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Homosexuality, a perversion deserving death

Romans 1:24 (NIV84)
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

Romans 1:26-27 (NIV84)
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Romans 1:32 (NIV84)
Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Homosexuality detestable

Leviticus 20:13 (GNT)
If a man has sexual relations with another man, they have done a disgusting thing, and both shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

Ordinance against homosexuality

Leviticus 18:22 (GNT)
No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that.

A righteous mouth edifies instead of destroys

Proverbs 10:11-12 (NIV84)
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

Jesus' siblings also listed

Mark 6:3 (NIV84)
Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

Fretting and wrath only leads to evil

Psalm 37:8 (NIV84)
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.

Rebuke a wise man rather than a wicked one

Proverbs 9:7-8 (NIV84)
“Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.

Let your inner beauty come from a gentle and quiet spirit

1 Peter 3:3-4 (NKJV)
Do not let your adornment be merely outwardarranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel

God gives his people strength and peace

Psalm 29:11 (NKJV)
The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.

Show love to your enemies

Exodus 23:4-5 (NIV84)
“If you come across your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to take it back to him.

Don't follow the wickedness of the crowd

Exodus 23:2 (NIV84)
“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

Give from the blessings God has given you

Exodus 22:29 (NIV84)
“Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. “You must give me the firstborn of your sons.

All you do is in the presence of the Lord

Proverbs 5:21 (NIV84)
For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all his paths.

At times God uses our trials to bring about good.

Genesis 50:20 (NIV84)
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Jesus' siblings listed

Matthew 13:55-56 (NIV84)
“Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?

Never withhold goodness when you can give it

Proverbs 3:27 (NIV84)
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.

Trust God to protect you at your weakest point

Psalm 4:8 (NIV84)
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Do not sin in your anger

Psalm 4:4 (NIV84)
In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah

God hates divorce

Malachi 2:14-16 (NIV84)
You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.

God is interested saving us thru mercy, not in punishing for sins

1 Thessalonians 5:9 (NIV84)
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

God prefers mercy instead of anger

Micah 7:18 (NIV84)
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

God wants us to act humbly, be merciful, walk justly

Micah 6:8 (NIV84)
He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

So loving, He doesn't want the wicked to die unrepentant

Ezekiel 33:11 (ASV)
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Allow God to help you overcome challenges

Revelation 3:12 (NIV84)
Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name.

Revelation 3:21 (NIV84)
To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Listen to God's voice leading you on the inside

Revelation 3:20 (NIV84)
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.