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John 5:35
John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.
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Ezekiel 33:32
Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.
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Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desire what evil men have, but the root of the righteous produces fruit.
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Hosea 6:4
What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your loyalty is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.
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2 Timothy 2 18-2 Timothy 2 19
They have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are overturning the faith of some.Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription: The Lord knows those who are His, and Everyone who names the name of the Lord must turn away from unrighteousness.
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2 Peter 2 20
For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.
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Isaiah 58:2
They seek Me day after day and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
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2 Peter 2 22
It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and,“ a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.”
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Jude 1:12
These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn— fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.
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Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.
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1 Timothy 1 19
having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.
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Colossians 1:23
if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.
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Galatians 3:4
Did you suffer so much for nothing— if in fact it was for nothing?
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John 15:2
Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
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Ephesians 3:17
and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
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John 2:23-25
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing.Jesus, however, would not entrust Himself to them, since He knew them alland because He did not need anyone to testify about man; for He Himself knew what was in man.
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Acts 8:13-23
Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with Philip and was astounded as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.When the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had welcomed God’s message, they sent Peter and John to them.After they went down there, they prayed for them, so the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit.For He had not yet come down on any of them; they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,saying,“ Give me this power too, so that anyone I lay hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter told him,“ May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”
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John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you— unless you believed for no purpose.
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Galatians 4:15-20
What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?They are enthusiastic about you, but not for any good. Instead, they want to isolate you so you will be enthusiastic about them.Now it is always good to be enthusiastic about good— and not just when I am with you.My children, I am again suffering labor pains for you until Christ is formed in you.I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.
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Job 19:28
If you say,“ How will we pursue him, since the root of the problem lies with him?”
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Galatians 3:1
You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?
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Psalms 106:12-14
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.They soon forgot His works and would not wait for His counsel.They were seized with craving in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
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John 12:42-43
Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue.For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
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1 Corinthians 13 2
If I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
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Matthew 13:20-21
And the one sown on rocky ground— this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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Mark 6:20
because Herod was in awe of John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed, yet would hear him gladly.
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Mark 4:16-17
And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.
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1 Thessalonians 3 5
For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.
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Luke 22:31-32
“ Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
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John 8:30-32
As He was saying these things, many believed in Him.So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him,“ If you continue in My word, you really are My disciples.You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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Proverbs 12:3
Man cannot be made secure by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is immovable.
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James 2:26
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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1John 2:19