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Romans 9:15-24
For he says to Moses:“ I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“ For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.You will say to me then,“ Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“ Why have you made me like this?”Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction?And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory–even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?
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Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
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Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
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Mark 7:22
adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
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Jonah 4:1-4
This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.He prayed to the LORD and said,“ Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”The LORD said,“ Are you really so very angry?”
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Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
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Ephesians 1:11
In Christ we too have been claimed as God’s own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.
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Romans 11:5-6
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
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1 Corinthians 4 7
For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?
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Ephesians 2:1
And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
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John 17:2
just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
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Deuteronomy 28:54
The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.
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Deuteronomy 7:6-8
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
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Exodus 33:19
And the LORD said,“ I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the LORD by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”
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Proverbs 28:22
The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
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Jeremiah 27:5-7
“ I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit.I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him.All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.
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1 Chronicles 28 4-1 Chronicles 28 5
The LORD God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. Indeed, he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.From all the many sons the LORD has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.
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James 5:9
Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
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James 1:18
By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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Ephesians 2:5
even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–
