the descendants of Jacob, haven't been destroyed. You have a long history of ignoring my commands. You haven't done a thing I've told you. Return to me so I can return to you," says God-of-the-Angel-Armies. "You ask, 'But how do we return?'

Malachi 3:6

Malachi 3:6 (MSG)
"I am God—yes, I Am. I haven't changed. And because I haven't changed, you, the descendants of Jacob, haven't been destroyed. You have a long history of ignoring my commands. You haven't done a thing I've told you. Return to me so I can return to you," says God-of-the-Angel-Armies. "You ask, 'But how do we return?'

John 10:10

John 10:10 (MSG)
A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

Matthew 18:1

Matthew 18:1 (MSG)
At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, "Who gets the highest rank in God's kingdom?"

Proverbs 18:21

Proverbs 18:21 (MSG)
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit—you choose.

Romans 10:8

Romans 10:8 (MSG)
So what exactly was Moses saying? The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as close as the heart in your chest.

Isaiah 40:31

Isaiah 40:31 (AMP)
But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.

1 Corinthians 10:13

1 Corinthians 10:13 (MSG)
No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he'll never let you be pushed past your limit; he'll always be there to help you come through it.

1 Samuel 1:28

1 Samuel 1:28 (GWT)
In return, I am giving him to the lord. He will be dedicated to the lord for his whole life.” And they worshiped the lord there.

2 Corinthians 4:18

2 Corinthians 4:18 (KJV)
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Psalm 24:1

Psalm 24:1 (KJV)
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 37:1

Psalm 37:1 (KJV)
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.