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Deuteronomy 12:3
Deuteronomy 12:3 (ASV)
and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.Created about 3 years ago
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Deuteronomy 8:15
Deuteronomy 8:15 (ASV)
who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;Created about 3 years ago
Labels: water-of-life
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Genesis 7:23
Genesis 7:23 (ASV)
And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 7:14
Genesis 7:14 (ASV)
they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 8:21
Genesis 8:21 (ASV)
And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for that the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.Created about 3 years ago
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Matthew 6:16
Matthew 6:16 (ASV)
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.Created about 3 years ago
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Matthew 6:17
Matthew 6:17 (ASV)
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 9:5
Genesis 9:5 (ASV)
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.Created about 3 years ago
Labels: judgment
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Genesis 9:5
Genesis 9:5 (ASV)
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.Created about 3 years ago
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Psalm 11:5
Psalm 11:5 (ASV)
Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 7:23
Genesis 7:23 (ASV)
And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.Created about 3 years ago
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Matthew 6:16
Matthew 6:16 (ASV)
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.Created about 3 years ago
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Matthew 6:18
Matthew 6:18 (ASV)
that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.Created about 3 years ago
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Matthew 6:17
Matthew 6:17 (ASV)
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 9:5
Genesis 9:5 (ASV)
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 9:6
Genesis 9:6 (ASV)
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 9:29
Genesis 9:29 (ASV)
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.Created about 3 years ago
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Genesis 11:1
Genesis 11:1 (ASV)
And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.Created about 3 years ago
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Psalm 11:1
Psalm 11:1 (ASV)
In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain;Created about 3 years ago
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Psalm 11:5
Psalm 11:5 (ASV)
Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Created about 3 years ago
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Deuteronomy 4:9
Deuteronomy 4:9 (ASV)
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;Created about 3 years ago
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John 17:16
John 17:16 (ASV)
They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.Created about 3 years ago
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John 17:17
John 17:17 (ASV)
Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.Created about 3 years ago
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John 17:18
John 17:18 (ASV)
As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.Created about 3 years ago
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John 17:19
John 17:19 (ASV)
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.Created about 3 years ago
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God's word sanctifies
I like that Jesus prayed for the disciples protection but did not ask God to take them out of the world. Also, this is a fresh reminder that God's word sanctifies us - makes us set apart and more like…
Created about 3 years ago
John 17:14 (ASV), John 17:15 (ASV), John 17:16 (ASV), John 17:17 (ASV), John 17:18 (ASV), John 17:19 (ASV)
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Embrace the Hebel
In Hebrew the word for "Meaningless" is "Hebel". Hebel means: wind, vapour, mystery, intangible, dust etc... Solomon is saying everything is like the wind - random or impossible to control.... I once…
Created about 3 years ago
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Iron-Smelting Furnace
I quite like this description of Egypt "the iron-smelting furnace". This could also be a good word painting for the former life of slavery to sin. It evokes thoughts of hardship, suffering and tiredness.
Created about 3 years ago
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Good description of idolatry
I like this discription of man-made Gods - "...which cannot see or hear or eat or smell". The repeated "or" emphasises how pathetic idols are.
Created about 3 years ago
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The Lord Hates
It's important to remember God's capacity to hate people. "the wicked and those who love violence"
Created over 3 years ago
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one language
As the world becomes smaller through globalisation, more people are speaking English. I wonder how long this will last?
Created over 3 years ago
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judgment
This is an early clear reference to God's impending judgment of humans and their personal responsibility for their thoughts and actions.
Created over 3 years ago
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Why is fasting out of fashion in the West?
Fasting is one of those disciplines that western Christians mostly overlook. The only people I know who fast are either super hard core quiet prayer warriors, or kooky overly pious Christians. But I wonder…
Created over 3 years ago
Genesis 8:21 (ASV), Psalm 9:7 (ASV), Psalm 9:16 (ASV), Matthew 6:16 (ASV), Matthew 6:17 (ASV), Matthew 6:18 (ASV)
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Human sin and God's grace
This verse is a good one to describe God's attitude to sin. Grace.
Created over 3 years ago
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judgment and creation
Not only must God have grieved "wiping out" humanity, but he must have also ached at the site of his creation being thrown in the rubbish. It evokes the image in my mind of an artist painting a picture…
Created over 3 years ago