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1 Corinthians 9 16-1 Corinthians 9 17
For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.
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1 Peter 5 5-1 Peter 5 6
In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you at the proper time,
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1 Corinthians 15 9-1 Corinthians 15 10
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.
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Romans 3:12
All have turned away; all alike have become useless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one.
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Romans 11:35
Or who has ever first given to Him, and has to be repaid?
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Job 35:6-7
If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?
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Job 22:2-3
Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to Him?Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?
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Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
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Psalms 35:6-7
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.They hid their net for me without cause; they dug a pit for me without cause.
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Matthew 25:30
And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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1 Chronicles 29 14-1 Chronicles 29 16
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your own hand.For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.Yahweh our God, all this wealth that we’ve provided for building You a house for Your holy name comes from Your hand; everything belongs to You.
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Psalms 16:2-3
I said to Yahweh,“ You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.”As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them.
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Isaiah 6:5
Then I said: Woe is me for I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.
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Philippians 3:8-9
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christand be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ— the righteousness from God based on faith.
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Proverbs 16:2-3
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord evaluates the motives.Commit your activities to the Lord, and your plans will be achieved.
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Matthew 25:37-40
“ Then the righteous will answer Him,‘ Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or without clothes and clothe You?When did we see You sick, or in prison, and visit You?’“ And the King will answer them,‘ I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
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Philemon 1:11
Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me.