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John 5:35
He was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Ezekiel 33:32
And behold, you are to them like a love song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.
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Proverbs 12:12
The wicked person desires the plunder of evil people, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
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Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud, And like the dew which goes away early.
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2 Timothy 2 18-2 Timothy 2 19
men who have gone astray from the truth, claiming that the resurrection has already taken place; and they are jeopardizing the faith of some.Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal:“ The Lord knows those who are His;” and,“ Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to keep away from wickedness.”
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2 Peter 2 20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, 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, returns to wallowing in the mire.”
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Jude 1:12
These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith for the safekeeping of the soul.
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Colossians 2:7
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.
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1 Timothy 1 19
keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.
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Colossians 1:23
if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
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Galatians 3:4
Did you suffer so many things in vain— if indeed it was in vain?
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John 15:2
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.
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Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
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John 2:23-25
Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name as they observed His signs which He was doing.But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people,and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in mankind.
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Acts 8:13-23
Now even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was repeatedly amazed.Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John,who came down and prayed for them that they would receive the Holy Spirit.( For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit.Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,saying,“ Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire the gift of God with money!You have no part or share in this matter, for your heart is not right before God.Therefore, repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart will be forgiven you.For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of unrighteousness.”
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John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown away like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
by which you also are saved, if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
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Galatians 4:15-20
Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?They eagerly seek you, not in a commendable way, but they want to shut you out so that you will seek them.But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable way, and not only when I am present with you.My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone of voice, for I am at a loss about you!
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Job 19:28
If you say,‘ How shall we persecute him?’ And‘ What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
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Galatians 3:1
You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
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Psalms 106:12-14
Then they believed His words; They sang His praise.They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His plan,But became lustfully greedy in the wilderness, And put God to the test in the desert.
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John 12:42-43
Nevertheless many, even of the rulers, believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, so that they would not be excommunicated from the synagogue;for they loved the approval of people rather than the approval of God.
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1 Corinthians 13 2
If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
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Matthew 13:20-21
The one sown with seed on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately he falls away.
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Mark 6:20
for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he had been protecting him. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; and yet he used to enjoy listening to him.
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Mark 4:16-17
And in a similar way these are the ones sown with seed on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they fall away.
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1 Thessalonians 3 5
For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be for nothing.
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Luke 22:31-32
“ Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you men like wheat;but I have prayed for you, that your faith will not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
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John 8:30-32
As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him,“ If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples;and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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Proverbs 12:3
A person will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved.
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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