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Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
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1 Peter 3 8
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
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Hebrews 13:5
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said,“ I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!
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James 3:13-17
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.
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Romans 11:25
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
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Romans 15:5
May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
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Philippians 2:2-3
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
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Matthew 18:1-4
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying,“ Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of themand said,“ Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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1 Corinthians 8 2
If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
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Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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Luke 22:24-27
A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.And he said to them,“ The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
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Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
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Luke 4:6-11
and said to him,“ To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.”And Jesus answered him,“ It is written,“‘ You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him,“ If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,for it is written,“‘ He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,’and“‘ On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone.’”
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Jeremiah 45:5
And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”
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1 Corinthians 3 18
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
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2 Corinthians 13 11
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
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Matthew 26:11
For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.
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Matthew 11:5
the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
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1 Timothy 6 6-1 Timothy 6 9
But godliness with contentment is great gain,for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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1 Corinthians 1 10
I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
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Luke 14:13
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
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Luke 6:20
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:“ Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 6:25-26
“ Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
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1 Corinthians 4 10
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
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Philippians 4:2
I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord.
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Philippians 4:11-13
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
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Philippians 3:16
Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
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Job 36:5
“ Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any; he is mighty in strength of understanding.
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Matthew 20:21-28
And he said to her,“ What do you want?” She said to him,“ Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”Jesus answered,“ You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?” They said to him,“ We are able.”He said to them,“ You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.But Jesus called them to him and said,“ You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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Philippians 1:27
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,
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1 Corinthians 6 5
I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers,
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Acts 4:32
Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
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Proverbs 19:22
What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.
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Proverbs 19:17
Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
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2 Chronicles 30 12
The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the Lord.
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Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.
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Proverbs 19:7
All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.
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Proverbs 17:5
Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
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Psalms 131:1-2
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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3 John 1 9
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James 2:5-6
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? (niv)
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Romans 6:2
By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? (niv)
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Revelation 13:7-8
It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast— all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. (niv)
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Job 31:13-16
“ If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?“ If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary, (niv)
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1 Peter 5 3
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. (niv)