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manifold wisdom revealed through the church

Ephesians 3:10 (ESV)
so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

God's righteousness sprouting up in every nation!

Isaiah 61:11 (NLT)
The Sovereign LORD will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.

The wicked store up wealth to hand over to the righteous

Ecclesiastes 2:26 (NIV)
To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

practice the latter without neglecting the former.

Matthew 23:23 (NIV)
"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

teach me to do your will

Psalm 143:10 (NIV)
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

Demonstrate love

Romans 5:8 (NIV)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Demonstrate righteousness

Romans 3:25 (NIV)
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

Mercy - not our righteousness

Daniel 9:18 (NIV)
Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.

love mercy

Micah 6:8 (NIV)
He has shown you, O mortal, 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.

Generosity rewarded

Psalm 112:5 (NIV)
Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely, who conduct their affairs with justice.

pray and live godly and quiet lives

1 Timothy 2:1-4 (NIV)
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—

A good name is better than fine perfume

Ecclesiastes 7:1 (NIV)
A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.

All toil is because of envy

Ecclesiastes 4:4 (NIV)
And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person's envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Fix our eyes upon Jesus

2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Orion's belt 2

Job 38:31 (NIV)
"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion's belt?

Not to look lustfully

Job 31:1 (NIV)
"I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.

Prophecy of an everlasting king

1 Chronicles 17:11-14 (NIV)
When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

Proverbs 19:18

Proverbs 19:18 (NIV)
Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.

Do not let my heart be drawn to evil

Psalm 141:4 (NIV)
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.

Proverbs 29:18

Proverbs 29:18 (NLT)
When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful.

Proverbs 29:18

Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

Little with righteousness

Proverbs 16:8 (NIV)
Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

If I had not done these miracles they would not be guilty of sin

John 15:22 (NIV)
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

It was good to be afflicted

Psalm 119:71 (NIV)
It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

"Let us also go, that we may die with him."

John 11:16 (NIV)
Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."